Press Release

Hoyer Leads Congressional Delegation to Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Luxembourg

The United States stands with our European allies in support of democracy,” said Leader Hoyer. “This delegation will deliver a clear message to our allies that the United States is committed to NATO and its principle of common defense.

6/27/19

Hoyer Statement On House Passage of Emergency Border Supplemental

Tonight, the House passed a bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at our border that this President created with his deeply flawed policies.

6/25/19

Hoyer Statement on the Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Outlook Report

I continue to be deeply concerned about the legacy we are leaving to future generations through our unwillingness to tackle growing budget deficits and mounting debt.

6/25/19

Hoyer Calls on the Trump Administration to Articulate a Clear Strategy on Iran

The President said he believed a military strike at this moment would be disproportionate, and his decision to cancel the strike was the right decision.

6/21/19

Hoyer: The Trump Administration's Title X Gag Rule Must Be Stopped

The Trump Administration’s gag rule prohibiting health care providers from recommending the full range of health care options to women must be stopped.

6/20/19

Hoyer Statement on Juneteenth

On Juneteenth, we remember the liberation of the final group of enslaved African Americans in 1865 and commemorate the struggle for freedom and equality that spanned the eras of slavery, segregation, and the ongoing march for civil rights.

6/19/19

Hoyer Statement on the EPA's Decision to Roll Back the Clean Power Plan

The Trump Administration continues its unrelenting assault on Americans’ clean air and clean water today. The new rule to dismantle the Clean Power Plan pretends that climate change does not threaten us and will result in more pollution making its way into the air our children breathe and the water they drink, fewer incentives for job-creating innovation in clean energy, and a further abdication of America’s global leadership on addressing climate change.

6/19/19

Hoyer: The Administration’s Threat to Fire OPM Employees Is Outrageous

Reports that the Trump Administration has threatened to lay off civilian federal employees at the Office of Personnel Management if Congress doesn’t eliminate the agency are outrageous.

6/19/19

Hoyer, Lee Lead Letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director Opposing Changes to the Official Poverty Calculation

In the letter, the Members wrote: “The ramifications of the proposal to lower the poverty threshold are widespread, but the process laid out by this Administration to consider such a monumental change is deeply flawed and inadequate.

6/18/19

Hoyer Statement on the Administration’s Decision to Send 1,000 Additional Troops to the Middle East

I remain extremely concerned by this Administration’s reckless approach to the serious threat from Iran; in fact, its lack of strategy has led us to this dangerous point.

6/18/19