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» Hoyer Fits Role Of Dems' Right-Hand Man, May 16, 2003 Democratic Rep. Earl Pomeroy remembers the cold, wet day last year when House Minority Whip Hoyer came to North Dakota to campaign for his re-election and to praise his efforts to win federal flood control money...
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» HOYER CALLS FOR OPEN AND DELIBERATIVE PROCESS ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES, May 14, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and members of the Democratic Caucus today asked Federal Communications Chairman Michael Powell to delay a decision on media ownership rules and expressed concern that the process will not allow for proper public comment and examination of the new rules...
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» Week of May 12, 2003, May 12, 2003 Pension Security Act of 2003
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» HOYER ASSAILS REPUBLICAN “RECESSION” PLAN, May 09, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) spoke on the floor today in opposition to the misguided, irresponsible Republican tax plan and the GOP leadership’s refusal to allow Democrats to put their alternative on the Floor...
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» President Continues to Support Tax Plan that Won't Help the Economy, May 07, 2003 Democrats Push for Responsible Tax Cut and Economic Plan that Will Stimulate Floundering Economy...
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» REPUBLICANS LACK CREDIBILITY ON ECONOMY, May 07, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and members of the Democratic leadership today blasted the Republican tax cut proposals, which will worsen the Bush job recession and do nothing to aid the economy. The following is Representative Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...
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» Week of May 5, 2003, May 05, 2003 Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), The President's Economic Growth and Jobs Package
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» HOYER PANS HOUSE GOP TAX PLAN, May 02, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today regarding the House GOP tax plan and President Bush’s Silicon Valley remarks...
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» Congressman Hoyer's Statement on the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Act, May 01, 2003 mr. speaker, the great doctor martin luther king junior once said: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly...”
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» HOYER BLASTS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPOSAL THAT LIMITS FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RIGHTS, April 29, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Defense Department proposal recently submitted to Congress which would dramatically relax provisions that protect the rights of federal employees. The House Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization considered this proposal in a hearing today...

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» America's Hospitals: The Key to Healthy Communities, April 28, 2003 What makes a community, whether large or small, really great? Obvious answers come to mind. Top-flight schools. A vibrant local economy. An educated workforce. Clean parks and safe streets. And, of course, a first-rate hospital and health care...
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» Week of April 28, 2003, April 28, 2003 United StatesLeadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
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» Hoyer: Senate GOP’s Silence Countenances Outrageous Comments by Sen. Santorum, April 25, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding Sen. Rick Santorum’s disparaging comments towards gay Americans and the Senate Republican leadership’s failure to rebuke him...
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» EARTH DAY IS DAY TO FOCUS ON OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE, April 21, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in celebration of the 33rd anniversary of Earth Day...
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» Dems plan a postwar campaign, April 16, 2003 With the war in Iraq winding down, House Democrats headed into the spring recess this week eager to turn voters’ attention to domestic topics by seeking to contrast the Bush administration’s success abroad with what they claim are its failures at home...
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» President Clings to Ill-Conceived Tax Plan Even as Republicans Balk and Economy Flounders, April 15, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC -- House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement regarding President Bush's comments in the Rose Garden today promoting his tax plan...
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» Wagging Tongues and Red Ink: Past Republican Rhetoric on the Budget and the Debt Limit, April 15, 2003 Republicans have had a lot to say about the flaws in their 2004 Budget...
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» Budget - House Dems Criticize Republicans For Requiring Debt Limit Increase, April 10, 2003 Dusting off a 10-year-old quote from House Majority Leader DeLay, House Democrats criticized Republicans for requiring another increase in the statutory debt limit...
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» HOYER & BLUE DOGS WARN REPUBLICAN RED INK WILL SINK AMERICA’S FUTURE, April 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and leaders of the Blue Dog Coalition expressed deep concern today with the Republican leadership, who is poised to increase America’s debt limit without a separate vote, any debate, or a fiscally responsible budget in place. The following is Congressman Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» Hoyer Statement on H.R. 6 Energy Policy Act of 2003, April 10, 2003 Mr. Speaker, this legislation is a comprehensive energy bill, but an incomplete energy policy...
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» THE MEN AND WOMEN WE HONOR, REMEMBER, April 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today at a “Rally for the Troops” in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol (as prepared for delivery)...
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» GOP Pulls Tax Bill Off Schedule Rather than Risk Another Embarrassing Floor Defeat, April 09, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement this morning after the Republican leadership announced that it had pulled the “Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2003” (H.R. 1538) off the Suspension Calendar today...
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» Republican Reconciliation Proposal Is a Cry of Desperation – and a Farce!, April 09, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding reports that House and Senate GOP leaders would write two tax reconciliation numbers into the Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2004...
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» Democrats ‘Shocked’ By House GOP’s Willingness to Forgo Budget Resolution, April 08, 2003 With House Republican leaders saying this week that a budget resolution may not be necessary, Democrats are taking aim and accusing the GOP of backpedaling...
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» Hoyer: Party's Newfound Consensus Boon To Majority Drive , April 08, 2003 House Minority Whip Hoyer said Monday that House Democrats have done a better job this year of unifying around a common agenda program and said that demonstrating the party can govern is an important step toward winning the House majority...
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