Honorable Steny 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 1978. He is the House Democratic Whip. The following is from the September 19, 2013, House floor debate on H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act. I thank the gentle lady [Rep. Fudge] for her leadership on this issue. I lament with [Rep.] Lucas that we don’t have a bipartisan bill, because I know that’s what he wanted, that’s what he…