HOYER, STENY H. (a Representative from Maryland)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (see H.R. 12), H1689 [30MR]

Animal Welfare Act: expand and improve Attorney General enforcement capabilities relative to seizure and removal of abused animals (see H.R. 5041), H6988 [14DE]

Animals: prohibit slaughter of equines for human consumption (see H.R. 3475), H6993 [15DE]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 1624), H6943 [13DE]

Arlington National Cemetery: redesignate Robert E. Lee Memorial as ‘‘Arlington House National Historic Site’’ (see H.J. Res. 76), H4188 [15AU]

Capitol Building and Grounds: remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served Confederated States of America from display in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 1248), H969 [28FE]

Chesapeake National Recreation Area: establish (see H.R. 5045), H4140 [27JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 17), H1277 [10MR]

Cosmetics: substantially restrict use of animal testing for cosmetics (see H.R. 5399), H6944 [13DE]

Crime: condemn recent attacks on health care facilities, health care personnel, and patients (see H. Res. 27), H204 [11JA]

Cummings, Elijah E.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 42), H243 [17JA]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, reform political campaign finance system, and prevent partisan manipulation of redistricting process (see H.R. 11), H3698 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-priority research and extension intiative (see H.R. 3867), H5177 [26OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 15), H3069 [21JN]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H99 [9JA]

Education: provide for Federal partnership to ensure educational equity and quality (see H.R. 1429), H1149 [7MR]

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (see H.R. 20), H967 [28FE]

FEMA: authorize appropriations for U.S. Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs (see H.R. 4090), H2930 [14JN]

Firearms: ban assault weapons, bump stocks, high-capacity ammunition magazines, and devices designed to evade assault weapons ban, and ensure right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 698), H625 [1FE]

——— create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage and establish grant program for distribution of safe storage devices (see H.R. 4965), H4137 [27JY]

——— establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see H.R. 660), H782 [8FE]

——— make it unlawful to sell firearms without promoting safe storage, disseminate safe storage best practices, create grants for safe storage device distribution, and allow tax credit for such device sales (see H.R. 52), H3614 [14JY]

——— prohibit Federal licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to person under 21 years old, with exception of active military and full-time law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 2870), H4952 [2OC]

——— require background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 715), H2598 [24MY]

——— strengthen background check procedures to be followed before Federal firearms licensee may transfer firearm to person who is not such a licensee (see H.R. 2403), H1690 [30MR]

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3821), H2741 [5JN]

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: designate Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center (see H.R. 6826), H6985 [14DE]

Freedom Riders: award Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 1247), H6988 [14DE]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn attack on Israel and taking of hostages and demand release of all hostages (see H. Res. 793), H5020 [17OC]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3090), H6944 [13DE]

Iran: impose sanctions with respect to countries, individuals, and entities engaging in any effort to acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or deploy Iranian missiles and related goods and technology (see H.R. 3152), H2992 [20JN]

Israel: improve cooperation between U.S. and Israel to counter unmanned aerial systems (see H.R. 4709), H3699 [18JY]

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: observance (see H. Res. 568), H3159 [30JN]

Middle East: express support for Israel as it defends itself against barbaric war launched by Hamas (terrorist organization) and other terrorists (see H. Res. 768), H4993 [10OC] (see H. Res. 771), H4998 [11OC]

Minimum wage: increase (see H.R. 4889), H3950 [25JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H5229 [1NO]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see H.R. 4770), H5039 [20OC]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 1118), H6943 [13DE]

Puerto Rico: enable people of Puerto Rico to choose permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status and provide for transition to and implementation of such status (see H.R. 2757), H1907 [20AP]

Russia: impose sanctions to combat mass abduction of Ukrainian children to Russia and areas of Ukraine that are temporarily occupied by Russian forces (see H.R. 5800), H4854 [28SE]

Taxation: increase and make child tax credit fully refundable, establish increased child tax credit for young children, index credits for inflation, and set up advance payments on monthly basis (see H.R. 3899), H2777 [7JN]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to more stringent review of changes to voting laws or procedures (see H.R. 14), H4406 [19SE]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see H.R. 3305), H2343 [15MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 25), H1762 [17AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 43), H2426 [17MY]

Eulogies

Meyers, William V.: by, E527• [6JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4368), consideration (H. Res. 723), H4489 [26SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 43), H2727 [5JN]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: evaluate threat of U.S. agricultural operations owned by adversarial nations, H5584 [8NO]

Congress: accomplishments of 117th Congress, H4283 [13SE]

——— legislative priorities, H6728 [7DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: change into independent agency named Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency and bring into regular appropriations process, H5556, H5557 [8NO]

——— funding, H5588, H5589 [8NO]

