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Dec. 28, 2020
Tweet - "The House has passed legislation to increase economic impact payments from $600 to $2,000. I hope that Senate Republicans will join in passing an increase in those payments so that Americans can receive the assistance they so desperately need."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 28, 2020
Tweet - "The House has now voted in a bipartisan fashion to override Trump's irresponsible veto of the 2021 defense authorization bill. I am confident that the Senate will join the House in rejecting the President's veto and standing with our Armed Forces."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 27, 2020
Hoyer Statement on President Trump Finally Signing Bipartisan COVID-19 Relief Legislation
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 27, 2020
Tweet - "Critical emergency unemployment assistance has expired for millions of families because Trump refuses to sign the bipartisan agreement Congress passed, & families have now lost a lifeline during this crisis. Trump should sign the bill Congress sent him to resume this assistance."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 24, 2020
Tweet - "Congress reached a bipartisan agreement while Trump was silent. After we passed a bill, he now demands $2,000 direct payments. I offered unanimous consent today to provide just that, but House GOP blocked it. The American people need help now. They cannot afford this GOP chaos."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 24, 2020
Tweet - "On Christmas Eve, the GOP blocked a request to increase direct payments to families from $600 to $2000. Our people & economy need help. POTUS should sign the bipartisan COVID-19 bill now & Democrats will continue fighting for more assistance #ForThePeople."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Tweet - "It's shameful that @POTUS vetoed the NDAA, a product of true bipartisanship which reflects Congress's commitment to the safety and success of our men and women in uniform."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on Trump Veto of The NDAA
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on Senator Mike Miller's Resignation
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on The President's Signing of The Fallen Journalists Memorial Act
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Tweet - "Last week, another 809,000 Americans sought unemployment assistance, and millions of families continue to struggle to make ends meet. Congress passed a COVID-19 relief bill, & the House will take up another direct payment bill tomorrow. Trump must work with us to provide relief."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Hoyer Statement on President Trump Vetoing the FY2021 NDAA
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Secures Key Maryland Funding Priorities in Omnibus Package
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President-Elect of the United States - Reps. Schakowsky, Price, Lee, Meeks, Castro, Spanberger, and Sherman Spearhead Letter to President-elect Biden with 150 Total Signers Urging Diplomatic Steps to Return Both Iran and U.S. to JCPOA
Rep. Jamie Raskin, ...
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "In order to get our economy working again, we must defeat this virus. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill provides billions of dollars in funding to ensure equitable vaccine distribution and to help combat disparities among communities of color."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Too many small businesses are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation will provide them with support so they can stay open while we fight this virus."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Sarbanes, Maryland Delegation Members Applaud the Passage of the FAFSA Fairness Act
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 22, 2020
Hoyer Statement on 10th Anniversary of End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "The bipartisan COVID-19 legislation passed last night takes steps to provide urgent relief to American families that have been waiting far too long. This assistance will help families avoid eviction, keep food on their tables, and extends critical unemployment benefits."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Hoyer Statement on Fifth District Priorities in Legislation to Fund the Government, Provide COVID Relief
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "The legislation passed by the House last night makes critical investments in programs important to #MD05 & prevented a government shutdown. This includes funding for WMATA, the Chesapeake Bay, & to help Maryland communities combat COVID-19."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Ten years ago, I was proud to play a leading role in the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' and bring legislation to the Floor ending that discriminatory policy. https://bit.ly/2WzGaPY"
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "With emergency unemployment insurance programs set to expire at the end of the month, House Democrats fought toextend these benefits. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation provides an additional $300 in weekly UI enhancement for Americans waiting to get back to work."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Schools and child care services have been devasted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan relief bill passed by Congress provides desperately needed funding to help our classrooms reopen safely."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Families around the nation are struggling and in need of economic assistance. Democrats fought hard to ensure the bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation provided working families with critically needed economic impact payments."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "House Democrats have fought for months to provide relief to the American people, which Republicans rejected at every turn. Now that the President has agreed to direct payments of $2000, we will ask for unanimous consent to pass a bill this week to give Americans this assistance."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on The Passage of Covid-19, Government Funding Package
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 21, 2020
Van Hollen, Fischer Bipartisan Build Act Passes Senate
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 21, 2020
Tweet - "I'm extremely disappointed that Republicans blocked the inclusion of language to reverse @POTUS' cynical Schedule F Executive Order in the latest government funding legislation. I'll work with the incoming Administration to reverse this harmful order."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Letter to Brian Duperrault, Chief Executive Officer of AIG and Jennifer Waldner, Chief Sustainability Officer AIG - Senators Push Financial Services Companies to Not Insure Arctic Drilling
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Tweet - "The American people have been waiting for Congress to fund the government and provide much-needed COVID-19 relief. We now have a bipartisan bill that achieves both of those aims, and I urge the President to sign this legislation without delay."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr , President-Elect - Heinrich, Senate Democratic Colleagues Urge Incoming Biden Admin To Repeal Harmful Solar Tariffs Set By President Trump
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Tweet - "Our country is in the middle of the dark winter that public health experts warned about. COVID-19 cases are surging and Americans are dying because of this Administration's failure to manage this pandemic. It didn't have to be this way."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Hoyer Statement on Republicans Blocking Inclusion of Language to Reverse Schedule F Executive Order in Government Funding Legislation
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 20, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on Bipartisan Covid-19 Relief Package
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 20, 2020
Senate Passes Van Hollen, Sasse Bill to Punish Foreign Companies, Individuals for IP Theft
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 20, 2020
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman Jamie Raskin
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Dec. 19, 2020
Van Hollen, Burr, Mcbath Applaud Senate Passage of Bipartisan Child Care Protection Improvement Act
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Bipartisan Outrage Towards Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma for Lack of Accountability in Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Dec. 18, 2020
Gonzalez, Sherman, Van Hollen Applaud Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act's Signing into Law
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 18, 2020
Letter to Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Honorable Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, Chief Advisor of Operation Warp Speed, and General Gustave F. Perna, Commanding General - Brown Joins Push to Make Sure Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials Continue to Enroll Diverse Participants
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 18, 2020
Van Hollen Meets with Biden Hud Nominee Rep. Marcia Fudge
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Senate Passes Van Hollen-Led Legislation to Honor Henrietta Lacks, Improve Equity in Cancer Research
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Van Hollen, Sherman, Gonzalez Applaud Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act's Signing Into Law
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Dec. 18, 2020
Van Hollen, Cardin, Senate Democrats Introduce the Economic Justice Act, Expanding the Historic Proposal to More than $435 Billion to Address Systemic Racism and Historic Underinvestment in Communities of Color
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Legislative Program
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 18, 2020
Tweet - "News in recent days of a significant breach of critical U.S. networks -- from government agencies to American corporations -- with all indications pointing to Russia as the culprit, ought to alarm every American."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 18, 2020
Schedule Update
Rep. Steny Hoyer
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Politician
Dec. 28, 2020
Tweet - "The House has passed legislation to increase economic impact payments from $600 to $2,000. I hope that Senate Republicans will join in passing an increase in those payments so that Americans can receive the assistance they so desperately need."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 28, 2020
Tweet - "The House has now voted in a bipartisan fashion to override Trump's irresponsible veto of the 2021 defense authorization bill. I am confident that the Senate will join the House in rejecting the President's veto and standing with our Armed Forces."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 27, 2020
Hoyer Statement on President Trump Finally Signing Bipartisan COVID-19 Relief Legislation
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 27, 2020
Tweet - "Critical emergency unemployment assistance has expired for millions of families because Trump refuses to sign the bipartisan agreement Congress passed, & families have now lost a lifeline during this crisis. Trump should sign the bill Congress sent him to resume this assistance."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 24, 2020
Tweet - "Congress reached a bipartisan agreement while Trump was silent. After we passed a bill, he now demands $2,000 direct payments. I offered unanimous consent today to provide just that, but House GOP blocked it. The American people need help now. They cannot afford this GOP chaos."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 24, 2020
Tweet - "On Christmas Eve, the GOP blocked a request to increase direct payments to families from $600 to $2000. Our people & economy need help. POTUS should sign the bipartisan COVID-19 bill now & Democrats will continue fighting for more assistance #ForThePeople."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Tweet - "It's shameful that @POTUS vetoed the NDAA, a product of true bipartisanship which reflects Congress's commitment to the safety and success of our men and women in uniform."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on Trump Veto of The NDAA
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on Senator Mike Miller's Resignation
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on The President's Signing of The Fallen Journalists Memorial Act
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Tweet - "Last week, another 809,000 Americans sought unemployment assistance, and millions of families continue to struggle to make ends meet. Congress passed a COVID-19 relief bill, & the House will take up another direct payment bill tomorrow. Trump must work with us to provide relief."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Hoyer Statement on President Trump Vetoing the FY2021 NDAA
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 23, 2020
Van Hollen Secures Key Maryland Funding Priorities in Omnibus Package
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 23, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President-Elect of the United States - Reps. Schakowsky, Price, Lee, Meeks, Castro, Spanberger, and Sherman Spearhead Letter to President-elect Biden with 150 Total Signers Urging Diplomatic Steps to Return Both Iran and U.S. to JCPOA
Rep.Jamie Raskin, ...
