Honorable Steny Hoyer
United States Representative, Maryland, Democrat
Representative Hoyer, from the Fifth District of Maryland, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981. He served in the Maryland Senate from 1966 to 1978, where he was president from 1975 to 1978. He is the House Majority Leader. The following is from the January 10, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act.This legislation, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, is long overdue. I believe it will pass this House today with broad bipartisan support. At long last, this House is just hours away from finally passing a clean increase…