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WALDORF, MD - Congressman Steny Hoyer attended the 23rd Annual Black History Month Breakfast in Waldorf on Saturday where he was joined by Senator Paul Sarbanes, and Leon Harris, news anchor for WJLA Channel 7, who gave the keynote address. Over 400 community leaders from Charles, Calvert, St. Marys, Prince Georges and Anne Arundel Counties attended the event to pay tribute to Black History Month and to celebrate the theme, African Americans Reaffirming Our Culture.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - The League of Conservation Voters, a national bipartisan organization devoted to educating citizens about the environmental voting records of federally elected officials, this week released their annual Congressional Scorecard for the first session of the 108th Congress. The LCV has published a National Environmental Scorecard every Congress since 1970, the year it was founded by leaders of the environmental movement following the first Earth Day. Congressman Hoyer received a score of 85%. The national average was 46 percent for members of the House of Representatives and 79 percent for House members from Maryland.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-Md) released the following statement today on the passing of William Coates, a life-long resident of Maryland, believed to be the oldest man in America.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - The House leadership of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, led by House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), sent a letter yesterday to President Bush urging him to reconsider his decision to significantly reduce funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. In his fiscal year 2005 budget, the Bush Administration proposes reducing the $750 million grant program by one-third, for a cut of $250 million dollars.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement today expressing his deep concern for the Administrations budget proposal which guts funding for the Community Oriented Policing (COPS) program. The Bush Administrations budget request for Fiscal Year 2005 provides only $44 million for the COPS program, $712 million, or 87%, below the FY04 level, and also calls for eliminating the Universal Hiring Program.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of federal employees protest of Department of Defense personnel changes on Capitol Hill today:________________________________________________________________________