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May 3, 2006
Pleasant weather may have been the biggest blessing on Saturday, April 29, as hundreds of volunteers from many local organizations and churches were dispatched throughout Calvert County to perform repair work at various homes for the countys annual Christmas in April project.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 30, 2006
While driving the roads of Southern Maryland, you will inevitably notice the recent spike in gas prices. They are high and rising, squeezing the pocketbooks of the average Maryland family. This week families are paying $3.00 a gallon on average for regular gasoline -- double the cost when President Bush took office, and up nearly 70 cents a gallon in the last seven weeks.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 28, 2006
President George W. Bushs plan to suspend the introduction of ethanol-laced gasoline is too little, too late, said one petroleum industry official.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 28, 2006
Prince George's County officials expressed outrage and frustration Friday about a story line on the ABC television show "Commander in Chief," depicting Hyattsville as a backward, crime ridden community.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 27, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement after a resolution he sponsored to permit the 65th race of the "Greater Washington Soap Box Derby" to take place on the grounds of the United States Capitol passed the House of Representatives.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy
April 26, 2006
Four months after a new federal prescription drug plan went into effect, Vinny Ippolito is finding life difficult as an independent pharmacist.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Health Care & Seniors
April 25, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today congratulated Kim Oliver, a kindergarten teacher at Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring, for being named "Teacher of the Year" by the Council of Chief State School Officers.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
April 24, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, MD Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today presented the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI) with $825,000 in federal funds to conduct research and development of interoperable firefighter accountability location and monitoring devices, and incorporate them into a system applicable to emergencies.________________________________________________________________________
April 24, 2006
CLINTON, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today joined leaders of the veterans community from across the state of Maryland to discuss issues important to veterans, military retirees and their families.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
National Security & Veterans
April 22, 2006
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, 25 million people joined around the country to demand a safer, cleaner and healthier world. The impact of that first Earth Day was astonishing. In rapid succession, and with large, bipartisan majorities, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and the Superfund Act.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment