WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and the only member from Maryland, announced that the House of Representatives today passed the Fiscal Year 2007 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill which included $15.4 million for Baltimore Harbor maintenance dredging and $13.1 million for the Poplar Island Project.________________________________________________________________________
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Wed, May 24, 2006 / Environment
Wed, May 24, 2006 / Environment
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the House of Representatives today passed the Fiscal Year 2007 Energy and Water Appropriations bill which included, at the request of Congressman Hoyer, $400,000 to help clean up the Anacostia River.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, May 24, 2006 / Environment
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the House of Representatives today passed the Fiscal Year 2007 Energy and Water Appropriations bill which included $2 million for the Oyster Recovery Project, which is coordinating the revival of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. This is in addition to the more than $25 million in federal funding Hoyer has secured for the project to date.________________________________________________________________________
Fri, May 19, 2006 / Environment
After years of waiting for funding for the project, work began last week to deepen the channels of St. Jerome Creek in Ridge, as a crew of 20 men from North Carolina have been working there day and night.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, May 17, 2006 / Education
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today attended a reception on Capitol Hill to honor the recipients of the Milken Education Award, including two from Maryland.________________________________________________________________________
Tue, May 16, 2006 / Jobs & the Economy
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement in response to the announced retirement of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick as Archbishop of the Washington Archdiocese:________________________________________________________________________
Tue, May 16, 2006 / Fire Service and Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, a co-sponsor of H. Res. 788, which supports the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day, released the following statement today in recognition of National Police Week, observed May 15-19. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15th falls as National Police Week.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, May 15, 2006 / Education
ANNAPOLIS, MD Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today visited the Harbour School in Annapolis to learn about the facilitys programs and discuss some of the challenges facing special needs education.Harbour is one of the few regional schools that has a comprehensive program to provide direct educational services to children with autism.________________________________________________________________________
Sun, May 14, 2006 / Health Care & Seniors / National Security & Veterans
On Monday, I hosted a town hall meeting in Waldorf to discuss the looming prescription drug deadline. My Democratic colleagues and I have requested that the Bush Administration extend the penalty-free enrollment deadline for the new Medicare prescription drug law from tomorrow to January 1, 2007, so that seniors can have more time to navigate this confusing and complicated law.________________________________________________________________________
Fri, May 12, 2006 / Health Care & Seniors
Senior citizens have less than one week to enroll in a highly scrutinized federal prescription drug program before incurring lifetime penalties that would likely hurt those it aims to help.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, May 11, 2006 / Education
Congressman Steny Hoyer threw a banquet Monday to honor Southern Marylands teachers and administrators that were selected as the most distinguished educators from their county.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, May 11, 2006 / Health Care & Seniors
Reps. Steny H. Hoyer and Benjamin L. Cardin met this week with seniors at Victoria Park Apartments in Waldorf to discuss the Medicare prescription drug program and the looming Monday deadline to sign up for the benefit.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, May 10, 2006 / Environment
WASHINGTON, DCCongressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) entered the following statement into the Congressional Record in remembrance of Dr. Kenneth Tenore:________________________________________________________________________
Tue, May 9, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today received the Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Advocacy Award for his continued fight on behalf of people with disabilities.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, May 8, 2006 / Education
WALDORF, MD In celebration of National Teachers Appreciation Week, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today hosted the winners of the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award and other outstanding local educators for lunch in Waldorf.________________________________________________________________________