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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks at a press conference with Members of Congress in the Maryland Delegation to condemn the Republican government shutdown. Below is a video and transcript of his full remarks:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement regarding the Republican government shutdown:

"A shutdown is a failure of governance, but that has been this administration's aim from the beginning.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement regarding the last day of service for federal employees who took the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP):

"Today is the last day of work for 154,000 patriots -- including VA medical practitioners, meat inspectors, researchers, intelligence and national security experts, first responders and firefighters – all federal workers who have served their neighbors and country with distinction.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement on promoting Margaret Mulkerrin to serve as his Chief of Staff as her predecessor, Jim Notter, departs to serve as Chief of Staff to Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD):

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), released the following statement after the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's decision to terminate Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement in response to a leaked memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that directs federal agencies to draft plans for mass layoffs ahead of a potential government shutdown: