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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. 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 - "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. 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. 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. 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. 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 - "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 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 - "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. 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 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 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 - "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 Van Hollen, Fischer Bipartisan Build Act Passes Senate Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 21, 2020 Van Hollen Statement on The Passage of Covid-19, Government Funding Package Sen. Chris Van Hollen
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. 20, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman Jamie Raskin Rep. Jamie Raskin
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. 18, 2020 Senate Passes Van Hollen-Led Legislation to Honor Henrietta Lacks, Improve Equity in Cancer Research 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, 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 Gonzalez, Sherman, Van Hollen Applaud Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act's Signing into Law Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 18, 2020 Hoyer Statement After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 18, 2020 Van Hollen Meets with Biden Hud Nominee Rep. Marcia Fudge 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. 17, 2020 Letter to Secretary Azar, Commissioner Hahn, General Perna, and Dr. Slaoui - Menendez, Smith Lead Push to Make Sure Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials Continue to Enroll Diverse Participants Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 16, 2020 Baltimore's Congressional Delegation Announces Nearly $1 Million to Boost STEM Education Programs at Towson University Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 15, 2020 Van Hollen Meets with Biden Omb Nominee Neera Tanden Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 15, 2020 Tweet - "The day after Christmas, 12 million Americans will receive their last emergency unemployment check. The consequences will be severe and immediate for families and the entire economy. Time is up on GOP intransigence. We must pass COVID-19 relief this week." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Hoyer Statement on Attorney General Barr Resigning Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Van Hollen, Schatz Introduce Bill to Provide Immediate Housing Assistance to Low-Income Families and Individuals During Natural and Economic Disasters Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Hoyer Statement on the United States Surpassing 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Van Hollen Statement on Administration's Use of Sanctions Against Turkey Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Tweet - "With the sad milestone of 300,000 Americans now having died from COVID-19, our nation has lost more people to this virus than the Americans who perished in combat in WWII. I join in expressing my condolences to every family that has lost a loved-one." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Tweet - "William Barr, during the course of his tenure as Attorney General, diminished the integrity of his office, eroded the independence of the Justice Department, and substantially undermined his own reputation." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Van Hollen Meets with Biden Nominee Dr. Cecilia Rouse Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Bennet; Rep. Meng Applaud Inclusion of $3 Billion in E-Rate Distance Learning Funding in Bipartisan Senate Coronavirus Proposal Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Tweet - "Millions of families will face displacement from their homes in January unless the federal ban on evictions is extended. A deal must be reached on COVID-19 relief that extends the ban and helps families make ends meet." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Schatz Introduces Bill To Provide Immediate Housing Assistance To Low-Income Families And Individuals During Natural And Economic Disasters Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 11, 2020 Hoyer: There is Seemingly No Limit to the Steps This Administration Will Take to Weaken the Civil Service Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 11, 2020 Van Hollen, Toomey Issue Statement on Treasury's Hong Kong Sanctions Report Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 11, 2020 Tweet - "There is seemingly no limit to the steps the Trump Admin will take to weaken the civil service. Their new rule to allow discrimination against women, minorities, and LGBTQ Americans ought to alarm every citizen." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 11, 2020 Tweet - "I strongly oppose OMB Director Russell Vought's decision to strip critical civil service protections from 88% of OMB staff. This is yet another attack on the federal workforce, & I continue to work to reverse Trump's disastrous Schedule F Executive Order." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 11, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump, President of the United States - Reps. Kildee, Davis Lead 75 Members of Congress Urging Trump Administration to Extend Unemployment Benefits Rep. Jamie Raskin, ...
