Congressman Hoyer strongly supports environmental safeguards that keep our land, air and water clean. He has supported every major environmental bill since he was elected to Congress. Congressman Hoyer has secured millions of federal dollars to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent, Potomac, Anacostia, and St. Mary's Rivers, and to replenish the oyster population of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
The Fifth District is rightly proud of its parks and open green space, and Hoyer has supported them by securing federal funds to add 8,000 acres to the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, expand Piscataway Park, and helped acquire 6,000 acres in Charles County for the Douglas Point Project.
Congressman Hoyer believes strongly in the environmental, economic and national security benefits of reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil and bolstering our clean energy economy. He has supported legislation to improve energy efficiency to save families and businesses money, spur innovation and create good-paying jobs, lessen our reliance on foreign energy, and reduce the carbon pollution that causes global warming.
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in support of the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act.________________________________________________________________________
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today questioned why House Republicans, who say they want to increase domestic oil supply, blocked a measure that would have promoted responsible drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and on land already leased to companies for production, but which is not currently being drilled.________________________________________________________________________
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced today award of $43,500 for a project to enhance visitor access to the Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Historic Park in St. Mary's County.________________________________________________________________________
BALTIMORE - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5th) joined with Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Congressmen John Sarbanes (MD-3rd) and Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2nd), Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith and officials from the National Park Service today to celebrate the creation of The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail at Ft. McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine.________________________________________________________________________
WASHINGTON, D.C - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) praised passage today of H.R. 5540 to permanently authorize funding for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network grant program.________________________________________________________________________
WASHINGTON, DC -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement after the U.S. House voted today to override the President's veto of the Food and Energy Security Act (H.R. 2419), which includes $438 million in conservation funding for the Chesapeake Bay.________________________________________________________________________
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today praised the inclusion of $438 million in conservation funding for the Chesapeake Bay in the Farm Bill Conference Report that passed the U.S. House today with strong bipartisan support (318 to 106).________________________________________________________________________
BRYANS ROAD, MD -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) joined the Trust for Public Land, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the National Park Service yesterday in announcing the protection of an additional 73 acres of land directly across from George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.________________________________________________________________________
WASHINGTON, D.C - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today marking Earth Day, 2008:________________________________________________________________________