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About Steny
Always Advocating for His Constituents
In Maryland's Fifth Congressional District, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer is a tireless fighter for economic development and a leader in creating jobs. He has helped create and save nearly 23,000 jobs by supporting federal facilities and associated businesses located in and around the Fifth District, including NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Patuxent River Naval Air Station, the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Indian Head, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the FDA at White Oak, and the future NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park.
He also fights to protect our natural resources. In addition to supporting every major piece of environmental legislation while in Congress, he has co-sponsored numerous bills to protect the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, including the "Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act.” He secured more than $10 million in the 1990s to respond to Pfiesteria and to study its effects on humans; helped secure more than $400 million in the 2008 Farm Bill to enable farmers to imp
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Meet Congressman Steny Hoyer
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer represents Maryland's Fifth Congressional District, which includes Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties and portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. A resident of Mechanicsville serving his 22nd term in Congress, Congressman Hoyer became the longest-serving Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland in history on June 4, 2007.
It was at the University of Maryland, College Park, that Steny Hoyer first heard the call to pursue a life in public service. As a student, he heard an address on campus by John F. Kennedy, then a senator running for president, and was inspired to get involved in politics and intern on Capitol Hill. It was here that Hoyer began a journey that would lead to him become the first Marylander in history to serve as Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
While attending night classes at Georgetown Law, Hoyer worked as a junior staffer to Sen. Daniel Brewster (D-MD) to pay for school. After graduating, he ran for and won a seat re
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Steny Hoyer
American politician (born 1939)
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Speaker | Nancy Pelosi |
| Whip | Jim Clyburn |
| Preceded by | Kevin McCarthy |
| Succeeded by | Steve Scalise |
| In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | |
| Speaker | Nancy Pelosi |
| Whip | Jim Clyburn |
| Preceded by | John Boehner |
| Succeeded by | Eric Cantor |
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Eric Cantor |
| Succeeded by | Steve Scalise |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Nancy Pelosi |
| Succeeded by | Roy Blunt |
| In office June 21, 1989 – January 3, 1995 | |
| Leader | Tom Foley |
| Preceded by | William H. Gray III |
| Succeeded by | Vic Fazio |
| In office January 3, 1989 – June 21, 1989 | |
| Leader | Jim Wright |
| Preceded by | Mary Rose Oakar |
| Succeeded by | Vic Fazio |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 19, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Gladys Spellman |
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