Honorable Steny Hoyer
United States Representative, Maryland, Democrat
Representative Hoyer, of Maryland’s Fifth District, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981. He is the House Majority Leader and also served in that capacity from 2007 to 2011. The following is from the April 3, 2019, floor debate on H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. This bill is a critically important bill, and, unfortunately, its authorization expired last year. It is timely that we bring it to the floor. I am hopeful that it passes. I was proud to be a cosponsor of the original Violence Against Women Act in 1994. It passed…
