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October 25, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) sent a letter to House Committee on Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (AL-03) and Senate Committee on Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) requesting they investigate the decision to suspend Ukraine’s full access to Starlink and Starshield. In Congressman Hoyer's letter, he calls for the committees to subpoena Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to testify on the source of the suspension.


October 19, 2026

GREENBELT, MD – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after a potentially hazardous letter was received at his district office in Greenbelt, Maryland:


October 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to pause the new sanctions on Russia that were included in the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026:


October 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer founded by Elon Musk, imposed sudden unannounced data speed restrictions on Starlink terminals utilized by Ukraine, disrupting its defensive military drone operations:


October 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), and U.S. Representatives Glenn Ivey (MD-04) , Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) released the following statement regarding last night’s ruling by a federal judge, temporarily halting the Trump Administration’s efforts to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Maryland:


October 13, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after federal agents raided the Washington, D.C. residence of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05):


October 9, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced a 180-day suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel and indicated that the U.S. may purchase large quantities of the fuel:


October 7, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) were joined by Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) in requesting $11 million for U.S. Cyber Command as Congress works to complete the Fiscal Year 2027 defense appropriations.


October 7, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement marking three years since Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023:


October 6, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Maryland Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman visited nonprofit organizations in Prince George's and Charles Counties to discuss each group's commitment to serving Southern Marylanders within their communities.