COLLEGE PARK — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, was less celebratory Thursday than he’s been in the nearly two weeks since the passage of historic health care reform, striking a gloomy tone as he spoke about America’s troubled fiscal future.

Addressing a crowd of roughly 100 University of Maryland students, Hoyer issued a somber warning to the younger generation about the looming problems caused by a government that promises more than it can afford.

“This means more to you than it does to me. It means a lot to me. But to you, it is crushing your generation with debt,” Hoyer said. “If we’re not careful, if you have your Iraq and Afghanistan, or your H1N1 or your Katrina, you will have no resources with which to respond.”

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