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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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Mar 3, 2022

Excuse me. Thirty million. So this administration has taken actions immediately to assist the Europeans. In addition, of course, the Europeans have done something. As the gentleman knows in terms of reliance, the Germans, in a very…

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Mar 3, 2022

As I said, I hope we can be unified and seek to pursue that which unifies us. If we did everything that the gentleman suggests is in that bill, it would not make an immediate difference, and the gentleman knows that. The gentleman knows…

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Mar 3, 2022

The equivalency that my friend from Louisiana tries to make between citizens, some who committed crimes, but citizens who are acting because they are seeing their children's lives taken because of the color of their skin and what happened…

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Mar 3, 2022

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, the Speaker just announced, minutes ago, she is opposed to importing any oil from Russia. So the comment I just made to the gentleman, if you are trying to project that we want to see…

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Mar 2, 2022

I thank Chairman Takano not only for yielding time, but much more importantly, I thank him for the extraordinary work he does on behalf of the Armed Forces and for its veterans. He is tireless in his advocacy of veterans' interest. I meet…

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Mar 2, 2022

I thank my friend, the chairman of this committee, for yielding. We have traveled in various parts of the world together. We have seen pain, and we have seen progress. We are seeing pain now, and all I can say with respect to the remarks…

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Feb 15, 2022

Congress has the authority to lift the debt ceiling to safeguard the full faith and credit of the United States and the responsibility to do so.

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Feb 15, 2022

I teamed up with Congressman Jodey Arrington in the Bipartisan Policy Center to craft and introduce the Responsible Budgeting Act.

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Feb 15, 2022

It seems Budget Democrats are working at cross-purposes.

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Feb 15, 2022

Given recent history, it is clear to me that the best way to do so is to eliminate the debt limit entirely.

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Feb 15, 2022

it is not the rules that are broken, it is the Congress that is broken.

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Feb 15, 2022

It would vest in the Treasury secretary the authority to raise the debt ceiling while still reserving to Congress the authority to overrule that decision if Congress ever wanted to exercise that authority.

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