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» Hoyer Statement on the Paycheck Fairness Act, July 31, 2008 ‘Equal pay for equal work.’ When we put the principle as bluntly as that, I doubt that anyone in America would disagree. It is a basic ideal of fairness: The value of work lies in a job well done, not in the gender of the worker.
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» Majority Leader Hoyer Hails Bipartisan Passage of Higher Education Opportunity Act, July 31, 2008 This overwhelming bipartisan vote on this critical legislation – the first time in 10 years that Congress has reauthorized the Higher Education Act – is another important step by this New Direction Congress to make a college education more affordable and accessible.
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» House Passes Final Consumer Product Safety Bill, July 31, 2008 The House passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 424 to 1.
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» Floor Statement on Paycheck Fairness Act, July 31, 2008 Equal pay for equal work. When we put the principle as bluntly as that, i doubt that anyone in america would disagree. It's a basic ideal of fairness... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008, July 30, 2008 The Higher Education Opportunity Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, and The Military Construction and the Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill
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» Hoyer Statement on Consumer Product Safety Bill, July 30, 2008 Today, the House voted for final passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, bringing this important consumer-protection legislation a step closer to the President’s desk.
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» Majority Leader Hoyer Commemorates the Establishment of Medicare and Medicaid, July 30, 2008 Today, July 30, marks the 43rd Anniversary of President Johnson’s signing of historic legislation that established Medicare and Medicaid, both of which have proved vital to the health and well-being of millions of Americans over the years.
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» Hoyer: Democrats Support Increasing Domestic Oil Supply, July 30, 2008 Democrats fully support increasing the domestic supply of oil, even though Republicans pretend otherwise out of political desperation.
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» Hoyer: Bill Will Control Market Speculation, Help Bring Down Price of Gas, July 30, 2008 Mr. Speaker, this summer, the Democratic Majority in this body has produced bill after bill after bill to address record oil prices that have exploded on this Administration’s watch.
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» Hoyer Statement on Signing of Housing Bill, July 30, 2008 The housing bill signed today by the President is the most comprehensive action taken yet to stem the surge of foreclosures and minimize losses to homeowners and everyone impacted by the slumping housing market.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008, July 29, 2008 The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill and Suspensions
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» Bush Administration's Policies Result in Record Deficits, July 29, 2008 The Bush Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced its Mid-Session Review of the Budget, which revealed enormous projected deficits for budget projections for Fiscal Year 2008 (which ends September 30) and Fiscal Year 2009.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008, July 28, 2008 Suspensions
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» Hoyer: This Is the Most Fiscally Irresponsible Administration in American History, July 28, 2008 There is no other way to put it: Today’s budget projections by OMB are simply further evidence that the Bush Administration is the most fiscally irresponsible Administration in American history.
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» THE WEEKLY LEADER: WEEK OF JULY 28, 2008, July 25, 2008 Suspensions, H.R. 6599 - The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill, H.R. 1338 - Paycheck Fairness Act
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» Hoyer Statement on 18th Anniversary of Enactment of Americans With Disabilities Act, July 25, 2008 Eighteen years ago tomorrow, the first President Bush signed into law one of the most consequential pieces of civil rights legislation in recent memory—the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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» THE LEADER'S REPORT: WEEK OF JULY 21, 2008, July 25, 2008
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» Majority Leader Hoyer: Democrats Will Not Succumb to Phony, False Alarm on Medicare Financing, July 24, 2008 Republicans have long sought to dismantle the Medicare program, and Democrats simply will not succumb to their chicanery.
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» Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Statement on Global AIDS Bill, July 24, 2008 Five years ago, the United States made an unprecedented commitment to the people of the world who suffer from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
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» Hoyer: Republicans Should Stop Standing in the Way of Renewable Energy Tax Credits, July 24, 2008
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» House Members Note Concerns with 2010 Census, July 24, 2008 Today 66 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez outlining their continued concerns regarding preparations for the 2010 Decennial Census and urging the Department of Commerce to take measures necessary to ensure a complete and accurate decennial census.
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» Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on 10th Anniversary of Capitol Police Deaths, July 24, 2008 Every morning when I go in to work, I pass by a plaque honoring Detective John Gibson and Officer Jacob Chestnut on the spot where they were killed, 10 years ago today.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008, July 23, 2008 H.Res. 1367 - Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, H.R. 6578 – Consumer Energy Supply Act of 2008, H.R. 5501 - Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, H.Res. 1368 - Relating to the House procedures contained in section 803 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003,H.Res. 1296 – Supporting the designation of a National Child Awareness Month

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» Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, July 23, 2008 When it comes to economics, none of us is an island. Our prosperity is, and always will be, bound up with the prosperity of our neighbors. And nothing has proved that more than the mortgage crisis that is rocking our economy.
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» House Passes Major Housing Legislation, July 23, 2008 The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act passed the House today with bipartisan support.
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