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"Finally, Trump's federal troops are leaving Minneapolis. They never should have been there in the first place. Anyone with basic common sense could predict that sending heavily armed troops equipped for combat into an American city with the promise of immunity for using force would result in people getting hurt. Trump did so anyway.

"We must ensure that the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good see justice served and that the American people receive the answers they deserve about why this violence is happening in our streets."

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the January jobs report: 

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement announcing $7,193,000 in Community Project Funding that he secured for projects in Maryland's Fifth District in the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. The House Committee on Appropriations allowed each Member of Congress to submit up to 15 Community Funding Project requests for their districts in the Fiscal Year 2026 funding cycle.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined U.S. Senators U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), and federal employee union leaders and members at a press conference to announce the launch of the Federal Workforce Caucus to protect federal workers and strengthen the merit-based federal civil service for the American people.  Below is a full transcript of his remarks:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement in response to The Washington Post's large scale staff reductions and restructuring:

"On the front page of every copy of the Washington Post, right below the name of that famed paper, is a simple slogan: 'democracy dies in darkness.' Today, the darkness grows.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today after voting to pass the FY 2026 appropriations package to end the partial government shutdown:

“I voted yes on the bill to fund more than 75% of our government through the end of the fiscal year and the Department of Homeland Security for only ten days.