Hoyer: Democrats Will Keep The House

By Sarah Mamula - Talk Radio News Service

Despite increasing doubt over the Democrats’ ability to keep their majority past November, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) remains confident.

“We will hold the House,” he stated firmly during his weekly briefing with reporters.

Hoyer and other Democrats are using a sound bite from Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, who said just days ago on Meet The Press, “We need to go back to the exact same [Bush] agenda.”  

Hoyer predicted the American public would not vote for the “Bush fail policies.”

“I don’t think that’s what the American people wanna do,” he said. “I’m convinced that they don’t wanna do that. They want [Democrats] to continue to create jobs and grow the economy.”

Hoyer promoted what he called the “Make It In America” agenda. According to the Majority Leader, the goal of the agenda is to encourage people to make goods and to expand manufacturing in the United States.

“If we make it in America, in terms of products, more people will make it in America in terms of opportunity and success,” said Hoyer. The agenda includes about 20 bills and would include tax benefits for companies, however, Hoyer stressed that exact numbers and dollars are yet to be discussed.

When asked about the biggest problem facing the Democrats this fall, Hoyer said it was inheriting “the worst economy in three-quarters of a century.”

He repeatedly spoke of the success the Obama Administration has had with a Democratic majority when it comes to addressing the struggling job market. “Over the last 6 months, we have had over 700,000 new jobs created as opposed to losing 786,000 jobs in…the last month of the Bush administration.” 

“The American public gets it. They know that President Obama inherited the worst economy of any president in their lifetime,” he added.