WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in celebration of American Business Womens Day:________________________________________________________________________
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Fri, Sep 22, 2006 / Jobs & the Economy
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in response to a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Inspector Generals report stating that political leanings were taken into consideration when awarding discretionary contracts.________________________________________________________________________
Fri, Sep 22, 2006 / National Security & Veterans
WASHINGTON, DC On Thursday, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging her to exert the strongest possible pressure on the government of Lebanon to arrest and extradite convicted terrorist Mohammed Ali Hamadi to the United States.________________________________________________________________________
Sun, Sep 3, 2006 / Jobs & the Economy
In 1882, the first Labor Day festivities celebrated the creation of the labor movement and the social and economic achievements of the American worker.________________________________________________________________________
Tue, Aug 29, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), who is on a trip through the Gulf Coast this week, released the following statement today in observance of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:________________________________________________________________________
Fri, Aug 25, 2006 / Environment
Congress has doled out nearly a quarter of a million dollars for efforts to restore and protect habitats in the Chesapeake Bay region.________________________________________________________________________
Fri, Aug 25, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in response to the Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that early voting in Maryland is unconstitutional.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Aug 24, 2006 / Transportation and Infrastructure
With traffic on the minds of voters, some of Southern Maryland's elected officials gathered Tuesday to announce federal funding for several road and parking projects.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Aug 24, 2006 / Environment
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today announced that the 5th Congressional District received 7 Small Watershed Grants designed to improve water quality and restore habitats within the Chesapeake Bay basin.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Aug 23, 2006 / Environment
The St. Marys River drains the central county including Lexington Park, and it has seen its share of environmental problems. However, the river is still deemed relatively healthy by those who have been monitoring its water quality for years now.________________________________________________________________________
Tue, Aug 22, 2006 / Transportation and Infrastructure
WALDORF, MD Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), along with State Senator Roy Dyson, Delegate Murray Levy, Delegate John Bohanan, and Charles County Commissioner Edith Patterson, today rolled out an additional federal share of funding for Southern Marylands transportation future, including several federal projects already underway, at the Mattawoman-Beantown Park & Ride in Waldorf.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, Aug 21, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement after being briefed by representatives of the Charles County Sheriff's Department about incidents of racist graffiti on Bryans Road:________________________________________________________________________
Sun, Aug 20, 2006 / Health Care & Seniors
Monday marked the 71st anniversary of the Social Security programs inception. For the last 71 years, Social Security has provided dignity, safety, and security to millions of retiring Americans, as well as to disabled Americans and children whose families experience devastating tragedies. This program has been one of the most popular and successful in American history. Preventing the privatization of Social Security that President Bush and Congressional Republicans have been advocating is one of the key elements of Democrats plan to lead America in a new direction.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Aug 16, 2006 / Federal Employees
COLLEGE PARK, MD Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today spoke to members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) who are employed at the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition about issues of concern to federal workers.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Aug 16, 2006 / Environment
BELTSVILLE, MD Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today dedicated a new 28,100 square foot poultry facility at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). The new facility will be both a production and hatchery building. It will replace about a dozen old buildings built in the 1930s that are in poor condition and obsolete.________________________________________________________________________