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October 2, 2009
Why do so many schools have auditoriums? Why do they have athletic fields? We take features like those for granted today, but there was a time when a school building with anything more than classrooms and chalkboards was considered wildly unorthodox. But, more than a hundred years ago, educators came to realize that schools can be more than simply places for instruction: they can be the center of their communities.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
October 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the final Energy and Water Appropriations Act for FY 2010, which passed the House today, includes $2,448,000 for several projects important to the environmental and economic health of Maryland and the Fifth District.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
September 25, 2009
Health insurance reform is essential for our families, our businesses, and our country. Our families are being strained by skyrocketing premiums. If we do nothing, the average Maryland family can expect to spend nearly $25,000 per year on health care premiums by 2016, up from $12,000 now.
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
September 17, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-D) joined President Barack Obama today for a health insurance reform rally at the University of Maryland - College Park. He released the following statement:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
September 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Southern High School in Harwood, MD is one of the 314 private and public schools across the country - and 10 in the State of Maryland - to be recognized as a 2009 Blue Ribbon School. The________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
September 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the White House issued a new report on data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau that show the number of uninsured Marylanders has increased, from 13.9% in 2001 to 15.4% in 2008, adding to a premium increase of 79% for Marylanders with insurance over the same eight year period. Rep. Hoyer released the following statement:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
September 10, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) praised passage today of H.R. 965 to permanently authorize funding for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network grant program.
Issues:
Environment
September 10, 2009
Washington, DC - The Obama Administration announced today that it will award $35,692 in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to Calvert County's Project Echo, Inc.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
September 9, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined Members of Congress at the September 11th Congressional Remembrance Ceremony today to pay tribute to the many Americans who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
National Security & Veterans
September 9, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement tonight after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on health reform:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors