Hoyer touts ‘psychology of consensus’ in final floor speech as majority leader

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) delivered his final speech from the House floor as majority leader on Thursday, reflecting on a number of victories — both bipartisan and Democratic-led — that Congress has notched in his 40-plus years as a member of the lower chamber.

The Maryland congressman, who is ending his more than three-decade tenure in Democratic leadership at the end of the year, said what he calls the “psychology of consensus” principle has been a major i...