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Hoyer Statement on the Budget Deficit for Fiscal Year 2015

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the Congressional Budget Office's monthly budget review for September, the final report for FY 2015. The review showed that the federal government ran a deficit of $435 billion in FY 2015, the smallest deficit since 2007:

Hoyer Statement on the Passage of House Republicans' Partisan Amendments that Deport DREAMers, Risk National Security

I was deeply disappointed that the House passed an appropriation bill for the Department of Homeland Security that included partisan, poison-pill amendments to deport DREAMers and tear immigrant families apart. 

Hoyer: Republicans Should Not Play Political Games with National Security, Include Extreme Provisions that Tear Families Apart

We are now considering a bill which is central to the protection of Americans and America from those who would, through terrorist activities, put our people at risk. 

Hoyer Remarks in Opposition to House Republicans' Partisan Amendments to DHS Funding Bill

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor this evening in opposition to the partisan amendments House Republicans have attached to must-pass legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Below is a transcript of his remarks and a link to the video.

Hoyer Discusses the Department of Homeland Security Funding Bill, Need for Bipartisanship in the 114th Congress on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Well, very frankly, we have on the Floor this week, as you know, the funding of the Department of Homeland Security, which is designed to keep our country and our people safe.

Americans Want Congress to Act on Critical Issues

With only fourteen legislative days remaining before the House is scheduled to adjourn, there are a number of pressing issues that need to be addressed.

Democrats Remain Focused on Veterans Health Care, House Passes Third Appropriations Bill For FY2015, Takes Bipartisan Action to Improve Background Check Effectiveness

Democrats continue to closely monitor reports of misconduct at Veterans Affairs health facilities, including the Phoenix VA Health Care System. 

Hoyer Statement on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

While I supported the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act when it passed the House today, I share many of the Obama Administration’s concerns as well as those of House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith that this bill does not reflect the hard choices necessary to achieve fiscal sustainability.

Questions for Paul Ryan on his “Poverty Tour”

As Budget Chairman Paul Ryan continues his “poverty messaging tour” today, with both a Budget hearing and CBC meeting, your ever-helpful Democratic Whip press shop put some questions together for you to ask him. There’s a lot to choose from, including his budget that disinvests in the majority of critical programs that prevent poverty and help people get out of it, and a voting record that doesn’t reflect an interest in ending poverty. Here are just a few questions to get you started:

A Congress that Doesn’t Work: What Leader Cantor Left Off of His Spring 2014 Legislative Memo

This week, House Republicans begin pursuing an agenda laid out by Leader Cantor in a memo titled, “An America that Works.” Unfortunately, the GOP memo shows exactly why, under their leadership, this is a Congress that doesn’t work. What they have put forward is an agenda that works for some, while denying access to opportunities for millions by ignoring immigration reform, raising the minimum wage, renewing emergency unemployment insurance, or creating jobs.