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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed a resolution observing the 40th anniversary - April 4, 2008 - of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) delivered the following statement on the House floor.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin today announced the award of a $20,000 federal grant to Piscataway National Park in Accokeek, MD as part of the National Park Service's Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network.________________________________________________________________________

COLTON'S POINT, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today joined a festive gathering of Maryland citizens, elected officials and historical scholars in commemorating the 374th anniversary of Maryland's founding at the site of the State's first colonial landing at St. Clement's Island.________________________________________________________________________

LEXINGTON PARK, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) presented the St. Mary's County Public Schools (SMCPS) with $487,000 in federal funding for the County's specialized programming emphasizing the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and the House of Representatives voted today to approve the Fiscal Year 2008 Democratic House Budget, making good on a pledged commitment to set the nation back on the right fiscal track after six years of record deficits and debt created by the Bush Administration and previous Congresses.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) recently awarded Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) with a 100 percent rating for his record on civil rights issues in the 110th Congress.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and City officials today in marking the rededication of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.________________________________________________________________________