113th Congress

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113

Maloney decries Hobby Lobby decision

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. “The Supreme Court just put employers in between a woman and her doctor. The conservative members of the Court have declared that employers at closely held corporations may impose their own religious views on the health care choices of employees and restrict a person’s medical insurance coverage so that it doesn’t offend the boss’s personal beliefs. To that message they attached an annual bill for $269—the average increase in out-of-pocket costs for contraception that millions of women may face as a result of this deeply flawed decision."

Maloney pushes for elimination of federal fracking loopholes at Joint Economic Committee hearing

WASHINGTON -- At a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Hearing this morning, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) pressed witnesses on the absence of sufficient federal oversight of dangerous natural gas production, including hydraulic fracking. Maloney is the Ranking House Member of the JEC.

Maloney applauds White House Summit on Working Families

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today applauded The White House Summit on Working Families, which aims to set an agenda for the 21st century workplace. Maloney is a leading advocate for stronger work-life balance legislation and is the author several bills to give people more rights and protections in the workplace so that they can better address family and medical issues.

Maloney cheers new FMLA same-sex couple rule

WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today applauded the proposed Department of Labor rule to extend Family and Medical Leave Act protections to married same-sex couples. The move achieves most of the goals contained within the Congresswoman’s Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R 1751), which she has been working to pass since 2003. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. The FMLA allows qualified workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for newborns, seek emergency medical care for himself/herself, parents, children under 18, or a legal spouse. The new rules proposed today would extend those protections to married same-sex couples.

Reps. Maloney, King and Van Hollen ask NIH to elevate Parkinson’s disease research

WASHINGTON – House Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Parkinson’s Disease, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), are urging the National Institutes of Health to do more to spur medical advancements in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. The lawmakers sent a letter to NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins to request that Parkinson’s be added to the next phase of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) program, which would aid in the discovery of biomarkers that can help provide earlier diagnosis and drug development treat the disease.

Maloney says proposed TRIA changes would reduce availability and affordability of insurance

WASHINGTON –Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement in opposition to changes to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) program contained within the TRIA Reform Act bill considered today by the House Financial Services Committee. “While the TRIA Reform Act is a significant improvement over previous drafts, I still have strong concerns with the bill. Specifically, I oppose the provision that would increase the trigger for the government backstop from $100 million to $500 million. I also oppose treating ‘conventional’ terrorist attacks differently from so-called “NBCR attacks” — nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological attacks."

Maloney applauds Supreme Court decision upholding federal law against straw gun purchases, says Congress should strengthen the penalties

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today applauded the Supreme Court’s decision in Abramski v. United States and reiterated her call for stricter penalties for illegal straw purchases. Maloney is the sponsor of H.R. 452, The Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013, a bipartisan bill that makes gun trafficking a federal crime and increases penalties for straw purchases.

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