(R-TN) introduced HR 2285, the School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act, legislation that encourages states to help ensure students with reversible lower airway disorders, such as asthma, have assistance at school with managing their chronic disease and can excel in any environment.House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. Today, President Obama unveiled his budget for Fiscal Year 2017, which reduces the deficit and puts debt on a sustainable path while laying out a vision for how we can give every American a fair shot at economic security; accelerate American innovation; and keep Americans safe.©2020 Steny Hoyer. Hosted annually by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, this three week competition among House Democrats is a race to acquire the most new followers on social networks. House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the one-hundredth anniversary of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). As our friends in the press get ready to cover Speaker Ryan’s town hall with millennials at Georgetown University this afternoon, your ever-helpful Whip press shop has put together a few questions you could ask the Speaker:Today, House Democrats launched a bold new initiative to strengthen higher education access and affordability for the twenty-first century.Today, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (May 2009) Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education … Democrats are committed to ensuring all Americans have access to a high-quality education. On July 26th, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in order to protect the civil rights of those with disabilities. ...Democrats are committed to ensuring all Americans have access to a high-quality education. He is also a strong supporter of Full-Service Community Schools, modeled after the highly successful Judy Centers throughout Maryland, which coordinates educational and social service programs through collaborative partnerships with school districts and community-based organizations. Democrats also enacted a major reform bill that ended wasteful taxpayer subsidies to big banks and directed the savings to helping students instead. Additionally, he supports investing in education for disadvantaged students and students with disabilities, providing additional funds for teacher professional development and protecting Pell Grant funding for needy students pursuing higher education. By placing services under one roof, Congressman Hoyer believes schools can more effectively and efficiently provide families with access to services they might not easily have access to otherwise.Congressman Hoyer is strongly committed to ensuring Maryland schools continue to be among the best in the nation and students have the education and skills they need to succeed.Congressman Hoyer also helped enact the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which saved taxpayers money, made critical investments in higher education by significantly increasing funding for Pell Grants, made loan repayment more affordable by expanding the Income Based Repayment program, and provided $2 billion to strengthen our community colleges. He graduated from Suitland High School in Suitland, Maryland. President Trump’s budget proposes to cut teacher training and literacy programs and reduces funding for the schools and communities most in need.