Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: SEP 17, 2018

Hoyer Statement on President Trump's Decision to Declassify Selected Sensitive Materials Related to the Russia Probe

By selectively declassifying documents relating to the investigation into his campaign’s possible collusion with Russia, the President is once again showing he has no regard for the rule of law and is putting his own interests ahead of the country’s. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 17, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Trump Administration's Decision to Limit the Number of Refugees Admitted to the United States

America was founded as a haven for those fleeing poverty, war, and violence to find safety and build a better life.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 14, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Five-Year Anniversary of the Shooting at Washington Navy Yard

Five years ago, a gunman brought terror to the halls of the Washington Navy Yard, killing twelve and injuring eight extraordinary public servants and patriots.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 14, 2018

Hoyer Statement on Hispanic Heritage Month

As we celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, let us keep in our hearts the children who remain held in detention, alone and afraid.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 13, 2018

Hoyer Statement on House Republican Committee Passage of the GOP Tax Scam 2.0

Today, Ways and Means Republicans passed out of committee on a party line basis a second round of their dangerous tax scam, which would further bankrupt our children and grandchildren in order to provide even more tax breaks to the wealthiest in our country. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 13, 2018

Hoyer: Only Donald Trump Would Try to Make the Deaths of Americans Into a Story About Himself

President Trump’s tweets this morning denying the official death toll from Hurricanes Irma and Maria are beyond comprehension and deeply offensive to the thousands of American families who lost loved ones. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 12, 2018

Hoyer, Lee Statement on 2017 Census Bureau Report

In spite of positive topline economic indicators, too many families are struggling just to make ends meet in an economy with deep structural challenges.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 12, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Trump Administration's Executive Order on Election Security

Having been signed by someone who takes the word of Vladimir Putin over our own intelligence agencies and called on Russia during the 2016 campaign to commit cyberattacks against our elections, today’s executive order is not going to make anyone believe that President Trump really cares about securing our elections against foreign interference. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 12, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Appointment of Dr. Leana Wen as the new President of Planned Parenthood

I join in congratulating Dr. Leana Wen on becoming the new president of Planned Parenthood.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 11, 2018

Hoyer Calls Out President Trump's Comments on the Administration's Response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria As Offensive, Demands Apology

President Trump’s characterization of his administration’s botched response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria as ‘incredibly successful’ is offensive to the families of the nearly 3,000 Americans who were killed.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 11, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the 17th Anniversary of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks

Seventeen years ago, our nation was shaken by the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93.  All of us remember where we were on that day, now seared indelibly into our minds, and as we go through our day, we will surely mark the minutes with memories. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 10, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the GOP Tax Scam 2.0

After enacting a deeply unpopular tax law that overwhelmingly benefits the top 1% of Americans, while leaving the middle class behind and exploding the deficit, House Republicans are doubling down on many of the same policies so skewed toward the wealthy and adding another trillion dollars to the deficit in the process. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 7, 2018

Hoyer Statement on Rosh Hashanah

On Sunday evening, across America and throughout the world, Jewish families will usher in the start of 5779.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 7, 2018

Hoyer Statement on August Jobs Report

The August jobs report continues to show an economy plagued by deep structural challenges, the result of which are stagnant wages, uncertainty for small businesses, and a generation of American workers unable to get ahead.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 6, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Trump Administration's Efforts to Allow for the Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children and Families at the Border

mericans were rightly outraged at the heart-wrenching images of small children being taken from their parents at the border and detained in prison-like facilities.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 6, 2018

Hoyer Congressional Record Statement on the Passing of Former Congressman Ron Dellums

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend Rep. Lee and my other colleagues tonight who have gathered to pay tribute to our former colleague Rep. Ron Dellums, who passed away on July 30.  I rise to join them in remembering Ron, who was my friend and with whom I served in this House for many years. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 5, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of President Trump Announcing His Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program

One year ago today, President Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and threw the lives and futures of hundreds of thousands of young DREAMers into limbo. 
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 5, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Beginning of Oral Arguments in Republicans' Lawsuit to Strike Down Protections for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions

Not content with their efforts to dismantle health care coverage legislatively and by executive actions, Republicans are now trying to use the courts to end guaranteed coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 4, 2018

Hoyer, Lujan Grisham, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Members Continue to Demand Answers on Children Still Separated from their Parents

Today, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01), and 18 Members of the CHC sent a follow-up letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanding answers about the number and status of children separated from their parents still held in detention facilities.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 3, 2018

Hoyer Statement on Labor Day

On Monday, Americans will celebrate the workers’ rights victories that enabled generations of our people to make it in America.  Without the activism of organized labor and the perseverance of millions of workers, our nation would not have the most powerful economy in the world and sustain the growth of our middle class.
PRESS RELEASE: SEP 1, 2018

Hoyer Statement on U.S. District Court Judge Ruling Allowing DACA Renewals to Continue

While today’s ruling will allow DACA renewals to continue, DREAMers, their families, and the communities they contribute to deserve to have long-term certainty that they can remain here.
PRESS RELEASE: AUG 30, 2018

Hoyer Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Effectively Cut Federal Employee Wages

For someone who claims to be a leadership maven, President Trump certainly gives the impression through his actions that he has no idea how to run an effective organization. 
PRESS RELEASE: AUG 28, 2018

Hoyer Statement on Latest Death Toll Estimate in Puerto Rico Following Hurricanes Maria and Irma

This new study further confirms that the Trump Administration’s response to Hurricanes Maria and Irma were woefully inadequate.
PRESS RELEASE: AUG 28, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the 55th Anniversary of the March on Washington

On this day, fifty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and shared with our country and the world his dream of equality and justice. 
PRESS RELEASE: AUG 27, 2018

Hoyer Statement on the Shooting in Jacksonville, Florida

I have been monitoring the situation in Jacksonville closely.