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July 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Senate Democrats Urge HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Restore Resources That Protect LGBTQ From Housing Discrimination
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 27, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Harmful Actions on Civil Rights Protections, Enforcement
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 16, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - LGBTQ Pride Month Proclamation
Rep. Jamie Raskin, ...
June 15, 2017
Hoyer Statement on Commerce Department Removal of Protections for LGBT Employees
Rep. Steny Hoyer
June 1, 2017
Hoyer Statement on LGBT Pride Month
Rep. Steny Hoyer
May 11, 2017
Letter to Heather Menne, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living - Reinstate LGBT Demographic Questions on the NSOAAP
Rep. Jamie Raskin, ...
May 2, 2017
Van Hollen, Cardin Join Colleagues in Re-Introducing Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
March 3, 2017
Congressman Andy Harris Responds to the Trump Administration's Decision on School Bathroom Policies
Rep. Andy Harris
March 2, 2017
Quigley and House LGBT Caucus Announce Re-Launch of Transgender Equality Task Force
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
Sept. 20, 2016
Hoyer Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 19, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Andrian Candu, Speaker Of The Parliament - Opposing Discriminatory Legislation in Parliament
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 14, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Prohibit LGBT Discrimination in Government Contracting
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 30, 2016
Hoyer Statement on Reversal of Transgender Military Service Ban
Rep. Steny Hoyer
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Robert Mcdonald, Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerns Surrounding the Spring 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Rep. Andy Harris, ...
June 20, 2016
Letter to Robert M. Califf, Commisioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 8, 2016
Washington Post - "GOP is 'Rigging' System to Discriminate Against LGBT People"
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
May 25, 2016
Hoyer Statement on Republican Anti-LGBT Amendments
Rep. Steny Hoyer
May 17, 2016
Hoyer to LGBTQ Americans: We Are With You
Rep. Steny Hoyer
May 16, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States, and Dr. John B. King, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Grijalva Leads Lawmakers in Praising the Administration's Leadership Protecting LGBT Individuals
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
May 11, 2016
Hoyer: GOP Created Environment of Radicalism, Fear, Exclusion & Donald Trump is the Result
Rep. Steny Hoyer
April 28, 2016
Letter to Chairman Goodlatte - Calls for Judiciary Hearing on Equality Act
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
April 27, 2016
Letter to John H. Thompson, Director of the US Census Bureau - Rep. Grijalva, Sen. Baldwin Lead Bipartisan Effort to Add LGBT Data to Census Survey
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to Edith Ruiz, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commissioner, and Joshua Wright, Federal Trade Commissioner - Conversion Therapy
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 22, 2015
Hoyer Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Nov. 17, 2015
Hoyer Statement on LGBT Equality Caucus' Transgender Task Force and Forum
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Oct. 8, 2015
Letter to Peter Neffenger, Administrator of Transportation Security Administrator - Treatment of Transgendered Individuals by the Transportation Security Administration
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Oct. 8, 2015
Letter to Peter Neffenger, Administrator of Transportation Security Administration - Reform Screening Procedures for Transgender Passengers
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
July 23, 2015
Hoyer Statement on the Equality Act of 2015
Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 26, 2015
Van Hollen Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
April 23, 2015
Fast Track And Marriage Equality
Rep. Steny Hoyer
April 23, 2015
Fast Track and Marriage Equality
Rep. Steny Hoyer
April 16, 2015
Letter to Governors - Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
March 31, 2015
Hoyer Statement on Arkansas' Discriminatory Law
Rep. Steny Hoyer
March 30, 2015
Hoyer Statement on Indiana's Discriminatory Law
Rep. Steny Hoyer
March 6, 2015
Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
March 6, 2015
Hoyer Joins Amicus Brief on Marriage Equality Cases
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Feb. 4, 2015
Hoyer Discusses the President's Budget, the Affordable Care Act, DC Voting Rights on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Jan. 27, 2015
Hoyer, Honda, Polis, & Brady Recommend Anti-Discrimination Policies Protecting LGBT Congressional Employees
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
Jan. 27, 2015
Letter to All Members of the Democratic Party of the House of Representatives - Anti-Discrimination Policies Protecting LGBT Congressional Employees
Rep. Steny Hoyer, ...
Jan. 16, 2015
Hoyer Statement on Supreme Court's Decision to Consider Marriage Equality Cases
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Nov. 7, 2014
Hoyer Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Senate Passage of Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
Sept. 29, 2014
Hoyer Delivers Speech on House Democrats' Vision of a Congress on Your Side
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Sept. 17, 2014
Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on Employment Non-Discrimination Act Discharge Petition
Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 21, 2014
Hoyer Statement on President Obama's Executive Order Protecting LGBT Federal Employees
Rep. Steny Hoyer
June 26, 2014
Hoyer Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Decision on DOMA
Rep. Steny Hoyer
Date
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Politician
July 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Senate Democrats Urge HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Restore Resources That Protect LGBTQ From Housing Discrimination
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 27, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Harmful Actions on Civil Rights Protections, Enforcement
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 16, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - LGBTQ Pride Month Proclamation
Rep.Jamie Raskin, ...