Dec. 10, 2020 Maryland Congressional Delegation Briefed on Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Urges State Officials to Provide a Fair and Equitable Process for Future Allocations Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
Dec. 10, 2020 Tweet - "This week's unemployment insurance claims report ought to set off alarm bells across the country. It is clear that Republicans' obstruction of COVID-19 relief has had a severely negative impact on employment, which is worsening." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 10, 2020 Tweet - "3,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in a single day. That's 3,000 families that have lost loved ones to this crisis. It is vital that we pass a COVID-19 relief bill to help save lives and crush this virus. Americans are relying on Congress to act now." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Date Title 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. 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 - "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. 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. 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. 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. 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 - "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 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 - "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. 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 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 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 - "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 Van Hollen, Fischer Bipartisan Build Act Passes Senate Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 21, 2020 Van Hollen Statement on The Passage of Covid-19, Government Funding Package Sen.Chris Van Hollen
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. 20, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Congressman Jamie Raskin Rep.Jamie Raskin
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. 18, 2020 Senate Passes Van Hollen-Led Legislation to Honor Henrietta Lacks, Improve Equity in Cancer Research 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, 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 Gonzalez, Sherman, Van Hollen Applaud Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act's Signing into Law Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 18, 2020 Hoyer Statement After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 18, 2020 Van Hollen Meets with Biden Hud Nominee Rep. Marcia Fudge 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. 17, 2020 Letter to Secretary Azar, Commissioner Hahn, General Perna, and Dr. Slaoui - Menendez, Smith Lead Push to Make Sure Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials Continue to Enroll Diverse Participants Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 16, 2020 Baltimore's Congressional Delegation Announces Nearly $1 Million to Boost STEM Education Programs at Towson University Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 15, 2020 Van Hollen Meets with Biden Omb Nominee Neera Tanden Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 15, 2020 Tweet - "The day after Christmas, 12 million Americans will receive their last emergency unemployment check. The consequences will be severe and immediate for families and the entire economy. Time is up on GOP intransigence. We must pass COVID-19 relief this week." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Hoyer Statement on Attorney General Barr Resigning Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Van Hollen, Schatz Introduce Bill to Provide Immediate Housing Assistance to Low-Income Families and Individuals During Natural and Economic Disasters Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Hoyer Statement on the United States Surpassing 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Van Hollen Statement on Administration's Use of Sanctions Against Turkey Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Tweet - "With the sad milestone of 300,000 Americans now having died from COVID-19, our nation has lost more people to this virus than the Americans who perished in combat in WWII. I join in expressing my condolences to every family that has lost a loved-one." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Tweet - "William Barr, during the course of his tenure as Attorney General, diminished the integrity of his office, eroded the independence of the Justice Department, and substantially undermined his own reputation." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Van Hollen Meets with Biden Nominee Dr. Cecilia Rouse Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Senators Van Hollen, Markey, Bennet; Rep. Meng Applaud Inclusion of $3 Billion in E-Rate Distance Learning Funding in Bipartisan Senate Coronavirus Proposal Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 14, 2020 Tweet - "Millions of families will face displacement from their homes in January unless the federal ban on evictions is extended. A deal must be reached on COVID-19 relief that extends the ban and helps families make ends meet." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2020 Schatz Introduces Bill To Provide Immediate Housing Assistance To Low-Income Families And Individuals During Natural And Economic Disasters Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 11, 2020 Hoyer: There is Seemingly No Limit to the Steps This Administration Will Take to Weaken the Civil Service Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 11, 2020 Van Hollen, Toomey Issue Statement on Treasury's Hong Kong Sanctions Report Sen.Chris Van Hollen
Dec. 11, 2020 Tweet - "There is seemingly no limit to the steps the Trump Admin will take to weaken the civil service. Their new rule to allow discrimination against women, minorities, and LGBTQ Americans ought to alarm every citizen." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 11, 2020 Tweet - "I strongly oppose OMB Director Russell Vought's decision to strip critical civil service protections from 88% of OMB staff. This is yet another attack on the federal workforce, & I continue to work to reverse Trump's disastrous Schedule F Executive Order." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 11, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump, President of the United States - Reps. Kildee, Davis Lead 75 Members of Congress Urging Trump Administration to Extend Unemployment Benefits Rep.Jamie Raskin, ...
Dec. 10, 2020 Maryland Congressional Delegation Briefed on Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Urges State Officials to Provide a Fair and Equitable Process for Future Allocations Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
Dec. 10, 2020 Tweet - "This week's unemployment insurance claims report ought to set off alarm bells across the country. It is clear that Republicans' obstruction of COVID-19 relief has had a severely negative impact on employment, which is worsening." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 10, 2020 Tweet - "3,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in a single day. That's 3,000 families that have lost loved ones to this crisis. It is vital that we pass a COVID-19 relief bill to help save lives and crush this virus. Americans are relying on Congress to act now." Rep.Steny Hoyer
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