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April 5, 2007
Over the last six years, the President and previous Congresses - after enacting the most reckless fiscal policies in American history - have turned a projected surplus of $5.6 trillion into record budget deficits and additional debt of more than $3 trillion. The total debt currently held by the United States is rapidly approaching the $9 trillion mark, with the individual share of that debt for each American nearing $30,000.________________________________________________________________________
March 29, 2007
Imagine what it would be like to lose a child on account of a toothache because your insurance coverage lapsed and you didnt have access to the basic health services that may have saved his life. Its hard to imagine such a scenario could happen in the 21st Century in the most prosperous and resource-rich nation on the planet - but it did. Furthermore, it happened right here in Maryland.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
March 29, 2007
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. The Democratic budget, which balances the budget without raising taxes, restores fiscal responsibility and accountability to Washington; strengthens national defense; and makes sound investments in the right priorities for Maryland families.________________________________________________________________________
March 27, 2007
Washington, DC Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today urged support for a comprehensive dental benefit under Medicaids State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) as House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee conducted a hearing on childrens dental health.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
March 15, 2007
With spring just around the corner, you may be preparing to get out the broom and sweep away the dust and cobwebs that accumulated in your house over the winter. For Democrats in Congress, we have just begun the housekeeping necessary to attend to unfinished business and important priorities left unaddressed by the previous Congress.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Budget & Fiscal Responsibility
March 14, 2007
Washington, DC---Congressman Hoyer (D-MD) and the entire Maryland Congressional delegation met today in with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley in Washington, DC to discuss the states 2008 federal priorities. Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and several members of the Governor's cabinet also attended. Among the topics covered were transportation, BRAC, the Chesapeake Bay, health care, education and homeland security.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
March 9, 2007
Washington, DC--- Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) voted along with the majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to approve three critical water quality bills that will significantly help state and local governments in Maryland address water quality problems and promote public health, create jobs and stimulate economic development.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
March 8, 2007
Members of Congress and the American people are deeply disappointed and justifiably concerned about the deplorable conditions that wounded American service men and women have been forced to endure upon returning from combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
National Security & Veterans
March 1, 2007
Thirty years ago, during an unprecedented national energy crisis, President Carter said: "With the exception of preventing war, this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes." Because our nation has too often failed to make the hard decisions needed to move toward energy independence, President Carters admonition is as relevant today as it was back then. We simply cannot ignore our addiction to foreign sources of oil any longer.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment