STATEMENT: SEP 13, 2018 Hoyer Congressional Record Statement in Support of H.R. 1911 Mr. Speaker, I want to add my voice to those of my colleagues who have expressed strong support for this bill, H.R. 1911.
STATEMENT: JUL 26, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Twenty-Eighth Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Mr. Speaker, twenty-eight years ago, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law.
STATEMENT: JUL 19, 2018 Hoyer: Vote Yes On This Amendment For Your Country Mr. Speaker, it would be inaccurate to say that this is a vote about process. It is a vote about substance. In fact, Mr. Quigley's amendment is about one of the most pressing issues of our time.
STATEMENT: JUL 18, 2018 Hoyer: I’m Voting Present On This Resolution Because It’s A Sham and A Distraction I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the ICE agents for being present. It's unfortunate that our Republican colleagues are not present doing the business that cries out to be done.
STATEMENT: JUN 22, 2018 Hoyer Calls on Leader McCarthy to Bring the Bipartisan USA Act to the Floor The question is: he refuses to put on the Floor a bipartisan bill, to give the House even the opportunity to consider a bill that is supported by 240 Members of this House.
STATEMENT: JUN 21, 2018 Hoyer: We Are America, We Are Better Than These Anti-Immigrant Bills Mr. Speaker, these rules would mark the capitulation by a large number of Republicans who, for a time, reflected the views of 86% of the American people and the hopes of the DREAMers those Americans support.
STATEMENT: JUN 8, 2018 Hoyer: There Is Joy in the Washington Capital Region Today Mr. Speaker, there is joy in the Washington capital region today.
STATEMENT: JUN 7, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks on the GOP Minibus Legislation I thank the Ranking Member, Mrs. Lowey, for yielding.
STATEMENT: JUN 7, 2018 Hoyer: This Rescissions Package Is A Sham First, let me say, I heard the Gentleman from Georgia’s argument that this money wasn't needed. I heard that argument a month ago: Ebola money was not needed. Guess what? Ebola money was needed.
STATEMENT: MAY 21, 2018 Hoyer: A Moment of Silence is Not Enough Mr. Speaker, a moment of silence is not enough.
STATEMENT: MAY 9, 2018 Hoyer: Congress Can and Should Act to End Gun Violence Mr. Speaker, on March 24, I was in Morristown, New Jersey with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Mikie Sherrill, where we attended the March For Our Lives.
STATEMENT: APR 26, 2018 Hoyer: Democrats Are Offering Americans A Better Deal on Health Care Mr. Speaker, this week Democrats are highlighting our Better Deal we're offering the American people.
STATEMENT: APR 18, 2018 Hoyer: The GOP Tax Scam Does Little to Help Middle-Class Families, Is A Breathtaking Exercise in Fiscal Irresponsibility When Americans pay their taxes, as millions did yesterday, they expect, rightfully, that their tax dollars will be used to benefit the many, not just the few.
STATEMENT: APR 12, 2018 Hoyer: Republicans’ Balanced Budget Amendment Is A Sham, A Fraud, A Pretense of Fiscal Responsibility I thank the Speaker. I thank the Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, I rise today not so much to oppose this legislation, as to deride it, as a sham. As a fraud. As a pretense of fiscal responsibility.
STATEMENT: MAR 22, 2018 Hoyer to House Republicans: Have You Read This Bill? I have been here for long enough to see my Republican colleagues bring to the Floor these bills and plop them down heavily on the table.
STATEMENT: MAR 21, 2018 Hoyer: We Must Take Real Action to Make Our Schools and Communities Safer From Gun Violence Mr. Speaker, I am saddened and angered that a high school in my district, Great Mills High School in St. Mary's County, was the site of most recent school shooting, of which there have been 17 just since the beginning of this year. Two students were injured; the gunman, also a student, was killed; and an entire community of parents, students, teachers and faculty has been shaken by this violence.
STATEMENT: MAR 8, 2018 Hoyer Urges House Republicans to Bring Bills to the Floor to Protect DREAMers and to Prevent Gun Violence During Colloquy The Speaker, Mr. Speaker, appeared on television on a Town Hall on CNN, some 14 months ago. He made a promise at a CNN Town Hall to a DREAMer that asked him a question.
STATEMENT: FEB 15, 2018 Hoyer Urges Speaker Ryan to Let the House Work Its Will On Legislation to Protect DREAMers Madam Speaker, we have four legislative days before those protected by DACA will be at risk. The Speaker has said he was going to address this issue. He has not at this point in time.
STATEMENT: FEB 15, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks Opposing H.R. 620 I rise in strong opposition to this legislation. In 1990 President George H.W. Bush declared a long overdue independence day for people with disabilities as he signed the historic Americans with Disabilities Act into law.
STATEMENT: JAN 22, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks on the End of the Trump Shutdown Mr. Speaker, as I said this morning, the reason why the government shut down is because the Republican majority has failed to fund the government.
STATEMENT: JAN 22, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Trump Shutdown Mr. Speaker, it's important for us to understand why we're here.
STATEMENT: JAN 21, 2018 Hoyer Asks For Unanimous Consent to Reopen Government and End the Trump Shutdown We are in the second day of this Trump shutdown because Republicans won’t take yes for an answer.
STATEMENT: JAN 20, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks Asking For Unanimous Consent to Open Up the Government Let me say at the outset, we ought to both put sanctimony aside.
STATEMENT: JAN 19, 2018 Hoyer Urges Republicans to Stay In Town Until They Responsibly Fund the Government Ladies and gentlemen of the House, we are confronting a very serious situation as all of us know.
STATEMENT: JAN 18, 2018 Hoyer Floor Remarks on Republicans' Failure to Govern and Address the Priorities of the American People Mr. Speaker, we are now four months into the fiscal year, and this is our fourth Continuing Resolution. [Rep. Diaz-Balart] says now is the time to work things out.
