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» Whip Says Republican Budget Numbers Don't Add Up, October 21, 2005 Hoyer: Republican' Budget Plan Will Make the Record Deficit Worse.
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» Hoyer Battles Kudlow on CNBC on the Dismal Deficit Situation, October 20, 2005 Hoyer is the special guest on Kudlow & Company on CNBC, where he debates Democratic vs. Republican budgetary policies...
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» Hoyer: Republican Budget Numbers Don't Add Up, October 20, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today at a press conference with members of the Blue Dog Coalition highlighting the Republicans’ fiscally irresponsible budget plans:
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» Hoyer, Emanuel Concerned that Tax Reform Panel May Embrace “Bait and Switch” Proposals, October 18, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement today after the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform met for the last time in preparation for the release of its formal recommendations to the Administration on November 1.

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» Week of October 17, 2005, October 17, 2005 Food Consumption Act, Commerce in Arms Act, and Budget Amendment
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» Hoyer on Republican and Democratic Energy Bills, October 07, 2005 WASHINGTON DC – Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor in opposition to Republican energy legislation and in favor of the Democratic substitute:
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» Hoyer: Vote on Energy Bill Is a Continuation of the Republicans’ Corruption, October 07, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon after the Republican leadership held open a five-minute vote on its energy bill for nearly 45 minutes, because it was losing the vote and needed additional time to twist arms and subvert the will of the House.
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» Congressional Democrats pledge reform in Washington, October 06, 2005 Congressional Democrats stepped up attacks on what they called Republicans' "culture of cronyism and corruption" on Thursday, trying to capitalize on a spate of ethics scandals and the Bush administration's heavily criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.
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» Hoyer on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, October 06, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight on the Fiscal Year 2006 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill:
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» Hoyer, Weldon Successfully Fight for Firefighters, October 06, 2005 Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, helped to successfully fund the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters (SAFER) and Fire Grants Programs at $155 million more than the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2006 budget request.

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» Hoyer on President’s Remarks, Republicans’ Inadequate Response to High Gas Prices, October 04, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s remarks today at a Rose Garden press conference and Republican legislation to be considered in the House later this week on high gas prices:
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» Hoyer Statement on Rosh Hashanah, October 04, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in recognition of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah:
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» GOP Agenda Still in Turmoil as Congress Grants Itself Six-Week Extension, September 30, 2005 With a new fiscal year imminent and most of their spending bills left unfinished, congressional Republicans on September 29 were forced to act on a temporary funding extension while struggling to regain control of their agenda.
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» Hoyer Statement on Former Secretary Bill Bennett's Remarks, September 30, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding remarks made by former Secretary of Education William Bennett on his radio show earlier this week:
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» Hoyer Statement on the Endangered Species Act, September 30, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer made the following statement today on the House floor in favor of a bipartisan substitute to the endangered species legislation before the Congress:
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» Hoyer Statement on the Continuing Resolution, September 29, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the need for a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government running:
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» Hoyer, Emanuael Statement on Presidential Tax Reform Panel's New Deadline, September 29, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Ways and Means Committee Member Representative Rahm Emanuel, two leading Democrats on the push for tax reform, released the following statement in response to news reports that the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform will submit its final report to the Bush Administration by the end of October instead of tomorrow, September 30th, as previously scheduled:

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» Week of September 26, 2005, September 26, 2005 Appropriations, Endangered Species
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» A Way For Democrats To Regain Credibility That GOP Now Enjoys, September 22, 2005 Fifteen Democratic members of the House of Representatives have produced a document and a strategy they hope will convince substantial numbers of voters who don’t trust them on national security to begin trusting them again. Led by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, “Ensuring America’s Strength and Security: A Democratic National Security Strategy for the 21st Century” is an attempt by at least some Democrats to reclaim this issue from Republicans and return the Democratic Party to majority status.

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» House Democrats' New Security Strategy Calls for More CTR Funding, September 22, 2005 House Democrats, led by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), are calling for tripling the budget for the Pentagon’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program and other nonproliferation initiatives as part of a new national security strategy unveiled Sept 15.
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» Hoyer Statement In Opposition to Allowing Discrimination in Head Start, September 22, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following remarks today, as prepared for delivery on the House floor, in opposition to the Boustany Amendment to Head Start reauthorization legislation.
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» Hoyer: Simon Wiesenthal Was a Soldier of Justice Whose Legacy Will Endure, September 20, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the passing of Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who helped bring more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals to justice:
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» For the Record, September 19, 2005 Leading Democrats opposed a recommendation by a private commission to require all Americans to show a photo identification card before being allowed to vote.
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» Hoyer, Dodd Statement of Findings of Commission on Federal Election Reform, September 19, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Senator Chris Dodd (CT), the principal Democratic sponsors of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, released the following statement today after the Commission on Federal Election Reform issued its recommendations for America’s election system:
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» Democrats reassert allegiance to security , September 18, 2005 WASHINGTON Decades ago, Democrats with names like Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman were known for their tough-minded views on military and foreign policy and their ability to lead the nation in times of conflict.
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