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Press Releases

» Video: Digging America Out of Republican Debt… Again, January 16, 2009
President Bush has been the most fiscally irresponsible President in our nation’s history.

» Hoyer Statement Recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16, 2009
On Monday we will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a bold and active leader who fought to bring true equality and justice to all Americans.

» Hoyer Statement on TARP Legislation, January 15, 2009
As our nation continues to struggle with this recession, it is important that President-elect Obama have all the tools he needs to address the ongoing financial crisis in a swift, effective manner as soon as he takes office

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Multimedia

» Digging America Out of Republican Debt... Again, January 16, 2009
"There is a great deal to gain from looking back honestly at the choices made and their consequences..."

» Statement on SCHIP Reauthorization, January 14, 2009
...If I can find the most efficient use of our health care dollars, I'd insure more children. I think 80% of americans agree with us on that... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Gaza Strip Conflict Resolution on House Floor, January 09, 2009
The way to solve this problem is through reason and appeal to moral situation in the world community. How tragic it is that the Palestinian children and the Israeli children and their families, men, women, older people on both sides have been subjected to the terror sold by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations. [TRANSCRIPT]

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Statements and Speeches

» Hoyer Statement on State Children's Health Insurance Program, January 14, 2009
If you want a picture of American healthcare, in all its excellence and squalor, there it is: The best doctors, the latest technology, six weeks of hospital care for a sick boy, at a cost of $250,000—in a country that can’t find $80 to fix a toothache.

» Hoyer Statement on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, January 09, 2009
The value of work lies in a job well done, not in the gender of the worker.

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Articles

» 1st order of business is creating or saving 3 million jobs in U.S., January 07, 2009
The 111th Congress has been sworn in at one of the most challenging moments in our history. Today we prepare ourselves to meet that challenge, full of confidence and hope for a new year — but chastened by the knowledge that the value of all of our fall and winter promises reaches zero as soon as we raise our right hands and take the oath of office. From that point on, we can expect to be judged by results alone.

» Now for the Hard Part, October 04, 2008
In the end, the system worked, in its own halting, imperfect way. Now, we can only hope that the $700 billion package passed by the House of Representatives and signed into law by the president yesterday performs the hoped-for trick of unlocking the credit markets and averting economic disaster.

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Issue Spotlights

» House Releases Details on American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill, January 15, 2009
In the next two weeks, the Congress will be considering the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009.

» Democrats Support State Children’s Health Insurance Program, January 14, 2009
Today, the House introduced bipartisan legislation to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to cover 11 million children.

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