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Steny H. Hoyer

U.S. Representative, Maryland 5th district · Democrat

12 statements indexed, set against 645 recorded votes.

First took office
January 5, 1981
Terms served
23 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
Born
June 14, 1939

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

645
recorded votes
271
voted for
350
voted against
19
did not vote
12
statements indexed

What is on this page

Every recorded vote of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists this member, taken from their own per-vote records. Nothing is sampled and nothing is left out.

The House votes Yea and Nay on the floor and Aye and No in the Committee of the Whole. They are different words for the same two answers, and the site keeps the word the Clerk recorded as well as which side it fell on.

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What was said, and what was done

2026-07-21

36th ANNIVERSARY OF ADA

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

House floor · Congressional Record, July 21, 2026, p. H4687

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, one of the proudest moments of my time in public service was sponsoring the Americans with Disabilities Act and seeing it through to enactment. I was honored to work closely with House and Senate colleagues, leaders like Bob Dole, Tom Harkin, Tony Coelho, Steve Bartlett, Orrin Hatch, and Ted Kennedy, just to name a few.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, July 21, 2026, p. H4687

Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 21, 2026.

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2026-07-15

NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027

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House floor · Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. H4483

What was said

“Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chair, sadly, I cannot agree with Chairman Cole. This bill does not send a strong message to our friends, nor does it send an unmistakable message to our adversaries.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. H4483

Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 15, 2026.

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2026-07-15

NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027

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House floor · Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. H4483

What was said

“Let us be clear: America does not abandon our allies. America does not shrink from the fight. Democracy will not yield 1 inch to tyranny. We should be saying that in this bill.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. H4483

Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 15, 2026.

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2026-07-15

NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027

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House floor · Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. H4519

What was said

“Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment, which would dangerously undermine American national security. As Leader Jeffries rightly pointed out, if adopted, it would limit our ability to confront terrorist organizations, like Hamas and Hezbollah, that expressly target American citizens and military personnel.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. H4519

Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 15, 2026.

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2026-06-04

UKRAINE SUPPORT ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, June 4, 2026, p. H3889

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Mr. Meeks, who is ranking member of this committee. I thank all those who had the courage to stand up and sign this bill.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, June 4, 2026, p. H3889

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 4, 2026.

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2026-06-04

UKRAINE SUPPORT ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, June 4, 2026, p. H3890

What was said

“In the 2 years since we last approved a package, Ukrainians have endured two bitter winters of war. It is time for us to act. Russian drones have continued to rain terror on civilian neighborhoods.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, June 4, 2026, p. H3890

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 4, 2026.

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2026-06-04

UKRAINE SUPPORT ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, June 4, 2026, p. H3890

What was said

“President Reagan said in 1983 our adversaries ``must be made to understand we will never compromise our principles and standards [nor] ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.'' He was talking about the Soviet Union and Russia today. ``To do so would mean abandoning the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.'' Mr.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, June 4, 2026, p. H3890

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 4, 2026.

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2026-05-14

SUPPORTING UKRAINE

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House floor · Congressional Record, May 14, 2026, p. H3469

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the gentleman from California (Mr. Kiley) added the 218th signature to the discharge petition for the Ukraine Support Act. Soon, the House will have a long-overdue vote on expressing its support for Ukraine and our opposition to the Russian invasion.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, May 14, 2026, p. H3469

Remarks in the Congressional Record of May 14, 2026.

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2026-04-29

FALLEN SERVICEMEMBERS RELIGIOUS HERITAGE RESTORATION ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, April 29, 2026, p. H3165

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, when I was majority leader in 2008, Mr. Blunt, who was then in the leadership of the Republican Party, Senator Kit Bond, and Senator Jay Rockefeller, who co-chaired the Intel Committee in the United States Senate, and I worked together in a very difficult context.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, April 29, 2026, p. H3165

Remarks in the Congressional Record of April 29, 2026.

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2026-04-29

FALLEN SERVICEMEMBERS RELIGIOUS HERITAGE RESTORATION ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, April 29, 2026, p. H3166

What was said

“None of the bills that we consider have all the things we would like to have in them, but in testimony from Avril Haines, who headed up the DNI under the Biden administration, she believes this is absolutely essential.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, April 29, 2026, p. H3166

Remarks in the Congressional Record of April 29, 2026.

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2026-03-26

PAY OUR HOMELAND DEFENDERS ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, March 26, 2026, p. H2748

What was said

“The good news, Mr. Speaker, is that we are paying the people who protect us, and this side will not admit it. DHS is getting 86 percent. ICE is 86 percent funded.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, March 26, 2026, p. H2748

Remarks in the Congressional Record of March 26, 2026.

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2026-03-26

PAY OUR HOMELAND DEFENDERS ACT

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House floor · Congressional Record, March 26, 2026, p. H2748

What was said

“Ladies and gentlemen, let's be honest with one another. This is a tactical argument. You are afraid that if you separate out those two instances of the Border Patrol and ICE, you are afraid that you may have to honor what the American people want, and that is constraints.”

Steny H. Hoyer, Congressional Record, March 26, 2026, p. H2748

Remarks in the Congressional Record of March 26, 2026.

This passage has not been rendered into plain English yet. What is above is the member's own words, exactly as the Record prints them.

Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

Where the words are

The Congressional Record marks Steny H. Hoyer as speaking in 43 items of business across 36 sitting days of this Congress. 12 statements indexed here so far.

That count is where to look, not how much was said. Most appearances are procedural: a yield of time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays.

It is also a floor and not a total. The count comes from the Record's own metadata, which tags who spoke in each item of business, and that tagging is not complete: checking the text turns up passages by members the metadata does not tag at all. A member may have said more than this says.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every recorded vote

All 645 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Steny H. Hoyer, newest first. The most recent 25 are below and the rest load on request. Each roll number links to the official record of that vote.

RollDateMeasure SubjectQuestionVoted Outcome
28323-Jul-2026H R 8884Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans ActOn PassageNayPassed
28223-Jul-2026H CON RES 89Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with IranOn Agreeing to the ResolutionYeaPassed
28122-Jul-2026H CON RES 113Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036On Agreeing to the ResolutionNayPassed
28022-Jul-2026H R 7008Stop Insider Trading ActOn PassageNayPassed
27922-Jul-2026H R 7008Stop Insider Trading ActOn Motion to RecommitYeaFailed
27822-Jul-2026H R 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027On PassageNayPassed
27722-Jul-2026H R 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027On Motion to RecommitYeaFailed
27622-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
27522-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoAgreed to
27422-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
27322-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoAgreed to
27221-Jul-2026H R 9770Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposesOn PassageNayPassed
27121-Jul-2026H R 6955Main Street ActOn PassageNayPassed
27021-Jul-2026H R 6955Main Street ActOn Motion to RecommitYeaFailed
26921-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
26821-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoAgreed to
26721-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoAgreed to
26621-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
26521-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoAgreed to
26421-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
26321-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
26221-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
26121-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed
26021-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoAgreed to
25921-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the AmendmentOn Agreeing to the AmendmentNoFailed

620 more, loaded from the published roll call list

What this covers

Up to 12 of this member's most recent floor remarks, taken verbatim from the Congressional Record with the page each is printed on. Procedural turns are left out: yielding time, reserving time, moving to suspend the rules.

Not covered.

A vote shown against remarks means the member spoke on that measure and voted on it the same day. It is not a claim that the words and the vote agree or disagree.