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I understand people want to protect themselves and their homes, but what we have here is a reasonable restraint to protect our people.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the International Atomic Energy Agency closing their investigation into military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program and the UN Sanctions Committee's decision not to take action after Iran's ballistic missile launch:
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today announced two staff changes. Danielle Aviles has been promoted to Deputy Floor Director to succeed Daniel Shott, who left Capitol Hill to pursue graduate study. Additionally, Ray Salazar, previously Special Assistant, has been promoted to take over Aviles’s previous role as Floor Assistant.
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) discussed government funding, the need for bipartisan action in Congress, and the 2016 election on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers." Below are excerpts and a link to the video:
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after a final agreement was reached at the COP21 Paris Climate Summit:
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Today, December 11, was the deadline to pass a spending bill to avert another costly government shutdown. Although House Republican leaders have had ample time to pass a measure to fund the government for next year, we had to pass a short-term measure to allow negotiations to continue into next week.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statements after President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law at a White House signing ceremony today. The bipartisan bill includes the Community Support for School Success program whi
Reports of Iran’s continued testing of missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads are disturbing and ought to be taken very seriously by the United States and our international partners.
This year marked another year of work to raise awareness among Members and the public of the ongoing crisis of poverty in our nation.
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: