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When the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, they created clear pathways to undo other critical protections that are known to every American as basic freedoms in our country: the right to marriage and the right to contraception.

Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) celebrated House passage of the FY2023 Minibus legislation, which secures $500 million for construction of the new, consolidated FBI Headquarters that Congressman Hoyer and other members of the Congressional Delegation lauded last month. The federal package includes language that requires the Administration to use this and previous federal spending on a new, fully consolidated FBI Headquarters at one of the three sites currently under consideration by GSA: two Maryland sites, Greenbelt and Landover, and one site in Virginia, Springfield. This funding comes at a critical moment for the FBI project, with a site selection imminent in September.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today following House passage of the FY2023 Minibus legislation, which included six of fifteen Community Project Funding (CPF) requests Congressman Hoyer advocated for, delivering major investments to Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) submitted the following statement into the Congressional Record today in support of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act:

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined the full Maryland congressional delegation, including Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), and David Trone (MD-06), to call on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to select Maryland as the permanent home for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new agency proposed by President Biden to improve the U.S. government’s ability to speed biomedical and health research.

I was proud to introduce the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area Act last year, and I was excited to bring it to the Floor today and support its passage by the House.  I’ve had the great honor of representing Maryland’s Fifth District of Maryland for more than four decades, and during that time I’ve traveled the length and breadth of its counties, visiting communities steeped in history and a keen awareness and appreciation of the local environment and heritage. 

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the passing of Vernon L. Simms, who served as Chief of Staff for the late Rep. Elijah Cummings for over twenty years.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Jamie B. Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) announced $95 million in federal funding for broadband infrastructure projects that will provide high-quality internet to areas that lack access to adequate service. This funding comes from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF), which was established by the American Rescue Plan that the Democratic lawmakers fought to pass in March 2021.