Floor Statements

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. 
STATEMENT: JAN 10, 2018

Hoyer Floor Remarks on Latest GOP Attack on Worker's Rights

What a sad state of affairs.
STATEMENT: DEC 21, 2017

Hoyer Floor Remarks on Republicans’ Failure to Address Our Nation’s Priorities

Thank you very much, Mrs. Lowey. Here we are again, Mr. Speaker.
STATEMENT: DEC 14, 2017

Hoyer Floor Remarks Opposing Partisan Efforts to Undermine Mueller’s Investigation

I thank the Gentleman for yielding, I thank him for taking this time on the special order because, as an aside, I need to apologize to him for making him wait so long for this special order.
STATEMENT: DEC 7, 2017

Hoyer Floor Remarks on Republicans Not Getting the American People's Work Done

Mr. Speaker, we should not shut down the government of the United States.
STATEMENT: DEC 6, 2017

Hoyer Floor Remarks on Republican Concealed Carry Legislation

I want to thank Mr. Nadler for yielding.