Hoyer Touts Democrats' Record For Securing Nation

By Alexa Gitler - Talk Radio News Service

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Monday at The Center for Strategic and International Studies that Democratic leadership under the Obama administration has handled the threats that have endangered America’s security and the worlds’ effectively.

“We have done this through four ways: strength, development, democracy, and fiscal discipline,” said Hoyer.

Hoyer said the increased funding of American military equipment and the leadership of President Obama has led to the kill and capture of hundreds of terrorist leaders. The House's leading Democrat said this sparked an increasing interest into the development of cyber security as a form of national defense.

He also stressed the necessity and extreme importance of living our Democratic and American values here at home.

"Throughout America’s history, the nation has been the advocate of democratic movements around the world and it is important that the role only grows stronger," Hoyer said. "This can only happen through continued support of the American people."

“The eight years of the Bush administration showed what we already knew that democracy cannot be imposed by force, that elections alone do not equal democracy, that democratization and economic growth do not always go by hand in hand and that failing to lead by example weakens democracy around the world” he said.