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April 25, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer joined the Presidents of Prince Georges Community College (PGCC) and Howard Community College (HCC) to announce the award of almost $200,000 for the Laurel College Center that he secured in the federal Omnibus Appropriations Act passed by the Congress late last year.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
April 23, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) joined the Huntingtown High School community for a ceremony to dedicate the new High School in Calvert County, which opened last fall.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
April 23, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer joined Laura Van Etten, Director of Government Affairs for Fannie Mae, to present Rebuilding Together/Christmas in April chapters in Marylands 5th Congressional District with a total of $15,000 in recognition of their hard work. In addition to presenting checks to chapters in the 5th District, Hoyer helped volunteers in St. Marys County rebuild and repair the home of a retired oysterman, and later joined volunteers for a celebratory picnic in St. Marys County at the end of the day.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 22, 2005
Military communities nationwide are bracing for the Department of Defense to release the list of defense facilities it wants to consolidate with other bases or close completely, a process known as base realignment and closure, or BRAC.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
April 22, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-Dist. 5) of Mechanicsville announced April 22 that a $20,403 federal Fire Grant will go to the Prince Georges County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department.________________________________________________________________________
April 22, 2005
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the Prince Georges County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department has been awarded a federal Fire Grant in the amount of $20,403. As co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, Congressman Hoyer was very active in helping establish and fund the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, which helps local fire departments in Maryland and across the country buy equipment and provide adequate training.________________________________________________________________________
April 20, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement in recognition of the 35th celebration of Earth Day, observed on Friday, April 22.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 15, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer joined officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and students from Leonardtown High School at Greenwell State Park on the Patuxent River for a demonstration of the "B-WET" program in recognition of Environmental Education Week (April 10 16) and Earth Day (April 22).________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 14, 2005
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer was honored by The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the nations authority on fire, electrical, and building safety. Hoyer was named as this years recipient of their Excellence in Fire Safety Award in recognition of a career of service dedicated to the advancement of fire safety. This is the first time the NFPA has made this award and Congressman Hoyer is the first recipient.________________________________________________________________________
April 13, 2005
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce urging the Committees to restore full funding to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program. This year, the Presidents budget proposal drastically cut the programs budget from fiscal year 2005s enacted level of nearly $300 million to $100 million, effectively terminating the current HIDTA program.________________________________________________________________________