Hoyer to Become Second Most Powerful Person in House of Representatives
Southern Maryland's Steny Hoyer was elected by fellow House Democrats today to serve as the House Majority Leader for the 110th Congress. He will serve under speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi of California. Ms. Pelosi was born and raised in Maryland. We have the audio from today's victory speech on Capitol Hill (.wav file, 2.67MB). There are also additional comments by Pelosi and Hoyer on party unity (.wav file, 2.01 MB).