Press Release

“Fifty years ago, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood here and put into mighty words the hopes, the dreams, the frustrations of millions of Americans, black and white, that the people of this land were not yet fully free – and that none could enjoy the promise of our democracy until all could enjoy it.

Every eligible voter in this country deserves the chance to cast a ballot and have that vote counted accurately. 

“The Attorney General’s announcement today of new guidelines for prosecutors to help reduce incarceration of non-violent, low-level drug offenders is an important step toward achieving the Administration’s goal of identifying reforms that will ensure that federal laws are enforced more fairly and efficiently.

"The enactment of this bill into law will save students billions of dollars in student loan interest rate payments over the next five years.

"I welcome the President’s announcement this afternoon of new steps to strengthen the oversight, transparency, and due process safeguards of our intelligence surveillance programs.  

“Forty-eight years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, ending discriminatory practices that had prevented millions of Americans from participating fully in our democracy.  Regardless of one’s race, color, or creed, every American is equally entitled to cast a ballot and have that vote counted accurately...

“While it is disappointing that the Pentagon has had to impose furlough days for civilian defense workers, thanks to cost-saving efforts announced by the Pentagon today, the eleven furlough days employees had been expected to take have now been reduced to six. 

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the two year anniversary of S&P's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating in 2011: