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WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in support of a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report should be made public to the American people and Congress. Below is a transcript of his remarks and a link to the video:
Today, President Trump learned an important lesson about diplomacy. Negotiations with foreign tyrants cannot be undertaken without substantial preparation, and they cannot be reduced to optics.
We are outraged that Nicolás Maduro continues to block the entry of food and medical supplies into Venezuela. Through authoritarianism, corruption, and incompetence, Nicolás Maduro and his kleptocratic regime have created a massive humanitarian crisis both inside Venezuela and throughout the Americas.
I am deeply concerned by President Trump’s announcement today that he intends to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty unilaterally.
I am cosponsoring this resolution today because the American people and their Representatives in Congress deserve the opportunity to weigh in on our nation’s involvement in the conflict in Yemen.
It is unconscionable that a President of the United States would sit in the White House and say that Iran and its proxies ought to be allowed to take up positions on the borders of our closest regional allies.
The principled resignation of Secretary Mattis is stark evidence of the dangerous and irresponsible defense and foreign policies being pursued by President Trump.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) sent the following letter today to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to bring S.J. Res. 54 and S.J. Res. 69 to the House Floor for immediate consideration to end U.S.
The campaign being perpetrated against the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar must be called what it is: a genocide.
On August 14, I joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith, and Rep. Ro Khanna on a letter requesting that the House receive a briefing on the situation in Yemen and American involvement there.