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WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the Joint Session of Congress completed the electoral count and confirmed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next President and Vice President of the United States:
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Hoyer Statement on the Joint Session of Congress Reconvening for the Electoral College Certification
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight:
I congratulate Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock on his historic victory to become the first African American to represent Georgia in the Senate. From the votes that have already been counted and those still remaining.
I am proud to cosponsor Rep. Norton's legislation correcting the injustice of denying representation to 700,000 Americans by admitting the District of Columbia as the fifty-first state.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the convening of the 117th Congress:
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“We're going to prevail. This is a sad day for democracy. It's a sad day for the confidence of the American people that so many Members of the Congress of the United States in the House and now in the Senate would do what they know is not right to do. They know President Biden has been elected.
To: Editors, Editorial Writers, Reporters
From: House Majority Leader Steny H. HoyerRe: House Democrats’ Record of Results in the Majority in the 116th Congress
Date: December 31, 2020
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The House has now passed legislation to increase the amount of the economic impact payments from $600 to $2,000. The Democratic-led House has worked responsibly and tirelessly from the beginning of this pandemic to keep Americans safe and limit the economic impacts of COVID-19.