WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer: Every Authoritarian Leader has had his Grim Reaper; Russell Vought is Donald Trump's Grim Reaper * Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Members of Congress in the Maryland and Virginia delegations for a press conference to call out the Trump Administration for their illegal mass firing of thousands of dedicated public servants in the midst of the Republican government shutdown. more PR