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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

It has been said that you make your living by what you get; you make your life by what you give.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

Bill Young was my friend. Bill Young was a gentleman in every sense of the word.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

He was a champion of our men and women in uniform, veterans and their families.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

With Bill Young's death, the Nation has truly lost one of the few remaining statesmen.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

America has lost a great public servant, liberty has lost a great patriot, and we who are left behind have lost a great friend.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

H. Res. 384 recognizes the extraordinary contributions of Bill Young to public life in Florida and the United States.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

this happy moment stands in stark contrast to the sorrowful evening of October 18, 2013, when we learned that our dear friend and colleague, the great Bill Young, had lost his life.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

It is both fitting and proper that the People's House pay this tribute to a pioneering and path-breaking man.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 17, 2013

Bill Young believed in bipartisanship; the Defense Subcommittee almost always reported the Defense Appropriations bill with all Members, Democrats and Republicans, in full support.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Oct 15, 2013

The impact on veterans is just one example of the toll the shutdown is taking on Americans.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Oct 15, 2013

That is why we are still in this government shutdown. That is why people say Speaker Boehner is holding our country hostage.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Oct 15, 2013

Speaker Boehner could end the shutdown this morning, like right now, by simply allowing the House of Representatives to vote on legislation to reopen the government.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Oct 15, 2013

The arbitrary and shortsighted approach that governing by crisis is hurting the economy.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Oct 15, 2013

Their approach puts the ideology of one political party ahead of the interests of our entire Nation.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Oct 15, 2013

Stop this madness right now. Let us bring a clean Senate bill to the House floor, and let us pass it.

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Benjamin Cardin
@benjamincardin· Democratic · MD· Oct 14, 2013

There have been studies done that show that as a result of this manufactured crisis, consumer confidence has been more adversely affected than in any of our natural disasters, that is worse than the attack on our country on 9/11 as far as…

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