Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. After seniors spent months trying to navigate Medicare Part Ds enrollment labyrinth or face a lifetime penalty, the House Ways and Means Committee today released report showing more dire news for beneficiaries. The report shows that 92 percent of seniors and people with disabilities in Maryland are at risk of falling into the "doughnut-hole," the portion of the program that contains a gap in coverage where beneficiaries continue to pay premiums without receiving financial coverage for medicines.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in celebration of American Business Womens Day:________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in response to a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Inspector Generals report stating that political leanings were taken into consideration when awarding discretionary contracts.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC On Thursday, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging her to exert the strongest possible pressure on the government of Lebanon to arrest and extradite convicted terrorist Mohammed Ali Hamadi to the United States.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), who is on a trip through the Gulf Coast this week, released the following statement today in observance of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in response to the Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that early voting in Maryland is unconstitutional.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today announced that the 5th Congressional District received 7 Small Watershed Grants designed to improve water quality and restore habitats within the Chesapeake Bay basin.________________________________________________________________________

WALDORF, MD Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), along with State Senator Roy Dyson, Delegate Murray Levy, Delegate John Bohanan, and Charles County Commissioner Edith Patterson, today rolled out an additional federal share of funding for Southern Marylands transportation future, including several federal projects already underway, at the Mattawoman-Beantown Park & Ride in Waldorf.________________________________________________________________________