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» Hoyer Statement on Earth Day, April 22, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in recognition of the 35th celebration of Earth Day:
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» Hoyer Statement on the Resignation of EAC Commissioner Buster Soaries, April 22, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the resignation of Election Assistance Commission Buster Soaries:
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» Hoyer: House Republicans Vote Against the Interests of the American People on MTBE Provision, April 21, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon after House Republicans defeated an amendment to the Energy Bill offered by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA). Rep. Capps’ amendment would have struck a provision inserted in the bill that would immunize the producers of the fuel additive MTBE from responsibility for contaminating ground water, and shift the costs of cleanup to taxpayers. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) insisted that the provision be included in the bill:

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» Hoyer: Republican Proposal on Ethics Process Is Nothing But a Charade, April 21, 2005 Hoyer: Republican Proposal on Ethics Process Is Nothing But a Charade
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» Democrats Target Youth on Social Security, April 20, 2005 House Democrats are turning to the Internet to bolster their outreach to young Americans on Social Security, hoping to wage a counteroffensive against the Bush administration’s targeting of twentysomething voters in its fight to enact private retirement accounts.
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» Hoyer Statement in Opposition to the Republican Energy Bill , April 20, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement on the House floor in opposition to the Republican Energy Bill:
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» Hoyer: Republican Proposal on Ethics Process Is Nothing But a Charade, April 20, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon regarding the proposal on ethics rules by the new Chairman of the Ethics Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA):
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» Week of April 18, 2005, April 19, 2005 Energy
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» Hoyer: Republicans Continue to Block Bipartisan Ethics Process, April 14, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon after House Republicans defeated a Democratic effort to create a bipartisan task force to make recommendations to restore public confidence in the House ethics process:
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» Tax frustrations show that the time for reform is right, April 14, 2005 The one thing that millions of Americans will not be saying tomorrow is, "Thank goodness, it's Friday."
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» Democrats are Fighting to Make America's Tax Laws Simpler, Fairer, and More Responsible, April 13, 2005 Democrats are Fighting to Make America's Tax Laws Simpler, Fairer, and More Responsible
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» Democrats Hit GOP on Taxes, April 13, 2005 Led by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), House Democrats will use tax-filing week as the kickoff for their latest initiative. Hoyer said Tuesday that Democrats will attempt to show in the coming days and months that they are the true “party of reform” and that, despite the GOP rhetoric, Republicans have only made the tax system more complicated and unjust.

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» Hoyer: Arrogant Republican Partisanship Is Detrimental To Democracy, April 13, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today at a press conference with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (NV), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA), and Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI), highlighting Republican abuses of power in Congress.
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» Hoyer: Republican Estate Tax Bill Will Harm American Families, Farms, And Small Businesses, April 13, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding the Republican Estate Tax Bill and the Democratic Alternative:
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» Week of April 11, 2005, April 12, 2005 Bankruptcy, Tax Reform
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» Hoyer Leads Bipartisan Effort to Help Communities Hire Firefighters , April 08, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan group of 120 U.S. Representatives, led by House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), sent a letter today to the Chairman and Ranking member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee urging them to include funding in the FY 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations bill for fire fighter staffing.

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» Republicans Are Out-Of-Touch, Out-Of-Bounds, April 08, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to news reports regarding comments made by Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other leading Republicans:
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» Hoyer Speaks on Firefighter Funding, April 06, 2005 I thank him for his commitment to firefighters throughout this country. Madam Speaker, I'm pleased to rise in support of our nation's firefighters. and I'm proud to have co-sponsored this resolution... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» Hoyer Traveling to Rome to Attend Funeral Service of Pope John Paul II, April 06, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today on the passing of Pope John Paul II. Rep. Hoyer will join the Congressional Delegation traveling to Rome tonight to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II on Friday.
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» Hoyer Points Out the Irony of President Bush Visiting the Bureau of Public Debt, April 05, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding President Bush’s visit to the Bureau of the Public Debt in Parkersburg, West Virginia, where the President spoke about Social Security:
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» Republicans' 60-Day Social Security Roadshow: Going Down Hill Fast, April 05, 2005 Social Security Calendar
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» Hoyer: Incredible Complexity of Tax Code Commands Bipartisan Action This Year, March 31, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), a leading Democratic proponent of tax reform and simplification in the House of Representatives, released the following statement today regarding the sixth meeting of the President’s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform:
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» Hoyer: Trustee’s Report Demonstrates That Social Security Is Not in “Crisis”, March 23, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Social Security Trustees’ Report on the program:
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» Democratic ‘Doves’ Vs. Internationalists, March 21, 2005 After Bob Dole lost the White House race to President Bill Clinton in 1996, a group of prominent neoconservatives saw a void in foreign policy and decided to fill it.
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» Hoyer Statement on Terri Schiavo, March 20, 2005 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) delivered the following statement today on the Floor of the House of Representatives:
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