WASHINGTON, July 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on July 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 8297, the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act and H.R. 8296, the Women's Health Protection Act. Below is a copy of his remarks as prepared for delivery. "Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill and the Women's Health Protection Act that we are al  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on July 15, 2022: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning announcing the House will vote on the Right to Contraception Act next week. "In his concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson, Justice Clarence Thomas made it very clear that the extremist ruling that ended Roe v. Wade could be used to overturn other precedents, and he specificall  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, and David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $95 million in federal funding for broadband infrastructure projects that will provide high-quality internet to areas that lack access to adequate service. This funding comes from the Coronavirus Capital Proj  more