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» Hoyer Statement Regarding a Democratic Majority and Federal Employee Issues, November 08, 2006 "I am hopeful that a wide range of issues affecting active and retired civilian federal employees will find a more friendly environment in a Democratic House next year, among them ensuring competitive annual pay adjustments for civilian employees, defraying the rising cost of health insurance, and ensuring federal retirees have a fair retirement...

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» Senior House Democrats Ask Colleagues to Support Hoyer for Majority Leader, November 08, 2006 As Senior Members of Congress who represent the broad range of views within our Democratic Caucus, we know just how difficult it has been to regain the House Majority. Our new Majority has been years in the making. Our leadership team has worked tirelessly to bring us to this point. And, they deserve great credit for leading us to victory...

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» Senior House Democrats Ask Colleagues to Support Hoyer for Majority Leader, November 08, 2006 WASHINGTON - A group of senior House Democrats sent a letter to their colleagues today in support of Whip Steny Hoyer for Majority Leader. The text of the letter is attached:
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» DEMOCRATS REGAIN HOUSE MAJORITY!!!, November 07, 2006 "Today, millions of citizens all across America cast their ballots, voting to take our nation in a new direction and giving Democrats the House Majority in the 110th Congress...
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» Hoyer Running for House Majority Leader, November 07, 2006 "Voters gave Democrats a vote of confidence today to take our nation in a new direction, and to address the challenges that confront the American people. The new House Democratic Majority, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is determined to meet this responsibility and to lead and govern effectively...
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» Hoyer: Bush Economy Not Working for the Middle Class, November 03, 2006 President Bush and Republicans would like nothing more than to have Americans look at today's jobs report in a vacuum. But the American people are much too smart for that. No amount of spin or Administration happy-talk can erase the fact that this Administration has the worst record of job creation since the Great Depression, with the loss of nearly 3 million manufacturing jobs...

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» Hoyer on Boehner's Placing Blame on Generals, November 01, 2006 John Boehner’s comments defending Donald Rumsfeld and, by implication, laying the blame for our failures in Iraq on the military just shows how out of touch he is with the American people and the situation on the ground in Iraq...
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» Hoyer: As Iraq Slides Toward Chaos, the Bush Administration Is Still Firmly in Denial With No Plan for Success, November 01, 2006 The U.S. Central Command’s recent assessment that Iraq is edging toward chaos – with ‘urban areas experiencing ethnic cleansing campaigns’ and ‘violence at [an] all-time high’ – is a devastating indictment of this Administration’s incompetent performance and the Rubber-Stamp Republican Congress, which has refused to ask tough questions and demand answers...

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» Hoyer: Republicans’ Desperate Rhetoric Cannot Obscure Their Record of Failure, October 31, 2006 The Republican Party does not have a record to run on, so it can only attempt to distract, distort and deceive. The American people are not going to fall for those tactics...
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» Hoyer: Republicans’ Desperate Rhetoric Cannot Obscure Their Record of Failure, October 31, 2006 The Republican Party does not have a record to run on, so it can only attempt to distract, distort and deceive. The American people are not going to fall for those tactics..
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» Hoyer Says Iraq Announcement “Driven by Political Calendar and GOP Desperation”, October 24, 2006 For more than a year, Democrats have urged the Bush Administration to establish concrete benchmarks for success in Iraq and insisted that 2006 be a year of transition, where Iraqis assume responsibility for establishing security and stability in their nation...
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» Hoyer Says Iraq Announcement “Driven by Political Calendar and GOP Desperation”, October 24, 2006 For more than a year, Democrats have urged the Bush Administration to establish concrete benchmarks for success in Iraq and insisted that 2006 be a year of transition, where Iraqis assume responsibility for establishing security and stability in their nation...
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» Hoyer: Republicans Will Push Social Security Privatization, October 24, 2006 Last year, the American people made it very clear that they do not support privatizing Social Security, but President Bush and Republicans are not listening...
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» Hoyer: OPEC Cuts More Evidence that U.S. Must Move Towards Energy Independence, October 20, 2006 Efforts by OPEC to cut production and manipulate global oil prices are a reminder that the United States must aggressively pursue efforts to increase energy independence through alternative fuels and energy efficiency...
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» Quotes from the Letter to the President, October 20, 2006 ’Staying the course’ is not a strategy, nor is sitting on the sidelines hoping that the Iraqis will eventually forge a political solution...
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» United House and Senate Democratic Leaders Call On the President to Urgently Change Course in Iraq, October 20, 2006 We write out of a deep sense of concern that the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate and that there is no effective plan for improvement...
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» United House and Senate Democratic Leaders Call On the President to Urgently Change Course in Iraq, October 20, 2006 With nearly 200 Americans troops killed in the last ninety days, including 70 troops killed in the first two weeks of October, House and Senate Democratic leaders wrote to President Bush to call for a change of course in Iraq...
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» Why Democrats Oppose Military Commissions Act, October 17, 2006 If anything, the Military Commissions Act is not tough enough on terrorists because there is no certainty the act will withstand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court...
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» Hoyer: President Bush Is In a State of Denial on the Fiscal Meltdown Instigated by His Policies, October 11, 2006 Today, President Bush demonstrated that he is not only in a state of denial on the war in Iraq. He also is deeply in denial over our nation's historic fiscal downturn...
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» Hoyer Statement on NLRB Kentucky River Decision, October 06, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Kentucky River decision, which could potentially jeopardize the right to collective bargaining for over 34 million workers:
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» Hoyer: Anemic Job Growth Is Part and Parcel of Failed Republican Economic Policies, October 06, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Department of Labor reported that the U.S. economy added only 51,000 jobs in September. Economists generally agree that the economy must add 150,000 jobs per months just to keep pace with population growth and the number of people entering the labor force:

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» Whip Hoyer on MSNBC's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, October 05, 2006 Hoyer on the Foley scandal, and the Republican's lack of accountability...
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» Hoyer: Bush Political Attacks Tired and Predictable, October 04, 2006 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Bush's repeated political attacks on Democrats:
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» Hoyer on Foley Matter: Ethics Committee, FBI Investigations Must Be Thorough and Include GOP Leadership, October 02, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the outrageous actions of former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), as well as the failure of the House Republican leadership to address them despite knowledge of some of his behavior:

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» Hoyer on Foley Matter: Ethics Committee, FBI Investigations Must Be Thorough and Include GOP Leadership, October 02, 2006 Hoyer Statement on the issue
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