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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Senate's vote on legislation that would hold the International Criminal Court (ICC) accountable for their decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant:

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:

"Eighty years after the Allies liberated the Nazi concentration camps, International Holocaust Remembrance Day offers us an opportunity not only to mourn the more than 6 million Jews and millions of other victims who perished in history's worst genocide but also to recommit ourselves to fighting the hatred, apathy, and prejudice that fueled the Holocaust and that still fester today.

WASHINGTON, DC –  Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today regarding President Donald Trump’s midnight dismissal of the independent Inspectors General at several federal agencies: 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today regarding Michael Herzog, who is concluding his tenure as the Israeli Ambassador to the United States: 

WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks at a press availability following a Maryland Delegation Meeting to discuss priorities for the year ahead. This meeting is the delegation’s first of the 119th Congress. Below is a video and transcript of his remarks:

"An efficient, effective federal government depends on workers hired on the basis of merit, not political loyalty. That principle has aways been the foundation of our civil service. President Trump's executive order reinstating ‘Schedule F’ threatens to undermine that merit-based system by making thousands of federal employees vulnerable to removal at the President's whim. He also issued a memorandum undermining protections for members of the Senior Executive Service, who provide vital leadership and institutional knowledge to their agencies.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on President Donald Trump’s executive action, including pardons and commutations, related to rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021: 

"In his inaugural remarks, President Trump promised to 'restore fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law.' He betrayed his own words almost immediately by pardoning roughly 1,500 people convicted of crimes related to the January 6 insurrection.