CPSC: funding, H5591 [8NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4365), consideration (H. Res. 723), H4489 [26SE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for Ukraine security assistance in response to Russian invasion, H6155 [6DE], H6728 [7DE], H6847 [12DE], H6871 [13DE], H6973 [14DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4367), H4645 [27SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4367), consideration (H. Res. 723), H4489 [26SE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4665), consideration (H. Res. 723), H4489 [26SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to implement or enforce General License No. 8H issued by Office of Foreign Assets Control which exempts certain entities from Russian oil and gas lease sanctions, H5596 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to support increase in weight of Chinese renminbi in IMF Special Drawing Rights basket, H5604 [8NO]

——— repeal subpoena authority of Federal Insurance Office and Office of Financial Research, H5606 [8NO]

Dept. of the Treasury and FRS: prohibit from issuing central bank digital currency, H5588 [8NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5894), H5786 [14NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4820), H5460 [6NO]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for Office of the Vice President, H5603 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement Executive order entitled ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad’’, H5597 [8NO]

——— reduce salary of White House Press Secretary, H5657 [9NO]

Federal Acquisition Regulation Council: prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule entitled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation—Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk’’, H5659 [9NO]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4664), H5551, H5556, H5557, H5584, H5585, H5586, H5587, H5588, H5589, H5591, H5592, H5593, H5595, H5596, H5597, H5598, H5599, H5600, H5601, H5602, H5603, H5604, H5605, H5606, H5607, H5618 [8NO], H5657, H5659, H5660 [9NO]

——— prohibit funding to finalize any rule or regulation that has or is likely to have certain effects on economy, H5602 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to provide financial assistance to sanctuary cities, H5599, H5600 [8NO]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule entitled ‘‘Authority To Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies’’, H5659, H5660 [9NO]

FTC: prohibit funding for any rule defining or describing unfair methods of competition, H5607 [8NO]

——— salaries and expenses funding, H5592 [8NO]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H4489 [26SE], H4645 [27SE]

GSA: prohibit funding to acquire property for new FBI headquarters, H5618 [8NO]

——— real property activities funding, H5593 [8NO]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn attack on Israel and taking of hostages and demand release of all hostages, H6038 [30NO]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H69 [9JA]

——— consideration of certain bills and resolutions (H. Res. 5), H69 [9JA]

Immigration: secure U.S. borders and reform immigration policies (H.R. 2), H4489 [26SE], H6973 [14DE]

IRS: firearms and ammunition funding, H5587 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding for performance awards or bonuses for senior executive service employees, H5600 [8NO]

——— provide Congress with inventory of weapons, H5586 [8NO]

——— rescind certain funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 23), H81 [9JA]

Middle East: express support for Israel as it defends itself against barbaric war launched by Hamas (terrorist organization) and other terrorists (H. Res. 771), H5056 [25OC]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding to Israel in response to act of war by Hamas (terrorist organization), H5786 [14NO], H5988 [30NO], H6155 [6DE], H6728 [7DE]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding to Israel in response to act of war by Hamas (terrorist organization) (H.R. 6126), H5301, H5303 [2NO]

Omar, Representative: remove from Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) (H. Res. 76), H647 [2FE]

Postal Service: provide Congress with updated revenue and operating expenses from post office locations, H5585 [8NO]

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, H2533 [23MY]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), H2033 [26AP], H2533 [23MY]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), consideration (H. Res. 456), H2675 [31MY]

Republican Party: condemn attempts to eliminate or reduce salary of Federal jobs with use of Holman rule, H6113 [5DE]

SBA: coronavirus economic injury disaster loan delinquency collections funding, H5595 [8NO]

——— prohibit from establishing new pilot business lending programs, H5660 [9NO]

——— prohibit funding for Community Advantage Small Business Lending Companies program, H5598, H5599 [8NO]

SEC: prohibit funding for enforcement activities related to digital asset transactions, H5605 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to regulate or require disclosure of data on agricultural emissions, H5605, H5606 [8NO]

——— reduce salary of Chairman, H5601 [8NO]

Socialism: denounce (H. Con. Res. 9), H640 [2FE]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd., relative to funding mechanism, H5556, H5557 [8NO]

Tellez, Augustin: Sons of Italy Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E495• [25MY]

Ukraine: security assistance in response to Russian invasion, H4412 [20SE], H5786 [14NO], H5988 [30NO]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transity Authority: funding, H5460 [6NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H3138 [23JN], H6973 [14DE]

Tributes

Abouchar, Keith, H1214 [9MR]

Adams, Sheila R. Tillerson, E240• [22MR]

Bedford-Billinghurst, Marzette, E43• [24JA]

Cromwell, Michelle Y., E1222• [13DE]

Green, Representative Al, H6973 [14DE]

Kellaher, Don, E11• [10JA]

Lamone, Linda, E1169• [5DE]

McCarthy, Representative, H6970 [14DE]

Meyers, William V., E527• [6JN]

Owings, George W., III, E1129• [28NO]

Ransom, Lisa R., E51• [25JA]

Stone, Norman R., Jr., E740• [27JY]