Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined the Calvert Historical Society and local officials to announce the award of $250,000 he secured for the Linden Restoration Project in Calvert County. This funding was included at Congressman Hoyers request in the federal Omnibus Appropriations Act passed by the Congress last year.________________________________________________________________________
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Mon, Mar 28, 2005 / Jobs & the Economy
Mon, Mar 28, 2005 / Jobs & the Economy
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) met with Buddy Hance, President of the Maryland State Farm Bureau, and the Presidents of each of the County Farm Bureaus in Marylands Fifth Congressional District to discuss issues of concern to Marylands farmers and the agricultural community.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Mar 24, 2005 / Jobs & the Economy
BOWIE, MD - As Tax Day, April 15th, quickly approaches, Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today hosted a workshop for non-profit organizations with the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an IRS program that provides an independent system to assure that tax problems are promptly and fairly handled.________________________________________________________________________
Sun, Mar 20, 2005 / Budget & Fiscal Responsibility / National Security & Veterans
Last week the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2006 House Republican budget, which contains harmful cuts to federal investments in Maryland that the state would be forced to absorb.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Mar 17, 2005 / Transportation and Infrastructure
Portions of the $3.38 billion that the state of Maryland could receive from a new federal transportation bill will go to much-needed construction and improvements on roads in Prince George's County.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Mar 17, 2005 / Health Care & Seniors
President Bush's plan to add private stock and bond accounts to Social Security never made much sense to Beverlie Ludy. For that matter, all the talk she was hearing of an "ownership society" smacked of a greedy, "me-first" attitude she didn't like.________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Mar 17, 2005 / Budget & Fiscal Responsibility / National Security & Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Maryland Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Al Wynn, Elijah Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and Chris Van Hollen released the following joint statement rejecting the Fiscal Year 2006 House Republican budget, which contains harmful cuts to federal investments in Maryland that the state would be forced to absorb. The House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2006 federal budget today.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Mar 16, 2005 / Health Care & Seniors
COLLEGE PARK - With President Bush flooding cable TV screens with town meetings around the country peddling his approach to Social Security reform, the Democrats are finally moving to fill the vacuum on their side, in their fashion.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Mar 16, 2005 / Fire Service and Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that the La Plata and Indian Head Volunteer Fire Departments have been awarded federal Fire Grants totaling $185,958 through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.________________________________________________________________________
Tue, Mar 15, 2005 / Transportation and Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, DC Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation voiced their approval of the House-passed Transportation Reauthorization bill which included millions of dollars in federal funds to improve Marylands transportation infrastructure.________________________________________________________________________
Mon, Mar 14, 2005 / Health Care & Seniors
COLLEGE PARK, MD U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today hosted a Town Hall meeting with students from the University of Maryland in College Park to discuss strengthening Social Security and plans being proposed by the Bush Administration to privatize Social Security.________________________________________________________________________
Sat, Mar 12, 2005 / Jobs & the Economy
Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, the studious liberal who became Maryland's longest-serving senator and who acted as quiet counsel to Democratic leaders through times of impeachment and scandal, announced yesterday that he will not run for reelection when his fifth term ends in January 2007.________________________________________________________________________
Fri, Mar 11, 2005 / Jobs & the Economy
WASHINGTON, DC House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement regarding the announcement today by Marylands senior United States Senator, Paul Sarbanes, that he will not stand for re-election to a sixth Senate term in 2006:________________________________________________________________________
Thu, Mar 3, 2005 / Fire Service and Law Enforcement
County fire departments coping with aging equipment and staff shortages will get some much-needed relief with more than a half million dollars in federal fire grants announced Tuesday.________________________________________________________________________
Wed, Mar 2, 2005 / Health Care & Seniors
It is increasingly clear that the proposal by President Bush to privatize Social Security the most successful government program in American history is opposed by a solid majority of the American people. And, as I discuss below, Americans are opposing privatization for good reason.________________________________________________________________________