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» Government Spending and Economic Recovery with John Stossel on 20/20, March 13, 2009 Inaction, everybody agreed, was not an option...if I said everybody, perhaps I overstated the case, but more importantly, most of America in polling data said, we needed to act... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Dialogue about Administration's Agenda Moving Forward on Morning Joe, February 26, 2009 The President was pretty clear in his speech Tuesday night that, you know, we're not going to tolerate giving money to people who waste it. We're not going to tolerate giving money to people that use it on themselves. The taxpayers have been very generous and focused on trying to stabilize the economy which meant helping our financial institutions. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer Affirms Budget Proposed by President Obama on Squawkbox, February 26, 2009 President Obama said was he was going to submit an honest budget and says this is a much more reasonable and honest budget that includes the cost of the war which we're not including previously, the cost of adjusting the minimum tax. I think it realistically puts forward a plan to get us to halve the budget deficit by the end of President Obama's first term. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer Addressing Obama Speech on Fox News, February 24, 2009 I felt it was an excellent speech. I felt he did exactly what he needed to do. First of all, he laid out the problem that confronts us immediately and explained what we were doing to meet that crisis and what we would do to meet that crisis. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer Discusses Subject Matter of Obama's Speech on WTOP Radio, February 24, 2009 He will talk about healthcare being affordable to our people and he will talk about the political picture of energy independence and the importance of energy independence. Also of course to make sure that we are environmentally friendly in our use of energy , and that he will also talk about the future of our education system is the best at the time that it took provides for the young people and not so young people to be competitive in the world marketplace in which we find ourselves. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Reaction to President Obama's Address, February 24, 2009 On Fox News Channel [TRANSCRIPT]

» Requesting House Approve Economic Recovery Package on the House Floor, February 13, 2009 I would hope that every member on this floor of whatever party, of whatever ideological persuasion would pray that this Bill works, not for political purposes, because if this bill works, we will create those 3.5 million jobs. Am I absolutely sure that it will? I am not. I regret that I am not, but the best advice and counsel I have received over the last five months that we have been working on this Bill... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Negotiations on Economic Recovery Plan Discussed on Fox News, February 11, 2009 There are differences, and we're going to have to reconcile them if we're going to pass legislation, and we believe that passing legislation is critical. We're going to compromise. We believe the states need to have additional resources, so they don't lay off teachers, lay off firefighters, lay off police, and can stabilize their own governments in an era of very deep fall in their revenues. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Senate Passes Recovery Package Amid Contention on MSNBC, February 10, 2009 It's not unusual for there to be differences between the Senate and the House. Sometimes very serious differences. People hopefully of goodwill can come together and there's going to have to be compromises. We believe, as you know, as the speaker pointed out the states are in real trouble. We want to make sure they don't have to lay off police, fire, teachers. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Hoyer Delivers Explanation of Economic Recovery Debate on the House Floor, February 09, 2009 We are today in my opinion to be honest with the American people. They need to know that this economic crisis will not end overnight. I think the Chairman's made that pretty clear, and they need to know the reasons why. The deep, deep, deep fiscal hole we have inherited after eight years of fiscal recklessness. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Floor Statement on Passing of the Bill for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, February 04, 2009 The logic behind the final passage of this Bill which brings into the state Children's Health Insurance Program as has been said already four million children who are eligible but not yet enrolled. Quite frankly, as a result of the veto of the legislation we passed in the last Congress, four million children went to bed last night with their parents worried if they got sick... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Statement on Economic Recovery Package, January 28, 2009 I want to start my remarks taking a little bit of time, I want to start my remarks talking about bipartisanship and how we got here and why we're here. Over a year ago it appeared to us that the economic program adopted in 2001, 2003 was not working. It also appeared to the administration that it was not working. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Of 2009 and Paycheck Fairness Act Encouraged to Pass on House Floor, January 27, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen of the House, this is the right thing to do. It's the right thing to do not just for Lilly Ledbetter, not just for women, it's the right thing to do because our country believes in fairness, in equity, that we are a nation of laws and treat people equally under those laws. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Leader Hoyer Discussing TARP on House Floor, January 22, 2009 We are the ones who also, notwithstanding the failure of the bush administration to request it, put yesterday in a bipartisan vote additional constraints for accountability and transparency and for focusing on those folks who are at risk of losing their homes. The gentlelady, I know, did not vote for that either. Today, I think that every member of the House is thinking back to words we said in a similar debate four months ago when the Tarp was originally in front of us and wondering whether we can still stand by them... [TRANSCRIPT]

» With Richard Armey Talking About Economic Fix On CNBC, January 22, 2009 There is a significant difference of opinion as to whether or not we need to act and how large the action needs to be. Marty Feldstein says we need to act with spend and tax cuts, which is what we're doing. [TRANSCRIPT]

» New Stimulus Plan Discussed by Steny Hoyer Under Democratic Administration, January 21, 2009 The challenges confronting this Administration and this Congress are unlike perhaps any in recent times, but i think the President-Elect, now President Obama said today that Americans are up to the task... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Digging America Out of Republican Debt... Again, January 16, 2009 "There is a great deal to gain from looking back honestly at the choices made and their consequences..."

» Statement on SCHIP Reauthorization, January 14, 2009 ...If I can find the most efficient use of our health care dollars, I'd insure more children. I think 80% of americans agree with us on that... [TRANSCRIPT]

» Gaza Strip Conflict Resolution on House Floor, January 09, 2009 The way to solve this problem is through reason and appeal to moral situation in the world community. How tragic it is that the Palestinian children and the Israeli children and their families, men, women, older people on both sides have been subjected to the terror sold by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Discussed on the House Floor, January 09, 2009 Sexism, frankly, still robs women of their equal right to earn a livelihood, provide for their families and secure the dignity of their labor. And it does much of its worst work in the dark. Frankly, women in this body all know that they make the same thing as the men in this body. [TRANSCRIPT]

» New Congress and Stimulus Package on Bloomberg, January 06, 2009 I do believe there is a commitment to come together to pass this. There will be a very substantial tax component to the relief to working americans, to get additional dollars in their paychecks starting now. We think that will have a very positive effect. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Speaking on CNN about Stimulus Tax Cuts in 2009, January 06, 2009 The first one was more of a rebate payment, simply a payment to people on a lump sum basis. This will be a actual tax cut where workers will experience throughout the year and take place immediately upon signature by the President. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Statement about Timeline For Stimulus Plan on NPR, January 06, 2009 House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says the package is likely to be ready for Obama's signature by mid-February. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Statement of Rules Package on House Floor, January 06, 2009 I would like to talk -- talk about the new standards. A new rules package that will insure that the House does the people's work ethically and efficiently. [TRANSCRIPT]

» Congressional Agenda for the New Year Discussed on Fox News, January 04, 2009 All of those are objectives we'd like to attain. We've all talked about this, this is not a bill for special interest earmarks or add-ons, this is a bill to try to create jobs, quickly, and to invest for long term economic development and recovery. And so this is both a recovery package and investment package for the future... [TRANSCRIPT]

 

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