It goes without saying that America is a nation with significant transportation needs that are driving our ever-expanding appetite for energy, and correspondingly, our over-reliance on petroleum products and foreign sources of oil.________________________________________________________________________
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Thu, May 3, 2007 / Health Care & Seniors
In almost every public poll that asks Americans what domestic issue most concerns them, health care is almost always listed among in the top three. As a matter of public policy, health care dominates the debate, both in the state of Maryland and in Washington.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, May 3, 2007 / Health Care & Seniors
May 7 - 13 is Public Service Recognition Week - an annual week to highlight the dedication and commitment of the more than 20 million public employees throughout the United States. In 1988, Congress passed a proclamation declaring Public Service Recognition Week. From its initial beginnings, Public Service Recognition Week has grown in size and scope. This year it will be celebrated in all fifty states and in over 1400 cities.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, Apr 30, 2007 / Jobs & the Economy
Congressman Hoyer conducted his very first telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 1, from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. The town hall was a great success with over 2,000 constituents listening in and asking questions.
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Fri, Apr 27, 2007 / Jobs & the Economy
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that he will hold a live telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, May, 1, from 6:00-6:45 p.m. The tele-town hall, which is the first hosted by Rep. Hoyer, is intended to provide an additional forum for 5th district constituents to hear directly from their Congressman and to communicate their thoughts, concerns, and questions about federal issues that are important to them.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Apr 25, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. On the House floor today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) demanded immediate collective action to end the genocide and urged his colleagues to support a resolution calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in Darfur and to step up efforts to stop it.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 / Environment
Concerned about increasing environmental degradation and the political indifference to act, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin called for an "Environmental Teach-in" to be held on April 22, 1970. Twenty million people across the county answered his call to action to participate in the inaugural Earth Day, initiating what has become a world-wide campaign to protect our global environment.________________________________________________________________________
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 / Environment
Concerned about increasing environmental degradation and the political indifference to act, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin called for an "Environmental Teach-in" to be held on April 22, 1970.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 / Environment
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today announced that programs and projects important to the environmental and economic health of Maryland and the 5th Congressional District were authorized in the House-passed version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2007. Each of the programs listed below were included in the bill at Congressman Hoyers request.________________________________________________________________________
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 / Jobs & the Economy
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) encourages high school art students who reside in Marylands 5th Congressional District, which includes Calvert, Charles and St. Marys Counties, and parts of Prince Georges and Anne Arundel Counties, to participate in the 26th Annual Congressional Arts Competition for a chance to have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, Apr 16, 2007 / Jobs & the Economy
Washington, D.C.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) offered his words of condolences following the deadly shootings today on the Virginia Tech campus.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 / National Security & Veterans
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) visited the Greenbelt Veterans Community Clinic on Wednesday, April 11, to tour the facility and talk to caregivers about patient services. The small outpatient clinic, which serves approximately 2,000 veterans per year, provides basic medical and preventive care as well as health education to veterans living in Northern Prince George's County.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 / Federal Employees
LEXINGTON PARK, MD Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today spoke at the Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA) Spring Conference on how BRAC presents significant opportunities for economic growth and development for the state, and how the federal, state and local entities can work together to prepare for BRAC related changes________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Apr 5, 2007 / Budget & Fiscal Responsibility / National Security & Veterans
Over the last six years, the President and previous Congresses - after enacting the most reckless fiscal policies in American history - have turned a projected surplus of $5.6 trillion into record budget deficits and additional debt of more than $3 trillion. The total debt currently held by the United States is rapidly approaching the $9 trillion mark, with the individual share of that debt for each American nearing $30,000.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Mar 29, 2007 / Health Care & Seniors
Imagine what it would be like to lose a child on account of a toothache because your insurance coverage lapsed and you didnt have access to the basic health services that may have saved his life. Its hard to imagine such a scenario could happen in the 21st Century in the most prosperous and resource-rich nation on the planet - but it did. Furthermore, it happened right here in Maryland.________________________________________________________________________