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Today’s rule change is outrageous, discriminating against LGBTQ Americans and their families consistent with this Administration’s ongoing efforts to undermine equality.
Throughout the month of May, we honor the contributions of Americans of Asian and Pacific heritage. For more than two centuries, people from Asia and the Pacific have been an integral part of building our country and adding to the richness of its cultural diversity.
As we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month throughout May, let us pay tribute to the millions of Jewish Americans who worked hard to build a stronger, safer, and more prosperous America since our nation’s earliest days.
With another 3.8 million Americans filing for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the six week total to nearly one in five working Americans, it is clear that Congress must do more to help those harmed by the economic impacts of our fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Today's meeting was an important step to show that videoconferencing technologies can work for Congress to conduct our business remotely during this unprecedented time," said Hoyer. "The meeting ran smoothly, the Chairs were able to share their updates and ask questions, and it was an effective way to have a constructive conversation.
The steep contraction in our economy in the first quarter of 2020 is alarming but not unexpected. We know this is only the leading edge of the downturn, and economic growth, unemployment, and poverty in the second quarter will be much worse.
Seventy-two years ago, the proclamation of the State of Israel fulfilled millennia of the Jewish people’s yearning for renewed independence in their homeland.
Today, the bipartisan task force held its second meeting, with nearly thirty participants joining over safe and secure videoconferencing technology for a positive discussion.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement on the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide:
Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) unveiled a website sharing video statements from House Democrats on H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which passed the House yesterday.