WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement today on the Bush Administration’s decision to again block the United States’ contribution to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):

Washington, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Vito Fossella, and Peter King today announced that the proposed Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2009 will contain $108 million in federal funding to provide health care to first responders, local residents, area workers, students, and others who were exposed to environmental hazards released as a result of the 9/11 attacks.

WASHINGTON – The “Money Service Business Act” (H.R. 4049), bipartisan legislation that would ease regulatory burdens on commercial banks that service money service businesses (MSBs), was voted out of the House Financial Services Committee today.  The bill was introduced by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chair of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee.  The bill can now proceed to a full vote in the House of Representatives. 

New York, NY - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Vice Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, supported a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits for those workers who have been unable to find a job in today's struggling economy.  The extension was included in the Supplemental Appropriations bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week.  On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in New York the unemployment rate rose by one half percentage point to 5.2 percent and the state economy lost 200 jobs last month.