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NEW YORK, NY - A report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details the pervasive health effects suffered by those who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks and building collapses at Ground Zero. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) made a statement today in response.
WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation reintroduced in Congress would help federal workers care for new additions to their families. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY); Tom Davis (R-VA), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee; and Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Whip, have sponsored the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (H.R. 5148), which would give civil servants six weeks of paid leave for the birth of a child or an adoption. Currently, federal workers have to use annual leave and sick leave to care for their newborns.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14) and Barbara Lee (CA-9) saluted the National Council for Research on Women for its new study analyzing the impact of taxation on women. The book, Taxes Are a Woman’s Issue: Reframing the Debate, calls for tax policies that address the unique needs of women and families.
QUEENS, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Anthony Weiner expressed their strong support for legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security to inspect all cargo before it is transported on passenger planes. While twenty-two percent of air cargo in the U.S. is carried on passenger planes, currently almost none of that cargo is inspected for explosives or other dangerous materials prior to being loaded onboard.
WASHINGTON, DC - Members of Congress are expressing concern about the new federal program for collecting mineral royalties owed on Tribal and Indian lands. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), joined by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), have asked Johnnie Burton, Director of the Minerals Management Service (MMS), for answers (letter to Burton: http://maloney.house.gov/documents/govreform/oil/20060403ltrMMS.pdf). MMS’s new program, which was initiated in 2001, focuses on compliance reviews of company royalty reports rather than full audits conducted under U.S. Government Auditing Standards. Compliance desk reviews are also being used for collecting royalties owed federal taxpayers and State governments.
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to invite you to attend a Congressional Town Hall meeting on the war in Iraq with Special Guest Congressman John Murtha, a highly decorated veteran who served 37 years in the Marine Corps and authored the House Resolution calling for U.S. Forces to leave Iraq.
WASHINGTON, DC - Under new legislation, women seeking family planning information, including information about abortion, would no longer have to worry if they are being lured to a radical anti-choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers.