Press Releases
February 5, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC Today, on the 15th Anniversary of the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), and Danny Davis (D-IL) released the following statement:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
February 4, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) vowed today to fight for federal employee pay parity after President Bush proposed varying pay adjustments for military and civilian government workers (3.4 percent and 2.9 percent respectively). The levels were included in the Presidents 2009 budget proposal sent to Congress this morning.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
February 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding the January jobs report, which showed a loss of 17,000 jobs last month, the first loss in more than 4 years.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
February 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today to commemorate Black History Month, which is observed during February:________________________________________________________________________
January 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) led a bipartisan letter sent today to President Bush from Washington-area House members calling for parity in the 2009 pay adjustments for both military and civilian federal employees.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
January 23, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today voted to support the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and override the Presidents veto of bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 10 million children.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
January 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today released the following statement in commemoration of the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, observed Monday, January 22:________________________________________________________________________
January 16, 2008
Washington, D.C. The Web site of Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) was honored this week by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF), a non-profit, non-partisan management, consulting and research organization in Washington, D.C., for having one of the best Web sites in Congress.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
January 7, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today hailed the implementation of the 3.5 percent 2008 base pay adjustment for federal civilian employees, which President Bush ratified in an executive order issued last Friday.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
December 18, 2007
Washington, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today announced that the fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report, approved by the House of Representatives this evening, includes language secured by Hoyer that will help ensure that the federal government gives full and equal consideration to Prince Georges County when choosing leased federal office space in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy