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Steny Hamilton Hoyer is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district since 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Hoyer has held various leadership positions, including House Majority Leader. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and economic development, advocating for policies that benefit his constituents in Maryland and beyond. Hoyer is known for his commitment to bipartisanship and has played a significant role in legislative negotiations over the years.
I thank my friend, and I would have come up here just for that introduction. I thank him so much. I am pleased to follow my friend, the distinguished majority leader, Mr. Cantor. I'm going to have some remarks. But before I get to those…
The Senate has passed a highway bill in a bipartisan fashion with half of the Republicans in the United States Senate voting for it, and with a very conservative Republican ranking member, Jim Inhofe, and a very liberal chairwoman, Barbara…
Some of the most pressing legislative items were nowhere to be found on the floor this week. We had an opportunity to make headway on critical legislation. Unfortunately, the leadership provided no action, not solutions, not action, only…
Before I yield back, the gentlelady from California would like me to yield, and I do so.
Ladies and gentlemen of the House, all of us through our lives meet people, particularly when we were young--and I'm sure this happened to people who were with leaders of our country. Thomas Jefferson, a young man, I'm sure there were…
I don't have a rebuttal to that, so I will yield back my time. ____________________
I thank the gentleman for that information, and I want to say to the gentleman that I disagree that there is no plan. Mr. Van Hollen, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, did in fact have a plan, presented that plan, and it was…
I don't want to interrupt, other than to clarify. As I understand the two options, one was the option of making additional--in the letter I read. Maybe I'm incorrect. If you can correct me.
I thank the gentleman. Just for his information, I would be a very strong opponent of your first option, which continues to want to reduce the take-home pay of Federal employees. Federal employees, under the plans that you have passed…
Lastly, if I might, the student loan interest rate, as you know, will go up at the end of this month from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. That will add substantially additional cost to literally millions of students, some thousand dollars of…
I thank the gentleman. I appreciate his observation. Clearly we don't want to have the authority for the highway bill to expire without action, but I will reiterate my offer to my friend, the majority leader, and say that given the…
I thank the gentleman. I was not trying to make political points or rhetoric in raising the issues that I did. I frankly think that it doesn't get us very far, I would suggest to the majority leader, and we need to get someplace. America…
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