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Dec. 26, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the Death of Another Child in U.S. Border Patrol Custody Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2018 Tweet - "I am heartbroken & deeply alarmed by news of a young child having died in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol. I join @HispanicCaucus Chairman-Elect @JoaquinCastrotx in calling for a full investigation. Her family & the American people deserve answers." Rep. Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Reports a Child Died in U.S. Border Patrol Custody Rep. Steny Hoyer
Nov. 15, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the FDA's Effort to Reduce Underage Vaping and Smoking Rep. Steny Hoyer
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Democrats Urge Hearing on HHS Unaccompanied Minor Program Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Sept. 6, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the Trump Administration's Efforts to Allow for the Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children and Families at the Border Rep. Steny Hoyer
Sept. 5, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of President Trump Announcing His Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Rep. Steny Hoyer
Sept. 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, DHS, the Hon. Alex Azar, HHS, the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Department of State, and the Hon. Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Children Still Separated from their Parents Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The Admin's failure to reunite families is a humanitarian tragedy. These families must be reunited - not only because the courts have ordered so but because America is better than this. I will continue to join Dems to demand answers from the Admin until they #ReuniteEveryChild." Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Neomi Rao, Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Request Extension for Public Comment Period on Title X Gag Rule Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - ".@POTUS must abide by the court ruling and reunite these children with their families. He must work to address this unnecessary crisis of his own making. It is shameful that @HouseGOP has done nothing to address these forced separations of parents & children." Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Meet a Second Deadline to Reunite Separated Children with Their Parents Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration has now missed two court-imposed deadlines & failed to #ReuniteEveryChild. This policy is reprehensible, morally outrageous, & a form of child abuse that will affect these children for many years to come. http://bit.ly/2OltS8w #FamiliesBelongTogether" Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 26, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Jayapal Leads Colleagues in Demanding Trump Stop Selling Out Breastfeeding Mothers Rep. Jamie Raskin, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Drop Harmful Plan Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "Tomorrow marks the deadline for the Trump Admin to #ReuniteEveryChild. I thank my House & Senate Dem colleagues for holding the Admin accountable for its cruel family separation policy & continuing to call attention to the harm inflicted on children by it. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "I strongly oppose @HouseGOP's #AderholtAmendment that is a #LicenseToDiscriminate against #LGBT Americans by allowing taxpayer-funded agencies to discriminate against prospective foster or adoptive parents & deny loving homes to children who need them most. RT if you oppose." Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 20, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids Rep. Jamie Raskin, ...
July 20, 2018 Letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Paul Ryan, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi - Drop Harmful Plan of Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 18, 2018 Tweet - "Shame on @HouseGOP for using their House Majority to put blatant partisanship ahead of the wellbeing of children. Shame on @HouseGOP for using our law enforcement agents as pawns in your political games. Democrats will continue speaking out until we #ReuniteEveryChild." Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 17, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration is presenting families with a false choice & swapping a cruel policy of separating children from their parents with costly & inhumane family detention. RT if you agree the Trump Admin's solutions are unacceptable. #FamiliesBelongTogether #ReuniteEveryChild" Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 12, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration Policy of Rejecting Asylum Claims for Those Fleeing Gang Warfare or Domestic Violence Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 12, 2018 Tweet - "It is just the latest in a series of steps by this Administration to undercut our asylum laws and turn away those seeking to escape danger, along with its policy of forcibly separating children from their parents. #KeepFamiliesTogether" Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 11, 2018 Hoyer Statement on House Republicans' Latest Attack on LGBT Americans Rep. Steny Hoyer
Date Title Politician
Dec. 26, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the Death of Another Child in U.S. Border Patrol Custody Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2018 Tweet - "I am heartbroken & deeply alarmed by news of a young child having died in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol. I join @HispanicCaucus Chairman-Elect @JoaquinCastrotx in calling for a full investigation. Her family & the American people deserve answers." Rep.Steny Hoyer
Dec. 14, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Reports a Child Died in U.S. Border Patrol Custody Rep.Steny Hoyer
Nov. 15, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the FDA's Effort to Reduce Underage Vaping and Smoking Rep.Steny Hoyer
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Democrats Urge Hearing on HHS Unaccompanied Minor Program Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Sept. 6, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the Trump Administration's Efforts to Allow for the Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children and Families at the Border Rep.Steny Hoyer
Sept. 5, 2018 Hoyer Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of President Trump Announcing His Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Rep.Steny Hoyer
Sept. 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, DHS, the Hon. Alex Azar, HHS, the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Department of State, and the Hon. Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Children Still Separated from their Parents Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The Admin's failure to reunite families is a humanitarian tragedy. These families must be reunited - not only because the courts have ordered so but because America is better than this. I will continue to join Dems to demand answers from the Admin until they #ReuniteEveryChild." Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Neomi Rao, Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Request Extension for Public Comment Period on Title X Gag Rule Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - ".@POTUS must abide by the court ruling and reunite these children with their families. He must work to address this unnecessary crisis of his own making. It is shameful that @HouseGOP has done nothing to address these forced separations of parents & children." Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Meet a Second Deadline to Reunite Separated Children with Their Parents Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration has now missed two court-imposed deadlines & failed to #ReuniteEveryChild. This policy is reprehensible, morally outrageous, & a form of child abuse that will affect these children for many years to come. http://bit.ly/2OltS8w #FamiliesBelongTogether" Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 26, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Jayapal Leads Colleagues in Demanding Trump Stop Selling Out Breastfeeding Mothers Rep.Jamie Raskin, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Drop Harmful Plan Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "Tomorrow marks the deadline for the Trump Admin to #ReuniteEveryChild. I thank my House & Senate Dem colleagues for holding the Admin accountable for its cruel family separation policy & continuing to call attention to the harm inflicted on children by it. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "I strongly oppose @HouseGOP's #AderholtAmendment that is a #LicenseToDiscriminate against #LGBT Americans by allowing taxpayer-funded agencies to discriminate against prospective foster or adoptive parents & deny loving homes to children who need them most. RT if you oppose." Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 20, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids Rep.Jamie Raskin, ...
July 20, 2018 Letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Paul Ryan, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi - Drop Harmful Plan of Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 18, 2018 Tweet - "Shame on @HouseGOP for using their House Majority to put blatant partisanship ahead of the wellbeing of children. Shame on @HouseGOP for using our law enforcement agents as pawns in your political games. Democrats will continue speaking out until we #ReuniteEveryChild." Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 17, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration is presenting families with a false choice & swapping a cruel policy of separating children from their parents with costly & inhumane family detention. RT if you agree the Trump Admin's solutions are unacceptable. #FamiliesBelongTogether #ReuniteEveryChild" Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 12, 2018 Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration Policy of Rejecting Asylum Claims for Those Fleeing Gang Warfare or Domestic Violence Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 12, 2018 Tweet - "It is just the latest in a series of steps by this Administration to undercut our asylum laws and turn away those seeking to escape danger, along with its policy of forcibly separating children from their parents. #KeepFamiliesTogether" Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 11, 2018 Hoyer Statement on House Republicans' Latest Attack on LGBT Americans Rep.Steny Hoyer
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