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Steny Hoyer

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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.

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Jul 22, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. You had an opportunity to support the police and you voted with those who wanted to defund the police. All of you had an opportunity, just a few weeks ago while we had a bill on the floor, to support, to…

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Jul 21, 2021

I thank Chairman Pallone for yielding, and I thank him for his work on this piece of legislation, along with Mrs. Dingell, a member of the committee. Obviously, the gentlewoman's deceased husband was chairman of this committee and ranking…

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Jun 30, 2021

The American public watching this debate must think that some of the verbiage was written by Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll, of course, wrote ``Alice in Wonderland,'' where up was down, black was white, left was right, and right was left…

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Jun 29, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I am glad to be back. Madam Speaker, I have been out for 2 weeks, and now that I have a new knee, I am good for another 20 years. That is what they tell me. They guarantee me that. Madam Speaker…

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Jun 29, 2021

I appreciate Chairwoman Maloney's leadership on this issue and so many other issues to protect the citizens, protect consumers, protect voters, and protect, frankly, those who stand up and say there is wrongdoing. I heard the remarks of…

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May 19, 2021

I thank the chairman for yielding, and I thank the chairman for his work. I have been here a long time. This is my 40th year in the Congress of the United States. I came at the same time Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United…

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May 19, 2021

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Hoyer moves to lay the resolution on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table. The…

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May 18, 2021

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, there is no place in America for hate. Well, at least there should be no place in America for hate. There should be no place in our country for exclusion, for bigotry, or racial violence…

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May 14, 2021

I would say in response to Mr. Green's passionate speech: Me too. I rise in strong support of this bill, and I am proud to bring it to the floor for consideration, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate Chairman Nadler's leadership in sponsoring and…

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May 12, 2021

It is appropriate that we stand and speak on behalf of the law enforcement community of our country. As the former chief of the Orlando Police just said, it is because of them that we have law and order. Democracy cannot survive without…

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Apr 30, 2021

Congresswoman Tenney promoting this program now, does not erase the fact that you didn’t vote for this assistance. New Yorkers will not be fooled.

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Apr 30, 2021

the Restaurant Revitalization Fund is a program authorized and funded through the American Rescue Plan which you voted against.

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Apr 30, 2021

glad to hear you think the American people deserve some help recovering from the effects of COVID-19, Representative Greg Pence. Didn’t seem quite that way when you voted against the American Rescue Plan which created this restaurant fund.

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Apr 21, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her service. I thank Chairwoman Beatty and members of the Congressional Black Caucus for organizing this Special Order tonight. Madam Speaker, Alcee Hastings was a dear friend, a close friend, a…

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Apr 20, 2021

First of all, I rise in strong support of this resolution. It makes in order that we will not discriminate against people based upon their religion or the State from which they come or the nation from which they come. It says not at our…

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Apr 20, 2021

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Hoyer moves that the resolution be laid on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table…

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Apr 16, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, on Monday, the House will meet at noon for morning- hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes expected no earlier than 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10…

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Apr 16, 2021

I don't know about the Nadler bill, but I do know that the Constitution says nothing about the Senate's ability to simply refuse to consider an appointee of the President of the United States. I don't think the Founders had any concept…

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Apr 16, 2021

We have a situation that is heart-wrenching and unacceptable. And it must be dealt with. In part, this situation comes because of the draconian policies of the previous administration. It comes also because Republicans have refused, in…

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Apr 16, 2021

Donald Trump didn't fix the problem; he delayed the problem. That is what happened. That is what those pictures reflect. He didn't fix the problem. He would say to those kids: Get out of here. Go back to Mexico. Maybe you have a parent…

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Apr 16, 2021

I have not had a discussion with Mr. Nadler, but as the gentleman knows, we have a lot of work to do on the floor of the House of Representatives, and we intend to get that work done. We have not considered bringing to the floor the bill…

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Apr 16, 2021

The gentleman refers to Communist China, apparently wants to follow that example. A communist authoritarian government that owns most of the manufacturing capability in China--not all of it. It is ironic that in two different debates in…

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Apr 15, 2021

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, the chairman of the Education and Labor Committee for yielding, and I thank him for his untiring work. ``No employer . . . shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are…

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Apr 14, 2021

In March, the House passed legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police for their heroism on January 6 and for their daily efforts to protect the institutions of our democracy. On April 3…

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Apr 13, 2021

For generations, Puerto Ricans have been an integral part of the American family.

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