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January 27, 2022
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Chris Van Hollen (MD) and Ben Cardin (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) announced $7,307,365 in American Rescue Plan funding for health and public safety workforce resiliency training and health care worker mental wellness programs at Johns Hopkins University, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Health Care & Seniors
January 27, 2022
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after Justice Stephen Breyer announced his decision to retire at the end of this Supreme Court term:
January 21, 2022
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), joined in urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed transfer of a 105-acre parcel of land currently owned by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can be added to the adjacent Patuxent Research Refuge.
Issues:
Environment
January 21, 2022
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) announced $2.15 million in funding from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Herring Bay and Rockhold Creek in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This funding was provided in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, brought to the House Floor by Congressman Hoyer in his role as Majority Leader, and through additional Congressional appropriations. Silting at the entrance to the federal channel created a dangerous situation for boaters looking to navigate the channel. More information about the project can be found here.
January 17, 2022
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) observed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day by participating in virtual events in the Fifth Congressional District, including St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s eighteenth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Celebration and the Charles County NAACP’s twenty-seventh annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.
January 14, 2022
Today, Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05) announced that Maryland will be receiving $81.9 million in funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for 2022.
January 14, 2022
The surge in COVID-19 cases across the country and here in the Fifth District is a very serious matter. The Omicron variant has caused a spike in cases, overwhelmed hospitals, and placed Maryland in a second state of emergency since this pandemic began in March of 2020. This variant is spreading rapidly, with those who are not yet vaccinated experiencing the worst illness and facing a higher risk of hospitalization.
January 13, 2022
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) spoke on the House Floor this morning in support of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Below are excerpts from his remarks and a link to the video:
January 12, 2022
I join in welcoming the Maryland General Assembly back to session today and look forward to the progress they will make in the next 90 days on behalf of Marylanders across the state.
January 12, 2022
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation gathered virtually Tuesday for their first official meeting with the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III, Adam Ortiz. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and David Trone (MD-06) met with Ortiz to discuss Chesapeake Bay Program oversight, implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, environmental justice, and other regional environmental issues. Highlights included strategies to build climate resilience and Bay-friendly agricultural supply chains, and protect vulnerable populations and drinking water sources.