*Economic Opportunity

Today, a bipartisan group of Representatives introduced H.R. 1059, the Russia Sanctions Review Act. 

House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today on how President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget can help address the everyday challenges of Americans living in poverty. 

This year marked another year of work to raise awareness among Members and the public of the ongoing crisis of poverty in our nation.

I thank the gentlelady from California for yielding. No one in this House more than Congresswoman Barbara Lee has been focused on how we lift those in poverty out of poverty, into the middle class. 

WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, chair of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity, released the following statement today on a report by the White House Council of Economic Advisors on nutrition assistance:

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:

We’re here to send a strong message by Democrats in the House and Senate and by Americans across the country that sequester – that’s a complicated word that I tell people starts with ‘S,’ which stands for stupid – must be replaced. The sequester harms our economy and our national security.

Twenty-five years ago, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law.