WASHINGTON – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement to mark 45 years since he was sworn in to represent Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 3, 1981:
“Serving the people of MD-05 in Congress for the past forty-five years has been the honor of a lifetime. Through all these years, I’ve continued to believe that there is nothing we cannot achieve if we set out to do it together and in a spirit of consensus.
“That’s how we enacted the ADA and launched a revolution of inclusion for people with disabilities across our country and around the world. It’s how we reformed a broken health care system through the Affordable Care Act and reined in Wall Street with Dodd-Frank. It’s how we ended the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, won the hard-fought battle for marriage equality, and never wavered in our ongoing fight for voting right and civil rights. Through bipartisan consensus, we made generational investments in infrastructure and manufacturing competitiveness. And, together, we stood up for our national security by fighting for human rights and democracy around the world and by protecting and strengthening critical military installations in Southern Maryland. We made major progress cleaning up the Chesapeake and Patuxent, launched an innovative network of early-childhood centers, and expanded advanced research at the University of Maryland and our other world-class institutions of higher learning.
“I’m proud of all we’ve accomplished, and I look forward to continuing this work through the end of the 119th Congress.”
45 years is way too much for someone to sit in a House seat. Term limits need to be implemented to keep do do’s like “yes man” Hoyer in check and other generations a chance to really make needed change.
“Serving the people” Haha, yah ok. More like serving what’s best for him and his pocket. He hasn’t done anything for the people. We need term limits!
45 years of nothing but lies.