Congressman Hoyer is fighting to address our nation's deep deficits and debt, and is actively engaged in the effort to put our country on a fiscally sustainable path. He believes that it is immoral to expect future generations to pay for the excess spending of this and previous generations. He introduced and successfully helped enact into law the pay-as-you-go principle - or "PAYGO" - a proven tool for fighting debt that that helped create budget surpluses in the 1990s. Like families across the country, Congress must make the tough choices to determine our real priorities and not spend beyond our means. PAYGO also forces Congress to look harder for wasteful spending that can be cut.
Congressman Hoyer has called on Congress to enact a deficit reduction plan that recognizes the need to create jobs in the short term while bringing down our deficit over the long term. He supports a solution that puts all options on the table, including spending cuts, increasing revenues, cutting waste in defense spending, and strengthening entitlements while protecting seniors and the most vulnerable and preserving the Medicare guarantee. He has urged both parties to compromise on a balanced approach that asks all Americans to contribute their fair share.
Congressman Hoyer is committed to reducing the deficit, and has urged both parties to work together to put our nation on a fiscally sustainable path while making the investments we need to have a strong economy.
As millions of Americans complete their tax filings, we are all reminded that every taxpayer - and every American - deserves a government that is fair, honest, transparent, and effective.
On Equal Pay Day, we mark the time it takes a woman, on average, to earn the same amount as a man for the same work if both had started on the first of January last year.
The process in which the majority brought this bill to the Floor is appalling, and it is not how the House of Representatives should do its work.
President Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal is unacceptable.
Over the past several hours, America saw once more the utter dysfunction of Congressional Republicans, their inability to govern, and their failure to provide the kind of steady leadership this country needs.
Republicans have now voted five times to kick the can down the road and force the federal government to operate on weeks-long funding agreements.
Tonight, the President spoke of building a ‘safe, strong, and proud America' but neither his words tonight nor his actions over the past year are accomplishing any of those goals.
Funding the government by continuing resolution is not a responsible way to govern.
It's an extreme understatement to say I am disappointed that Republicans failed to work with Democrats to prevent a government shutdown.
There's no doubt shutting down the government makes no sense.