Press Releases

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement after joining Mayor Mark Frazier and supporters of the Bayside Boys and Girls Club at their Sparkle on the Bay Fundraiser yesterday evening.________________________________________________________________________

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Steve Edwards, Executive Director of the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI) at the University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland President C.D. Mote, Jr. to announce the award of a $750,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant that MFRI will use to support the Institutes research and development of new technologies to locate and monitor firefighters at the scene of an emergency to help ensure safer operations on the ground.________________________________________________________________________

Congressman Steny Hoyer Co-Chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, successfully added an amendment to the 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations bill to provide an additional $50 million in funding to firefighter grant programs $25 million for the Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program and $25 million for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Firefighter Grant Program.________________________________________________________________________

Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), who has spent countless hours fighting to protect and preserve Southern Marylands military installations, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Department of Defenses list of recommended U.S. military installations to be realigned or closed.________________________________________________________________________

Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.________________________________________________________________________

Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement in recognition of National Police Week, observed May 15-21. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15th falls as National Police Week.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) introduced a bill to authorize funding for Full-Service Community Schools (H.R. 2207), which are public schools that coordinate multiple educational and social service programs with community-based organizations and public/private partnerships.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement on a resolution he sponsored to permit the 64th race of the "Greater Washington Soap Box Derby" to take place on the grounds of the United States Capitol. The resolution, H. Con. Res. 86, passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 18.________________________________________________________________________