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WHITE PLAINS, MD -- U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-5) today visited the Charles County Department of Health to talk about the importance of the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the children of Charles County and Maryland.________________________________________________________________________

LAUREL, MD Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senator Benjamin Cardin and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Congressman John Sarbanes today visited Patuxent Research Refuge and Wildlife Research Center in Maryland to highlight the job creation and conservation benefits of President Obamas economic recovery plan, which is currently before Congress.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced the U.S. economy lost 598,000 jobs in January, the largest one-month decline since 1974, and the unemployment rate hit 7.6%, its highest point in 16 years:________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Treasury Department issued new restrictions on executive compensation for financial institutions receiving assistance from the government:________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voting in support of final bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 11 million children in modest-income families.________________________________________________________________________

PRINCE FREDERICK, MD -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) held a press conference today at Calvert Middle School in Prince Frederick to discuss the local impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the Maryland Tri-County area.________________________________________________________________________

GREENBELT/LARGO, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown met today with mayors from Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County and Southern Maryland municipalities to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.________________________________________________________________________