Media

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) today joined the University of Maryland (UM), College Park, to celebrate the announcement that the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) will be permanently headquartered at M Square, the UM Research Park.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement in response to the alternative pay plan issued by the Bush Administration today calling for an average 3 percent federal pay raise for federal civilian employees in 2008. Legislation including a 3.5 percent adjustment for federal employees is expected to pass through Congress.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined a bipartisan majority in the U.S. House today to pass the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, legislation aimed at strengthening consumer protections against reckless and abusive lending practices.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) received the "Living Legend Award" today from the Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region (LC-NCR) for his work on behalf of the Anacostia River. The award was presented at a ceremony for the honorees following the Anacostia River Fall Cleanup at Kingman Island.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that final House-Senate legislation funding the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development includes $8.3 million to upgrade major Maryland transportation routes and transit projects and $1.4 million to address community development needs in Marylands Fifth Congressional District.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) was honored today by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the Citi Foundation with the 2007 Friend of Maryland Education Award for his leadership on education issues and his commitment to Marylands schools and children.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act to strengthen Head Start, the nations primary early childhood development program for low-income youth.________________________________________________________________________