Honorable Steny Hoyer
Representative, Maryland, Democrat
Rep. Hoyer has represented Maryland’s 5th Congressional District since 1981 and serves on the Committee on Appropriations. The following is a statement issued by Hoyer on Feb. 12 ahead of a Senate hearing on Greenland. Denmark has been one of America’s closest allies, trading partners and friends for generations. Donald Trump’s desire to annex the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland, through possible economic coercion or military force, is absurd. An attack on Greenland is an attack on NATO. Greenland is not for sale. Vice President J.D. Vance’s recent comment that Denmark “has not done its job and is not being…