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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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May 28, 2019

Reserving the right to object. I, of course, will not object, and I urge my friends in this body not to object. I urge them not to object because millions of people are at risk. This bill, passed in January to the Senate, which we passed…

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May 17, 2019

On Monday, the House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning-hour debate and 12 p.m. for…

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May 17, 2019

I regret that the Chamber is not full of Members or that the gallery is not jammed with people, for this is a historic day. Many Members have quoted that extraordinary doctrine of civil rights and human rights articulated by our Founders…

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May 17, 2019

Clearly, if we get an agreement--and that, of course, is the big if, but, hopefully, we can. If we can do that, then we will want to move as quickly as possible.

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May 17, 2019

I thank the gentleman for his comment. We have had this discussion on a number of occasions. I am convinced that Mr. McGovern, the chairman of the Rules Committee, does, in fact, want to have the kind of process that we talked about and…

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May 17, 2019

First of all, I would say words are important. That is why we all debate, because we think words are important. But having said that, I share the gentleman's view, as he well knows, with reference to the BDS movement, which I think is…

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May 17, 2019

My friend mentioned there are essentially four components of the bill to which he referred, three of which are noncontroversial, as the gentleman knows, and one of which has issues with respect to its constitutionality. Without resolving…

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May 17, 2019

I thank the gentleman for his question. As the gentleman knows, we passed an initial bill some many weeks ago. The Senate didn't pass that. We then passed, more recently, a bill which did, in fact, take care of everyone we know who has had…

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May 16, 2019

If you put patients before politics, you will vote for this bill because patients care about prescription drugs, but they also care about access to affordable, quality healthcare. Now, you sent a bill to the President--or you didn't really…

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May 14, 2019

I thank the dean of the California delegation and a good friend of Ellen's for yielding. Ellen was one of my closest friends in the Congress of the United States. I think Ellen and I voted the same about almost every time the lights were…

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May 10, 2019

I thank my friend from Louisiana, the Republican whip, for yielding. On Monday, there will be no votes expected in the House. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with…

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May 10, 2019

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The good news is, we just passed a bipartisan bill with 34 Members from my friend's side voting in favor of that bill to give very, very substantial relief and an additional $3 billion to take care of…

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