Queens, NY – Late last month, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) gave the keynote address at the Long Island City Business Improvement District’s annual breakfast. Maloney also received an award from the LIC BID at the June 22nd event for her ongoing support of economic growth in Long Island City. Maloney recently helped secure $37 million in federal stimulus funding for the redevelopment and beautification of Queens Plaza, a project that has long been a top priority of the LIC BID. The full text of Rep. Maloney’s remarks to the group follows.

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee released the following statement after the U.S. economy shed 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent:

"The worst monthly job losses are likely behind us, but the labor market clearly remains weak. It will be a long road to recovery, but the stimulus investments getting underway across the country will create jobs and stem losses."- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Chair, Joint Economic Committee.

WASHINGTON, DC –Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today commented on recent news reports of credit card issuers raising interest rates significantly on existing balances.

“Rate hikes on existing balances being reported by news media and consumers, even when consumers pay on time and follow the rules, are unfair and deceptive and must be stopped. Capricious actions like these are why Congress overwhelmingly passed, and President Obama signed, my credit card reform bill: to level the playing field on behalf of consumers.

WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Christopher Smith (R-NJ) have introduced the “Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations Act of 2009,” HR 3069,  legislation that would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive, peer-reviewed, comparative study of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, which has never before been completed.