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May 4, 2007
It goes without saying that America is a nation with significant transportation needs that are driving our ever-expanding appetite for energy, and correspondingly, our over-reliance on petroleum products and foreign sources of oil.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
May 3, 2007
In almost every public poll that asks Americans what domestic issue most concerns them, health care is almost always listed among in the top three. As a matter of public policy, health care dominates the debate, both in the state of Maryland and in Washington.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
May 3, 2007
May 7 - 13 is Public Service Recognition Week - an annual week to highlight the dedication and commitment of the more than 20 million public employees throughout the United States. In 1988, Congress passed a proclamation declaring Public Service Recognition Week. From its initial beginnings, Public Service Recognition Week has grown in size and scope. This year it will be celebrated in all fifty states and in over 1400 cities.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
April 30, 2007
Congressman Hoyer conducted his very first telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 1, from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. The town hall was a great success with over 2,000 constituents listening in and asking questions.
» Listen to the broadcast of Congressman Steny Hoyer's Telephone Townhall Meeting
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 27, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that he will hold a live telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, May, 1, from 6:00-6:45 p.m. The tele-town hall, which is the first hosted by Rep. Hoyer, is intended to provide an additional forum for 5th district constituents to hear directly from their Congressman and to communicate their thoughts, concerns, and questions about federal issues that are important to them.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 25, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. On the House floor today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) demanded immediate collective action to end the genocide and urged his colleagues to support a resolution calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in Darfur and to step up efforts to stop it.________________________________________________________________________
April 23, 2007
Concerned about increasing environmental degradation and the political indifference to act, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin called for an "Environmental Teach-in" to be held on April 22, 1970. Twenty million people across the county answered his call to action to participate in the inaugural Earth Day, initiating what has become a world-wide campaign to protect our global environment.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 20, 2007
Concerned about increasing environmental degradation and the political indifference to act, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin called for an "Environmental Teach-in" to be held on April 22, 1970.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today announced that programs and projects important to the environmental and economic health of Maryland and the 5th Congressional District were authorized in the House-passed version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2007. Each of the programs listed below were included in the bill at Congressman Hoyers request.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 17, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) encourages high school art students who reside in Marylands 5th Congressional District, which includes Calvert, Charles and St. Marys Counties, and parts of Prince Georges and Anne Arundel Counties, to participate in the 26th Annual Congressional Arts Competition for a chance to have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy