Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
United States Representative, Maryland, Democrat
Representative Hoyer, of 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 1976. He sits on the Appropriations Committee and serves as House Democratic Whip. The following is from the October 2, 2003, House floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2660, the 2004 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, to eliminate funding from the bill to implement the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule.Under the Bush Administration and this Republican Congress, our economy…
