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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, September 01, 2009 Over $369 million in Recovery Act funds has already been put to work improving rural water systems to help ensure families have access to clean water.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 31, 2009 $1.2 billion in Recovery Act funds will help hospitals and health care providers implement and use electronic health records.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 28, 2009 This summer, Recovery Act funds were used to begin or accelerate cleanup work at 20 Superfund sites from the National Priority List.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 27, 2009 This summer, Recovery Act funds were used to begin work on 200 new waste and water systems in rural America.

» Hoyer Statement on Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2009 America was founded on a promise of equality – a promise that we now understand applies not only to all men, but to all women.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 26, 2009 This summer, Recovery Act funds were used to initiate 2,300 construction and rehabilitation projects at 359 military facilities across the Nation.

» Hoyer Statement on the Passing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, August 26, 2009 Today, America mourns the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. He was one of the most dynamic and influential legislators in our Nation's history, and his legacy will live on in the work of the colleagues he inspired, and in the lives of the millions of Americans for whom his passion for social justice made a difference.

» Hoyer Statement on Deficit Forecast, August 25, 2009 Today’s Mid-Session Review of the Budget confirms that Congress and the Administration must persist in their efforts to bring the deficit under control.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 25, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds were used to create 125,000 summer youth jobs.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 24, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds were used to hire or keep on the job approximately 5,000 law enforcement officers.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 21, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds were used to begin projects at 107 National Parks.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 20, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds allowed for improvements at 90 Veterans Medical Centers across 38 states.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 19, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds allowed for rehabilitation and improvement projects at 98 airports and over 1,500 highway locations throughout the country.

» Hoyer Statement on Passing of Robert Novak, August 18, 2009 "Novak was a Washington institution, the author of a syndicated column that ran for four and a half decades, a familiar presence on television, and one of the nation’s most prominent conservative voices...

» In First Six Months, Recovery Act Has Positive Impact, August 17, 2009 When President Obama took office, we were facing the greatest economic crisis in a generation and the economy was on the verge of a second depression or great recession.

» Hoyer Statement on Six-Month Anniversary of the Recovery Act, August 17, 2009 Six months ago, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—a sweeping effort to check the economic crisis he inherited and put Americans back to work.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 17, 2009 As students prepare to return to school, a Recovery Act project that began this summer will fund 135,000 education jobs including teachers, principals and support staff.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 14, 2009 More than $20 billion has been made available to fund over 6,000 shovel-ready transportation construction projects – over 3,000 of which are already underway.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 13, 2009 Of the $499 billion in Recovery Act spending, over $197 billion has already been committed to programs and projects to get Americans back to work and strengthen our economy. Of the $288 billion in Recovery Act tax relief, over $53 billion has already been applied.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 12, 2009 So far, nearly 32 percent of the funds have been put to work in about 26 percent of the days of the Recovery Act.

» Hoyer Statement on the Passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, August 11, 2009 The world mourns a great loss today with the passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 11, 2009

» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 10, 2009

» Hoyer Statement on July Unemployment Report, August 07, 2009 Today’s numbers are a sign that the Recovery Act is beginning to take hold and have a real effect across the nation.

» Hoyer Statement on Sotomayor Confirmation, August 06, 2009 I want to offer my congratulations to Judge Sonia Sotomayor on her confirmation.

 

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