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Washington, DC-Today, following the release of a report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (Md.-5), Elijah E. Cummings (Md.-7), Albert R. Wynn (Md.-4), Chris Van Hollen (Md.-8), and John Sarbanes (Md.-3) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to repeal new Medicaid rules imposed by the Bush Administration that would slash funding for critical programs or eliminate the programs altogether________________________________________________________________________

WALDORF, MD -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) participated in Read Across America today serving as a guest reader at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School in Waldorf.________________________________________________________________________

HYATTSVILLE, MD -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) met with law enforcement officials from Hyattsville and surrounding municipalities today to discuss how $658,000 Rep. Hoyer secured in federal funding will be used to establish a Regional Data and Communications Center between five municipal police departments (Hyattsville, Bladensburg, Greenbelt, Mount Rainier, and Riverdale Park) in Prince George's County.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - With the price of oil above $100 a barrel, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and the U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation today that will help end the nation's dependence on foreign oil, make significant new investments in renewable energy sources, create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and slash excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to oil companies.________________________________________________________________________

COLLEGE PARK, MD - At a workshop held last evening for Maryland fire departments and first responders applying for federal grant funding, Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) pledged to work with his colleagues in Congress to restore funding President Bush cut from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program in his FY 2009 budget proposal.________________________________________________________________________

CAMP SPRINGS, MD -Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) gathered today with government officials and leaders in Prince George's County to celebrate the opening of the new Women's Resource Center.________________________________________________________________________

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) praised the enactment of a bipartisan plan to stimulate the economy after President Bush signed the Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act this afternoon.________________________________________________________________________