Press Release

Today’s announcement of 287,000 new private sector jobs created in February shows our shared sustained economic resilience over the last nine years, due in large part to the policies of President Obama.

“We need to act when other countries engage in unfair trade practices that hurt American businesses and workers.  No one can doubt that China has created massive overcapacity in steel and aluminum production that distorts world markets and depresses steel and aluminum prices.

Today’s first meeting of a new Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform presents a striking image of Republican hypocrisy.

I join today in celebrating International Women’s Day and standing in solidarity with women across the country and the world who are fighting to make their voices heard and make a difference for equality.

[Democrats] have been trying to get comprehensive background checks which the overwhelming majority, 97% of the public supports taking steps so everybody has a background check and we can preclude those who are criminals, multiple misdemeanor offenders, people on the terrorist watch list, people with mental health problems from getting guns

For more than forty years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has followed its mandate to provide nonpartisan, independent analysis to lawmakers based on proven principles of accounting, statistics, and scientific method. 

Today, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-PA), House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and eleven other House Democrats in sending a letter to the Appropriations Committee requesting an additional $14 million in funding for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to secure voting systems against cyberattacks. 

Today is the start of the 2018 election season, with the first primary in Texas. We know that Russia has every motivation and intention to interfere again in our elections.