Press Release
On Tuesday night, at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America annual Youth of the Year Gala, the organization honored Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) with its Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award, which recognizes outstanding leadership in and contributions to education and youth development, particularly benefitting children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
I want to thank Nydia Velázquez, Jose Serrano, and my good friend Luis Gutiérrez, all who have a very, very personal relationship, but all of us have a responsibility and a relationship to our fellow Americans.
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) attended a rally today organized by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in opposition to TrumpCare’s cuts to Medicaid.
oday, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined 144 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Trump demanding that the Department of Defense deploy additional resources to aid recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
I join in expressing gratitude to Senator Corker for his years of service to this country and to the people of Tennessee.
The Republican tax outline released today is a textbook example of how not to do tax reform.
Today, the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity met with Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director for the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN). The conversation focused on new Census data on poverty, the Republican budget, appropriations, and the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs.
Millions of Americans living in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been struggling with the devastation of Hurricane Maria and the earlier Hurricanes Irma and Jose.
The decision by Senate Republicans not to hold a vote on their last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with TrumpCare is a great relief to the American people, who strongly opposed this bill.
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