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Today, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) along with U.S. 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 Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) delivered $198,404,958 to spur economic growth and support small businesses in Maryland through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Program. This Treasury Department program was reauthorized and expanded by the American Rescue Plan which the lawmakers fought to pass. 

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin and (D-MD) have announced a federal investment of $5 million they worked to secure for the development of the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit (SMRT), a new rapid transit system that will operate between Charles and Prince George’s counties. The lawmakers worked to pass this investment in the fiscal year 2022 federal funding law enacted in March.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin and (D-MD) lauded more than $400 million in federal funding coming to Maryland over the next five years to repair and replace deteriorating bridges across the state and create good paying jobs. There are currently 273 bridges in Maryland that have been rated poor or structurally deficient, including the Thomas Johnson Bridge, which Senator Cardin and Congressman Hoyer visited yesterday. The lawmakers also worked to secure $1 million in direct funding in the fiscal year 2022 funding bill to support the project design for the widening of MD 4 and Thomas Johnson Bridge replacement.

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement this evening after the House passed H.R. 7790, the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act and H.R. 7791, the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022:

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this evening in support of H.R. 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery and a link to the video:

Today Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), Committee on Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for a press conference on Democrats’ work to address the infant formula shortage. Below is a transcript of his remarks:

This morning, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) attended the dedication ceremony for the new Lt. Richard Collins III Plaza at the University of Maryland, College Park. The plaza honors the life and legacy of Bowie State University student 1st Lt. Richard Collins III who was murdered in an act of racial violence on the campus in 2017.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement this afternoon after the House passed H.R. 903, the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act: