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August 7, 2009
Last week, I took tour of an oyster sanctuary in the Patuxent River to see how efforts are working to restore the population of this critical shellfish in our waters. I was also present when the sanctuary was laid five years ago, and I must report that I was very impressed with the progress we are making and give great credit to the Oyster Recovery Partnership for coordinating this important effort in our state.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
August 7, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced unemployment numbers for the month of July:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
August 6, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court Justice:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
July 31, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - The Members of the Washington Metro Area's House Delegation -Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, Frank R. Wolf, James P. Moran, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chris Van Hollen, Donna F. Edwards and Gerald E. Connolly - applauded passage of a resolution today approving the interstate WMATA Regulation Compact in accordance with legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in federal Metro funding over ten years.________________________________________________________________________
July 31, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the America's Affordable Health Choices Act, the third committee to do so this month:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
July 28, 2009
The rising cost of health care is one of the biggest drags on our economy, and small businesses and middle-class families are struggling to keep their heads above water. That is why Democrats want to enact health reform to reduce the burden of ballooning health care costs on American families, businesses and our fiscal future.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
July 28, 2009
Washington, DC-Today, U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced the release of $11,782,760 in Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) grants for the hiring and retention of 55 police officers in Prince George's County.________________________________________________________________________
July 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined Reps. Ed Perlmutter (CO) and Marcia L. Fudge (OH), and families who are at risk of being or who have been denied health care coverage because of a pre-existing condition at a press conference today, calling for health reform that ends discrimination based on a person's health status. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
July 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement on tomorrow's national minimum wage increase from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour:________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
July 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - Members of Washington Metro Area's House Delegation held a press conference today outside the Capitol South Metro Station on the $150 million in federal funding for Metro included in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill.________________________________________________________________________