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Press Releases

» Majority Leader Hoyer: Census Bureau Report Testifies to Republican Economic Failures, August 26, 2008
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on today's Census Bureau annual report on health care, poverty, and income:

» Majority Leader Hoyer Commemorates Anniversary of 19th Amendment, Women's Voting Rights, August 26, 2008

» Hoyer: McCain Doesn’t Know His Own Houses, Boehner Doesn’t Know His Own Energy Policy, August 22, 2008
WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) released a statement today in response to a release put out by Minority Leader John Boehner that criticized a Hoyer proposal to promote conservation by encouraging federal agencies to implement existing policies to compress the 40-hour work week into four days:

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Multimedia

» Discusses Oil & Gas Drilling on House Floor, August 07, 2008
This bill says, let's drill, let's get american product to american consumers and try to bring down prices... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Discussing Energy Speculation Bill on House Floor, August 07, 2008
None of these bills alone is a panacea. We all recognize that and we all recognize that there will be no immediate solution, but all of them together constitute a vital step toward confronting our oil dependency and our energy independence... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Discussing Oil Industry and Exploration on Bloomberg, August 07, 2008
While I am sympathetic to the oil companies wanting to drill where they have the most promise, they have taken these leases. They have reserved them. They are not pursuing them, and we believe, and experts believe, there are vast stores of oil in those areas... [TRANSCRIPT]

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Statements and Speeches

» Hoyer Statement on the Paycheck Fairness Act, July 31, 2008
‘Equal pay for equal work.’ When we put the principle as bluntly as that, I doubt that anyone in America would disagree. It is a basic ideal of fairness: The value of work lies in a job well done, not in the gender of the worker.

» Hoyer: Bill Will Control Market Speculation, Help Bring Down Price of Gas, July 30, 2008
Mr. Speaker, this summer, the Democratic Majority in this body has produced bill after bill after bill to address record oil prices that have exploded on this Administration’s watch.

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Articles

» Unimpaired Rights, July 06, 2008
THE AMERICANS With Disabilities Act (ADA), passed in 1990, was supposed to level the playing field for the disabled. It ended up helping some more than others.

» Hoyer, Blunt: Friends Over All, June 23, 2008
Each week when Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) deliver a colloquy on the House floor, both seem to relish the gentlemanly discussion of the schedule for upcoming legislative business.

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Issue Spotlights

» Republican False Claims on Energy, August 15, 2008
Republicans have consistently voted against the "all of the above" energy solutions they claim they want.

» Republican False Claims and Congress Offering Solutions on Energy, August 07, 2008
Republicans falsely claim that drilling in protected areas will provide immediate relief to America’s consumers...

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