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LAUREL, MD - Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today served as part of a leadership panel at the Maryland Aerospace Summit in Laurel, MD. The programs primary purpose was to analyze the current and projected aerospace employment picture in the state.________________________________________________________________________

LEXINGTON PARK, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today visited the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) at Lexington Park Elementary School. He observed their activities and spoke to some of the 80 students who attend this federally funded program on an average day.________________________________________________________________________

PAX RIVER, MD - Congressman Steny Hoyer spoke today at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station to dedicate the new $24 million complex that will become the home of nine of the fourteen test aircraft that will define jet fighter technology for generations to come.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD), joined by a bipartisan, regional delegation of House Members, today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to include the principle of pay parity for federal civilian and military employees in his fiscal year 2007 budget proposal. Representative Hoyer was the lead sponsor of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act, which currently governs federal employee pay. Employees Pay Comparability Act, which currently governs federal employee pay.________________________________________________________________________

BOWIE, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today announced a neighborhood office hours initiative, an effort to proactively offer assistance to constituents of the 5th Congressional district at locations in their local areas.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today praised the Maryland Legislature for overriding Governor Ehrlichs vetoeffectively raising the states minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 an hour.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in recognition of Navy Lt. j.g. Nicholas Juron of Lexington Park, who was killed on December 13, 2005, when his helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia:________________________________________________________________________