Press Release

Today, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA). chair of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity, sent a letter to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office requesting an analysis of how the extreme House Republicans budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015 would impact poverty in the country

Tomorrow, millions of Afghans will go to the polls to choose their next president, and Afghan voters deserve a chance to cast ballots free from the threat of violence and in a credible process that meets international standards.

“On April 4, 1949, representatives from the United States and eleven other nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, creating an enduring and powerful alliance – now twenty-eight members strong – to defend freedom and democracy in Europe and North America. 

“Today’s report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which shows that our economy added 192,000 private sector jobs in March, ought to be a further reminder of Congress’s responsibility to pursue job creation legislation.  

Today’s executive order sends a clear message that the United States will not sit idly by as violence and human rights abuses continue in South Sudan.

“I am very disappointed in the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning in McCutcheon v. FEC. 

“With the passage of these bills, the United States Congress is sending a strong and clear message to the people of Ukraine that Americans stand with them as they work to build a stable economy and lasting democratic institutions. 

“Today’s news that over 7 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance plans during the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season confirm that the law is working