June 15, 2017
Hoyer Statement on Commerce Department Removal of Protections for LGBT Employees
Rep.Steny Hoyer
June 1, 2017
Hoyer Statement on LGBT Pride Month
Rep.Steny Hoyer
May 11, 2017
Letter to Heather Menne, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living - Reinstate LGBT Demographic Questions on the NSOAAP
Rep.Jamie Raskin, ...
May 2, 2017
Van Hollen, Cardin Join Colleagues in Re-Introducing Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
March 3, 2017
Congressman Andy Harris Responds to the Trump Administration's Decision on School Bathroom Policies
Rep.Andy Harris
March 2, 2017
Quigley and House LGBT Caucus Announce Re-Launch of Transgender Equality Task Force
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
Sept. 20, 2016
Hoyer Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 19, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Andrian Candu, Speaker Of The Parliament - Opposing Discriminatory Legislation in Parliament
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 14, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Prohibit LGBT Discrimination in Government Contracting
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 30, 2016
Hoyer Statement on Reversal of Transgender Military Service Ban
Rep.Steny Hoyer
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Robert Mcdonald, Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerns Surrounding the Spring 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Rep.Andy Harris, ...
June 20, 2016
Letter to Robert M. Califf, Commisioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 8, 2016
Washington Post - "GOP is 'Rigging' System to Discriminate Against LGBT People"
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
May 25, 2016
Hoyer Statement on Republican Anti-LGBT Amendments
Rep.Steny Hoyer
May 17, 2016
Hoyer to LGBTQ Americans: We Are With You
Rep.Steny Hoyer
May 16, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States, and Dr. John B. King, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Grijalva Leads Lawmakers in Praising the Administration's Leadership Protecting LGBT Individuals
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
May 11, 2016
Hoyer: GOP Created Environment of Radicalism, Fear, Exclusion & Donald Trump is the Result
Rep.Steny Hoyer
April 28, 2016
Letter to Chairman Goodlatte - Calls for Judiciary Hearing on Equality Act
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
April 27, 2016
Letter to John H. Thompson, Director of the US Census Bureau - Rep. Grijalva, Sen. Baldwin Lead Bipartisan Effort to Add LGBT Data to Census Survey
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to Edith Ruiz, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commissioner, and Joshua Wright, Federal Trade Commissioner - Conversion Therapy
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Dec. 22, 2015
Hoyer Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Nov. 17, 2015
Hoyer Statement on LGBT Equality Caucus' Transgender Task Force and Forum
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Oct. 8, 2015
Letter to Peter Neffenger, Administrator of Transportation Security Administrator - Treatment of Transgendered Individuals by the Transportation Security Administration
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Oct. 8, 2015
Letter to Peter Neffenger, Administrator of Transportation Security Administration - Reform Screening Procedures for Transgender Passengers
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
July 23, 2015
Hoyer Statement on the Equality Act of 2015
Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
June 26, 2015
Van Hollen Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality
Sen.Chris Van Hollen
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
April 23, 2015
Fast Track And Marriage Equality
Rep.Steny Hoyer
April 23, 2015
Fast Track and Marriage Equality
Rep.Steny Hoyer
April 16, 2015
Letter to Governors - Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
March 31, 2015
Hoyer Statement on Arkansas' Discriminatory Law
Rep.Steny Hoyer
March 30, 2015
Hoyer Statement on Indiana's Discriminatory Law
Rep.Steny Hoyer
March 6, 2015
Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
March 6, 2015
Hoyer Joins Amicus Brief on Marriage Equality Cases
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Feb. 4, 2015
Hoyer Discusses the President's Budget, the Affordable Care Act, DC Voting Rights on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Jan. 27, 2015
Hoyer, Honda, Polis, & Brady Recommend Anti-Discrimination Policies Protecting LGBT Congressional Employees
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
Jan. 27, 2015
Letter to All Members of the Democratic Party of the House of Representatives - Anti-Discrimination Policies Protecting LGBT Congressional Employees
Rep.Steny Hoyer, ...
Jan. 16, 2015
Hoyer Statement on Supreme Court's Decision to Consider Marriage Equality Cases
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Nov. 7, 2014
Hoyer Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Senate Passage of Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
Sept. 29, 2014
Hoyer Delivers Speech on House Democrats' Vision of a Congress on Your Side
Rep.Steny Hoyer
Sept. 17, 2014
Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on Employment Non-Discrimination Act Discharge Petition
Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 21, 2014
Hoyer Statement on President Obama's Executive Order Protecting LGBT Federal Employees
Rep.Steny Hoyer
June 26, 2014
Hoyer Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Decision on DOMA
Rep.Steny Hoyer
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