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» Hoyer: Eighth Straight Month of Job Losses Adds to Dismal Republican Economic Record, September 05, 2008
But today’s jobs report shows just how disconnected from reality the Republican Party really is. Last month, the American economy lost 84,000 more jobs.

» MAJORITY LEADER HOYER STATEMENT ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA, August 29, 2008

» Hoyer Commemorates 45th Anniversary of Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 2008
“Forty five years ago today, some 300,000 men, women, and children poured into Washington, DC, to claim their equal rights as citizens...

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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

» Breaking the congressional deadlock, September 02, 2008
I'd submit that this Congress, led by a new Democratic majority, belongs in the second category, the category of real and lasting accomplishment. Far from being the victim of deadlock, we are breaking decades-old logjams with regularity.

» 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.

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Issue Spotlights

» Bush Economy Records Eighth Straight Month of Job Losses, September 05, 2008
The Department of Labor released its August employment report today, which showed a loss of 84,000 jobs in the American economy – the eighth consecutive month of job losses.

» Democrats Commemorate 45th Anniversary of March on Washington, September 02, 2008
Democrats marked the 45th anniversary of the march on Washington on August 28, 1963.

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