Republican Amie Hoeber of Potomac announced Monday, July 20, the creation of an exploratory committee to examine running for Congress in Maryland’s 6th District.
“While we’re all in agreement that we face problems as a nation, there is also a tremendous opportunity to overcome these obstacles and improve our great country,” said Hoeber. “From national security to the widespread over-regulation of businesses in this country, we have to address these problems with new ideas and active solutions. With my unique background as a businesswoman, national defense expert and women’s advocate, I believe I have the ideas and the leadership experience to help turn around our state and our nation.”
Appointed Deputy Under Secretary of the Army by President Reagan, Hoeber worked with the White House and Congress to strengthen America’s defense. As one of the highest-ranking women in the Pentagon in the 1980s, she was a leader in advancing opportunities for women in the military. After continuing her service under President George H.W. Bush as representative to the Joint Commission on the Environment of the United States and Panama, Hoeber started her own company, AMH Consulting, in 1992 to advise the government and private industry on defense, homeland security, protection against terrorism, and environmental cleanup programs.
She is a board member of the House of Ruth Maryland, an organization that supports women and children impacted by domestic violence.
She and Mark Epstein live in Potomac and are members of the B’nai Tzedek synagogue. She has one son, two stepsons, and four grandchildren.
The sixth congressional district is currently represented by U.S. Rep. John K. Delaney (D).