Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyeris the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district, serving since 1981. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C....
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 June 1939
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Our economy is stagnant; we need to create more jobs and promote economic growth, ... We need to expand access to health care, enact a patients' bill of rights, and adopt a real prescription drug benefit for our seniors.
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What the American people saw today during the vote on this energy bill was the continuation of the corrupting of the democratic process,
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We are breaking a promise, and that is unfair to the people who fought so long and so hard for this legislation.
It does not do what they say it does.
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Today, the U.S. Congress declares America's independence from hanging chads, butterfly ballots and a broken outdated election system that nearly provoked a constitutional crisis two years ago.
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If a Democratic administration had pursued the fiscal policies and put the nation in the fiscal posture it's now in, the business community would be outraged and on the ramparts. They're getting benefits, but they're also very concerned that if they are perceived to be opposed to the administration's policies, there will be a cost to pay in terms of direct adverse impact on their corporate interests.
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I am informed that every member of Congress who is in town has voted.
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There has been a process going on in Washington for over half a decade of undermining democracy. We see another example of that today.
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We don't want the perfect to be the enemy of the good. This is a good bill. Is it a perfect bill? Probably not. Do we ever pass a perfect bill? Probably not,
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It shows a Republican majority in disarray and bereft of ideas that address the needs of the American people. The American public has expressed its opinion on the failed policies of this administration.
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What they have proposed will not offset Katrina. It will offset their tax cuts,
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very concerned by OPM's announcement tonight of a significant increase in health insurance premium costs.
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What the panel seems to offer with one hand, it apparently wants to take away with the other.
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Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said that Republicans' number one priority was the defeat of President Obama.