Press Releases
June 17, 2022
Yesterday, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony Brown (MD-04) announced the Senate passage of new legislation to open two veterans clinics in Baltimore and Prince George’s County. The bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT Act), which passed today by a vote of 84-14, provides healthcare benefits for all generations of toxic-exposed veterans for the first time in the nation’s history and will improve access to care for all those who served in our nation’s armed forces. The legislation now moves to the House for consideration.
Issues:
National Security & Veterans
June 17, 2022
As I said just this morning during my interview with Joe Madison, families in Maryland’s Fifth District are hurting from the rising costs of inflation.
June 16, 2022
oday, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) announced they secured $500 million toward a new, consolidated FBI headquarters in the Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations legislation. The bill also includes language that requires the Administration to use this and previous federal spending on a new, fully consolidated FBI headquarters at one of the three sites currently under consideration by GSA: two Maryland sites, Greenbelt and Landover, and one site in Virginia, Springfield.
June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 2543, the Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act:
June 12, 2022
This morning Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined FOX 5’s “On The Hill” with Tom Fitzgerald to discuss House-passed legislation to respond to gun violence, House Democrats’ work to address inflation, and the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project.
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
June 11, 2022
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) gave the following remarks at a memorial service dedicated to the life and legacy of Senator Bernie Fowler, who passed away last December and dedicated his life to the health of the Patuxent River.
June 9, 2022
Yesterday, the House passed a broad package of gun-safety measures that will protect our kids and make communities safer. Today, we followed with even more action to save lives and address the scourge of gun violence.
June 8, 2022
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this afternoon in support of H.R. 2499, the Protecting Our Kids Act, legislation to address gun violence.
June 8, 2022
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Judy Chu (CA-27), Congressional Hispanic Caucus 2nd Vice Chair Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), House Democrats, and families of the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo for a press conference on the introduction of Rep. Bowman's resolution to condemn the Great Replacement Theory and honor the victims of the racist mass shooting and act of domestic terror in Buffalo, New York.
June 8, 2022
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced $1,937,953 in federal funding to enhance shoreline restoration and coastal resiliency at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park. This funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund (ECRF) will be directed to the St. Mary’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation to combat ongoing shoreline erosion, flooding issues, and habitat deficiencies associated with the park to better protect this coastal community treasure.