Press Releases

Hoyer, Lofgren, McGovern Statement on Introduction of Resolution Temporarily Implementing Remote Voting and Virtual Committee Proceedings

May 13, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement today after the introduction of H.Res 965, which would temporarily implement remote voting on the House Floor and virtual committee proceedings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hoyer, Lofgren, McGovern Statement on Proposal Put Forward by Republicans on the Virtual Congress Task Force

May 5, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement in response to a proposal made by Republicans on the Virtual Congress Task Force:

Chairman McGovern Leads Debate on Measure Establishing Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 23, 2020 Press Release

"We have sent trillions of dollars out into our communities - they should be going to small businesses and not corporations; our workers, not the wealthy and those already well-off."

**Video of his remarks is available here**