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August 25, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement regarding decisions made by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission at a hearing today:________________________________________________________________________
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Federal Employees
August 24, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement regarding decisions made by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission at a hearing today:________________________________________________________________________
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Federal Employees
August 12, 2005
This Sunday will mark the 70th Anniversary of one of Americas most successful and most popular programs: Social Security. Democrats created this program in 1935, recognizing that older Americans deserve integrity and independence in retirement, and that children and disabled Americans need security in the face of disastrous and tragic family events...________________________________________________________________________
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Health Care & Seniors
August 5, 2005
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August 1, 2005
This week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a revised estimate for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 budget deficit and it ought to concern all Americans...________________________________________________________________________
August 1, 2005
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, (D-MD) today reviewed the security measures in place to keep Constellation's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, the Dominion Cove Point LNG facility and the communities surrounding each facility protected. Rep. Hoyer was given a tour of Calvert Cliffs and watched a demonstration of the security exercises employed by the Coast Guard on the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Hoyer also took a ride on a Coast Guard boat to the Cove Point docking pier to tour the offshore platform.________________________________________________________________________
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Environment
July 29, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report, agreed to by both the House and the Senate, which includes major funds to improve Southern Marylands transportation infrastructure. The Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report authorizes federal funding for transportation projects over the next six years.________________________________________________________________________
July 29, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report, agreed to by both the House and the Senate, which includes major funds to improve the District of Columbia Metropolitan Areas transportation infrastructure. The bill authorizes federal funding for transportation projects over the next six years.________________________________________________________________________
July 29, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report, agreed to by both the House and the Senate, which includes major funds to improve Prince Georges Countys transportation infrastructure. The Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report authorizes federal funding for transportation projects over the next six years.________________________________________________________________________
July 28, 2005
Major funding for several projects important to Marylands environment and economy is contained in the fiscal year 2006 Interior Appropriations Conference Report, agreed to in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, that was passed by the House of Representatives today. The funding will help to preserve Southern Marylands historic tobacco barns, it will benefit the Alice Ferguson Foundation in Prince Georges County, and will provide critical funds to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and the Anacostia River. The funds were all included in the bill at the request of Congressman Steny Hoyer.________________________________________________________________________
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Environment