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "In order to get our economy working again, we must defeat this virus. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill provides billions of dollars in funding to ensure equitable vaccine distribution and to help combat disparities among communities of color."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Too many small businesses are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation will provide them with support so they can stay open while we fight this virus."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Sarbanes, Maryland Delegation Members Applaud the Passage of the FAFSA Fairness Act
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 22, 2020
Hoyer Statement on 10th Anniversary of End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "The bipartisan COVID-19 legislation passed last night takes steps to provide urgent relief to American families that have been waiting far too long. This assistance will help families avoid eviction, keep food on their tables, and extends critical unemployment benefits."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Hoyer Statement on Fifth District Priorities in Legislation to Fund the Government, Provide COVID Relief
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "The legislation passed by the House last night makes critical investments in programs important to #MD05 & prevented a government shutdown. This includes funding for WMATA, the Chesapeake Bay, & to help Maryland communities combat COVID-19."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Ten years ago, I was proud to play a leading role in the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' and bring legislation to the Floor ending that discriminatory policy. https://bit.ly/2WzGaPY"
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "With emergency unemployment insurance programs set to expire at the end of the month, House Democrats fought toextend these benefits. The bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation provides an additional $300 in weekly UI enhancement for Americans waiting to get back to work."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Schools and child care services have been devasted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan relief bill passed by Congress provides desperately needed funding to help our classrooms reopen safely."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Families around the nation are struggling and in need of economic assistance. Democrats fought hard to ensure the bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation provided working families with critically needed economic impact payments."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 22, 2020
Tweet - "House Democrats have fought for months to provide relief to the American people, which Republicans rejected at every turn. Now that the President has agreed to direct payments of $2000, we will ask for unanimous consent to pass a bill this week to give Americans this assistance."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on The Passage of Covid-19, Government Funding Package
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 21, 2020
Van Hollen, Fischer Bipartisan Build Act Passes Senate
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 21, 2020
Tweet - "I'm extremely disappointed that Republicans blocked the inclusion of language to reverse @POTUS' cynical Schedule F Executive Order in the latest government funding legislation. I'll work with the incoming Administration to reverse this harmful order."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Letter to Brian Duperrault, Chief Executive Officer of AIG and Jennifer Waldner, Chief Sustainability Officer AIG - Senators Push Financial Services Companies to Not Insure Arctic Drilling
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Tweet - "The American people have been waiting for Congress to fund the government and provide much-needed COVID-19 relief. We now have a bipartisan bill that achieves both of those aims, and I urge the President to sign this legislation without delay."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr , President-Elect - Heinrich, Senate Democratic Colleagues Urge Incoming Biden Admin To Repeal Harmful Solar Tariffs Set By President Trump
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Tweet - "Our country is in the middle of the dark winter that public health experts warned about. COVID-19 cases are surging and Americans are dying because of this Administration's failure to manage this pandemic. It didn't have to be this way."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
Hoyer Statement on Republicans Blocking Inclusion of Language to Reverse Schedule F Executive Order in Government Funding Legislation
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 21, 2020
United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 20, 2020
Van Hollen Statement on Bipartisan Covid-19 Relief Package
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 20, 2020
Senate Passes Van Hollen, Sasse Bill to Punish Foreign Companies, Individuals for IP Theft
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 20, 2020
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman Jamie Raskin
Rep.Jamie Raskin
Dec. 19, 2020
Van Hollen, Burr, Mcbath Applaud Senate Passage of Bipartisan Child Care Protection Improvement Act
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Bipartisan Outrage Towards Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma for Lack of Accountability in Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis
Rep.Jamie Raskin
Dec. 18, 2020
Gonzalez, Sherman, Van Hollen Applaud Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act's Signing into Law
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 18, 2020
Letter to Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Honorable Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, Chief Advisor of Operation Warp Speed, and General Gustave F. Perna, Commanding General - Brown Joins Push to Make Sure Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials Continue to Enroll Diverse Participants
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 18, 2020
Van Hollen Meets with Biden Hud Nominee Rep. Marcia Fudge
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Senate Passes Van Hollen-Led Legislation to Honor Henrietta Lacks, Improve Equity in Cancer Research
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Van Hollen, Sherman, Gonzalez Applaud Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act's Signing Into Law
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act
Rep.Jamie Raskin
Dec. 18, 2020
Van Hollen, Cardin, Senate Democrats Introduce the Economic Justice Act, Expanding the Historic Proposal to More than $435 Billion to Address Systemic Racism and Historic Underinvestment in Communities of Color
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 18, 2020
Legislative Program
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 18, 2020
Tweet - "News in recent days of a significant breach of critical U.S. networks -- from government agencies to American corporations -- with all indications pointing to Russia as the culprit, ought to alarm every American."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 18, 2020
Schedule Update
Rep.Steny Hoyer
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