Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny Hoyer today announced that the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations conference report which included, at the request of Congressman Hoyer, $200,000 to help clean up the Anacostia River. The report also included $156,000 to restore the Paint Branch and $1.1 million to restore the Western Branch of the Patuxent River.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer announced today that the House of Representatives passed conference reports for both the Fiscal Year 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations bill and the Fiscal Year 2006 Science, State, Justice and Commerce Appropriations bill. The Energy and Water bill contains $2.25 million for the Oyster Recovery Project, which is coordinating the revival of oysters in the Bay, while the Science, State, Justice and Commerce bill provides $4 million. To date, Hoyer has helped obtain more than $26 million in federal funding for the project.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny Hoyer, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and the only member from Maryland, today announced that the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations conference report, which named the Poplar Island project for U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes. The conference report also provides $13.4 for the Poplar Island project as well as $17.2 million for Baltimore Harbor maintenance dredging.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) addressed members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) at the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters in Washington today as part of NTEUs "Labor Recognition Celebration Week." Hoyer touched on key issues for NTEU members including pay parity, federal employee benefits, personnel changes, private sector contracting, and private tax collection.________________________________________________________________________

Washington, DC Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today voted in favor of H.R. 4128 - the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 376-38. He released the following statement after the vote:________________________________________________________________________

Baltimore, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) served as master of ceremonies at the Maryland Democratic Partys tribute dinner to Senator Paul Sarbanes in Baltimore last night. Below are his remarks.________________________________________________________________________

College Park, MD -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Congressman Ben Cardin (D-MD) joined student leaders and higher education advocates at the University of Maryland today for a discussion on college affordability.________________________________________________________________________

Clinton, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Congressman Ben Cardin (D-MD) hosted a town hall meeting at the Clinton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center today to discuss the upcoming Medicare prescription drug benefit.________________________________________________________________________