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July

» Seniors express concerns at town hall session on drug coverage, July 20, 2003 Jack Duane, 78, of Denver is worried. He suspects his medical insurance provider is trying to dump him from his policy...
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» ...Dems, Allies Campaign Against Prescription Drug Bill, July 18, 2003 House Democrats today announced they would hold a "national day of prescription drug town hall meetings" in Democratic districts across the country Saturday to oppose the Republican approach to a Medicare benefit and to promote what they say is a more generous Democratic alternative...
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» HOUSE DEMOCRATS KICKOFF NATIONAL DAY OF Rx DRUG TOWN HALL MEETINGS, July 18, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement at the Kick Off for Democrats’ National Day of Prescription Drug Town Hall Meetings (Saturday, July 19th), on which over 70 members in 27 states will hold town hall meetings with seniors in their districts...
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» Hoyer Decries Outrageous Treatment of Ways and Means Committee Democrats, July 18, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement this afternoon after Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, called the Capitol Police and ordered officers to remove Ways and Means Democrats from a Committee library in the Longworth House Office Building...

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» HOYER ON NEA AMENDMENT, July 17, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement on the Slaughter-Shays-Dicks-Leach Amendment to fiscal year 2004 Interior Appropriations Bill...
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» Democratic Principles for Head Start, July 16, 2003 House Democrats support the following principles for this year’s reauthorization...
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» Democratic Unity Prompts House GOP to Pull Ill-Advised Head Start Bill, July 16, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after the House Republican leadership pulled the “School Readiness Act of 2003" (H.R. 2210), which reauthorized the Head Start program, from consideration on the House Floor this week...
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» DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE, GUARANTEED Rx DRUG BENEFIT, AGAINST HOUSE GOP BILL THAT IS WRONG PRESCRIPTION, July 16, 2003 Statements by Rep. Hoyer and Allen.
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» Head Start Fact Sheet, July 16, 2003 In 2002, Head Start served 902,653 children, including over 62,000 infants and toddlers in Early Head Start...
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» Head Start Vote Pulled From Friday's House Floor Schedule, July 16, 2003 Bowing to the concerns of their own caucus — along with expected absenteeism —House Republican leaders decided to pull a reauthorization of Head Start (HR 2210) from Friday's floor schedule...
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» HOYER, HEAD START KIDS TELL REPUBLICANS: “HEAD START WORKS!”, July 16, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), Education Committee Ranking Democrat Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Education Reform Subcommittee Ranking Democrat Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Education Committee Members Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) along with children who participate in Head Start, today held a press conference to criticize the Republican bill to dismantle and undermine the hugely successful Head Start program. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» Key Problems with Republican Head Start Bill, July 16, 2003 There are several key problems with the Republican Head Start Bill...
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» Statement by the Hon. George Miller - News Conference Regarding Republican Head Start Legislation, July 16, 2003 Congressman George Miller of California, the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, appeared at a news conference today with Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, kids, and other members of Congress, to highlight their concerns with the GOP Head Start bill that is expected to be voted on by the House some time this week...

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» HOYER ON $450 BILLION DEFICIT, July 15, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to news reports that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2003 is expected to exceed $450 billion dollars according to White House estimates, which is 50 percent higher than the Administration’s forecast 5 months ago and nearly $50 billion more than economists anticipated just last week...

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» HOYER URGES SUPPORT FOR UNFPA AND HEALTHCARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, July 15, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) spoke today on the House Floor in opposition to the Smith/Hyde amendment to strip the Crowley amendment from the State Department Authorization bill (H.R. 1950), which reinstated desperately needed funding to the United Nations Population Fund. The funding is crucial for health care and education to improve the health of women and their families, and to address rapid population growth...

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» DEMOCRATS VOTE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE Rx DRUG BENEFIT TO ALL SENIORS, URGE REPUBLICANS TO DO THE SAME, July 14, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of the Democratic Motion to Instruct Conferees on the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill. The motion would instruct conferees to support the Senate-passed provision requiring a federal “fallback” prescription drug benefit to protect all seniors, and reject turning Medicare into an expensive, undependable voucher program...

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» HOYER ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR CHILE AND SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, July 14, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning announcing his support for free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore...
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» Week of July 14, 2003, July 14, 2003 GOP Medicare Prescription Drug Bill, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, School Readiness Act of 2003
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» Report on Bonuses Raises Ire; Democrats, Unions Angry Again Over 2002 Awards to Political Appointees, July 11, 2003 The Bush administration doled out $ 1.44 million in bonuses to 470 political appointees last year, according to an Office of Personnel Management report.
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» Democrats Lash Out at Education Funding in Labor-HHS Appprops Bill, July 10, 2003 The House was poised to pass the massive Labor-Health and Human Services-Education spending bill before adjourning for the week Thursday afternoon. But the massive appropriations bill has drawn harsh criticism from Democrats...
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» HOYER RELEASES REPORT ON WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL APPOINTEE BONUSES, July 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today regarding a report by the Office of Personnel Management on cash bonuses awarded to political appointees by the White House. Mr. Hoyer requested the report 8 months ago, on December 10, 2002. The report details, by agency, the number of political appointees who are eligible to receive cash award and the average salaries of those employees; a list, by agency, of the number of political appointees who received within -grade increases in 2002; and a list, by agency, of the numbers and amounts of cash awards granted to political appointees during that same period...

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» HOYER: REPUBLICANS FLUNK EDUCATION 101 FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN, July 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) assailed the House Republican cuts to education and America’s schools on the House floor today. Breaking promises, Republicans removed needed funding for essential programs such as Title I, No Child Left Behind, health and science research, and job training. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» Democrats Try to Reclaim Rx Issue, July 09, 2003 In an attempt to regain an issue they fear the GOP has snatched away, House Democrats will fan out across the country later this month and host a series of town hall meetings to tell voters why they remain the party to trust on prescription drug reform...
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» HOYER ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, July 09, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement today after the House passed the fiscal year 2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill...
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» Hoyer: GOP Head Start Plan Undermines Quality of Services to Low Income Children, July 07, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s visit to Highland Park Elementary School in Landover, Maryland. The House Republican Head Start plan, endorsed by the President, would turn a successful, federal-to-local program into a state-led experiment on low-income children...

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