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November 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC –  Former Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (WA-09), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gregory W.


November 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today regarding the passing of Mark Mellman, CEO of The Mellman Group and founder of the Democratic Majority for Israel:


November 21, 2025

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), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), and April McClain Delaney (MD-06) announced $60,322,396 in federal funding to upgrade the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) bus transit system and to support the construction of a new transit maintenance and operations facility in Charles County.


November 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) announced that she will not run for reelection in 2026:

"My friend Rep. Nydia Velázquez is a great New Yorker, Puerto Rican, and American. I have served with her for 32 years in the Congress and am sad to hear that she will retire at the end of the 119th Congress. Passionate, principled, and tenacious, she has proven to be an invaluable Member of this institution time and time again.


November 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the September jobs report: 


November 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's remarks about how he does not hold Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, responsible for the murder of Washington Post opinion columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018:


November 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after voting on H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act:


November 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) pressed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, to provide detailed answers on reported consolidation and reorganization activities at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.


November 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement at the end of the Republican shutdown: 

"At the core of this Republican shutdown was the false premise that Congress could either reopen the government or provide for the health of the American people. Congress could have and should have done both. Instead, the GOP sent the same message to the American people over the 42 days of the shutdown that it has been sending them for the past half century: you're on your own.