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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Representative Lucy McBath (GA-06) alongside Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), and 117 House Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought strongly condemning and urging the Trump Administration to rescind their decision to lay off federal employees dedicated to the education and support of students with disabilities and their families.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Congresswoman April McClain Delaney, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), U.S. |
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (VA-08) led their 161 colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought urging OMB to follow the law—which President Donald Trump signed in 2019—that requires furloughed federal employees to receive back pay during a government shutdown.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on Republicans’ refusal to swear in U.S. Representative-elect for Arizona's 7th Congressional District Adelita Grijalva, who won the seat of her father, the late U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva, in a special election on September 23, 2025:
"The voters of Arizona’s 7th District, along with all Americans, should demand that Speaker Johnson swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva immediately.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today to urge President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to apply pressure on Hamas to return all remaining hostages, prioritizing American citizens Itay Chen and Omer Neutra:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released a statement following reports that the Trump Administration has began another round of Reductions in Force (RIFs) at federal agencies:
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement on the reports that the Trump Administration has initiated mass firings of federal workers amid their government shutdown: