Steny Hoyer

Mr. HOYER

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), who is one of the leaders in this Congress on protecting families and children.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I have thanked each and every one of the chairs. None have worked harder than Mr. DeFazio from the State of Oregon. He is one of this country's experts on transportation and the movement of goods and services so critical to our economy and so critical to the health of our people. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I agree with the gentleman from Illinois. This is about all of us as Americans, not as Republicans and Democrats, helping those who are challenged, as all of our country is. Our next speaker is my dear friend from New York City--one of the epicenters of this challenge--who has led the Small Business Committee with extraordinary ability and passion and making sure that the small businessmen and -women of America are helped and addressed in this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), my friend and neighbor from across the river, who is the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor and who has done a yeoman's service on working to create this legislation and to improve this legislation and to make it friendly for our workers and for our families.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff), the distinguished chair of the Intelligence Committee and a member of the Committee on Appropriations as well.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), the chairman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mayors deal with this problem every day on the street face-to-face. They know how critical this problem is. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline), the former mayor of Providence and the chairman of our policy committee.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse), my friend and the president of the freshman class.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Wild).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Horsford).

Mr. HOYER. As a former uniformed police officer on the streets of one of our largest cities in America, our next speaker knows firsthand the challenges of our first responders. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. O'Halleran).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crow), who has served his country on the front lines of battle in the defense of freedom.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I misspoke and elevated Mr. Neguse from Colorado, who is on the leadership and the freshman representative to the leadership, but now I am really recognizing the president of the freshman class, an extraordinary woman who has been in the Federal Government to rescue our automobile industry, and I thank her for her service. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman from Michigan an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Queens, New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez), one of the epicenters of this challenge to our country.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Bustos), one of the leaders of our party from the heartland of our country.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cisneros).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time left for both sides.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the former chairman of our campaign committee and an extraordinary candidate for the United States Senate for New Mexico.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), one of the senior Members of the Congress of the United States, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. Luria), a retired Navy commander who has been on the front line herself and knows what the front line is all about.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett).

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the chair of the Financial Services Committee, a senior Member in the Congress of the United States.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. Spanberger), who also has seen challenge up front and personal.

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Suozzi), former county executive in Long Island.