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Statements and Speeches

» Hoyer Remarks at Democratic Leadership Press Conference on Health Care Reform, July 27, 2009 We’ve heard a lot of wild claims about health insurance reform from our Republican colleagues.

» Hoyer: Americans Need Health Reform That Ends Denial of Coverage Based On Pre-Existing Conditions, July 23, 2009 For far too many decades, we have labored under a health care system that is unworthy of our great country.

» Hoyer Statement on the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, July 22, 2009 Maybe you’ve heard ‘the first rule of holes’: when you’re in one, stop digging.

» Hoyer Statement on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, June 26, 2009 This is a transformative moment. This is a moment to build a clean energy future for our country. This is a moment to create jobs. This is a moment to take on, at long last, a defining challenge of our time: global warming.

» Hoyer Statement on Introduction of Statutory PAYGO, June 17, 2009 Today, I am introducing statutory “pay-as-you-go” legislation in the House, with over 155 original co-sponsors, including the Members standing behind me.

» Hoyer Statement on Supplemental Appropriations Bill, June 16, 2009 I rise to voice my strong support for final passage of this supplemental appropriations bill.

» Hoyer Speaks at Press Conference on the Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act, June 10, 2009 We are here to defend small businesses that are integral to our communities, and to the employment of one million Americans: our auto dealerships.

» Hoyer Speaks at NEI's 2009 Nuclear Energy Assembly, May 19, 2009 I want to welcome you to this conference. I want to applaud your commitment to clean air, to lower emissions, and to the nuclear technology that will help get us there.

» Hoyer Speaks to Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy, May 13, 2009 Thank you for inviting me to speak to you in the midst of a transformative time for America’s energy policy. This morning, I’d like to talk about what I think that transformation ought to look like. But before I do, I want to emphasize that it’s just as important that we hear what you think it ought to look like.

» Hoyer Speaks on Health Care Reform at NCPA's Annual Conference, May 12, 2009 ‘Patient-centered care’: as I’m sure you know, that is one of the biggest buzz-phrases in our healthcare debate.

» Hoyer Delivers Keynote Address on Entitlement and Health Care Reform, May 06, 2009 If I were to guess the single most lasting lesson of our economic crisis, and if I were to spell it out in just five words, I would say: this is what debt does.

» EMBARGOED: Hoyer to Speak at AIPAC Policy Conference, May 04, 2009 A hope so simple and so humble that nearly every people took it for granted: ‘That we may be a nation like all other nations.’ So many thousands of years ago, the Old Testament tells us, the Jewish people asked simply for that, at the foundation of their first state.

» Hoyer Statement on the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, April 29, 2009 This legislation—The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act—is a powerful statement of some of our most important American values: tolerance, respect for differences, and accountability for those who are driven to violence by hate.

» Hoyer Joins Blue Dogs at a Press Conference on the Budget and PAYGO, April 29, 2009 I am pleased to be here with the Blue Dog leadership, who supported the budget conference report that passed the House today.

» Hoyer Statement on Budget Conference Report, April 29, 2009 Today, the House has the rare opportunity to set America on a responsible course for the future, a course of lasting, broadly-shared prosperity.

» Hoyer Statement on Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act, April 22, 2009 I am proud to speak in favor of this bill supporting Best Buddies, an organization dedicated to the social integration of children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

» Hoyer Statement on the House Democratic Budget, April 02, 2009 Today, with the passage of this budget resolution, the House has the opportunity to set America’s priorities for years to come and build a sustainable, widely-shared recovery.

» Hoyer Announces House to Vote on DC House Voting Rights Act Next Week, February 25, 2009 With today’s markup, Congress is one step closer to bringing representation to the people of this city. And I am happy to report that I, with the help of the three distinguished Members here with me, will bring the DC voting rights bill to the floor of the House next week.

» Hoyer Statement on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Conference Report, February 13, 2009 Today, after weeks of debate, and in the depths of an economic crisis that has already claimed more than three and a half million American jobs, we begin our recovery.

» Hoyer Speaks on Bipartisanship, Regular Order at Georgetown University's Transition Conference, February 12, 2009 Every four or eight years, we have a transition to a new Administration. But the transition we marked last month was a special one.

» Hoyer Congratulates Congressman Dingell on Historic Milestone, February 11, 2009 Today, we honor a man who has sat in this chamber for nearly a quarter of its existence: John Dingell of Michigan.

» Hoyer: Bush Leaves Budget Legacy of Deep Deficits and an Economic Crisis, February 09, 2009 We are here today to be honest with the American people. They need to know that this economic crisis will not end overnight. And they need to know one of the prime reasons why: the deep, deep fiscal hole we have inherited after eight years of former President Bush’s recklessness.

» Hoyer Statement on State Children's Health Insurance Program, February 04, 2009 If you can afford healthcare in America, there is no better place in the world to be sick: You’ll be treated at the best hospitals, by the most skilled doctors, with the latest technology.

» Hoyer Statement on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, January 28, 2009 As you know, we are dealing with one of the worst economic climates in memory: 2.6 million jobs lost last year; the worst housing market since the Great Depression; financial turmoil that has threatened the savings and retirements of millions.

» Hoyer Statement on Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, January 27, 2009 I am proud that one of the very first bills passed by this House in the 111th Congress was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

 

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