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Dec 8, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the National Women’s Law Center held a press conference to discuss its opposition to the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) joined NWLC and made the following statement:
Dec 8, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Charlie Melancon (D-LA) introduced the Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act to give victims of Hurricane Katrina the same housing aid awarded to New Yorkers in the aftermath of 9/11.
Dec 6, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Reform Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census held a hearing on a constitutional amendment to remove non-citizen residents from the Census count. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) acted as the ranking Democrat and made the following statement in opposition to the amendment:
“Thank you Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your fairness in handling this hearing, and I always enjoy working with you. I wish Census Director Kincannon could have been here to discuss this proposed change to the way his agency does business.
Dec 5, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY) and 20 of their colleagues recently sent a letter to members of a House-Senate conference committee, urging the conferees to extend federal military retirement credit to National Guard soldiers who responded to the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Dec 5, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Christopher Shays (R-CT), co-chairs of the 9/11 Commission Caucus, reacted to the release of the Commission's final report, which warned that Congress and the administration have yet to fully implement the necessary changes to make America as safe as it can be.
Nov 30, 2005
Press Release
QUEENS, NY - Yesterday, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney toured the Queens portion of the East Side Access project with top Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) engineers and officials. MTA Capital Construction President Mysore Nagaraja and East Side Access Project Manager Dilip Patel updated Maloney on the progress of the project, which had two major victories this month: on November 8th, New York voters passed the Transportation Bond Act, which included $450 million for the project; additionally, on November 19th, Congresswoman Maloney and her colleagues secured $340 million for East Side Access in the federal FY 2006 Transportation Appropriations Bill.
Nov 23, 2005
Press Release
NEW YORK, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney applauded the November 19th House and Senate passage of the federal FY 2006 Transportation Appropriations Bill, which included $340 million for East Side Access, $800,000 for the redevelopment of Queens Plaza, $150,000 towards a new senior center for Sunnyside Community Services and $150,000 to expand the Museum of the Moving Image.
Nov 22, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - The House Speaker, Dennis Hastert (R-IL), has agreed to preserve 9/11 injured responder aid that was on the verge of being taken away (view PDF document). Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) was able to secure an agreement from the Speaker following months of pressure from the united New York delegation to scuttle a Bush administration plan that would take back $125 million appropriated for injured responders after 9/11.
Nov 22, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), and 13 of their colleagues are urging Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey to reconsider implementing a new system that would collect personal identifying information of sexual assault survivors (view PDF document). According to a notice in the Federal Register on October 25, 2005, the Sexual Assault Data Management System Files would be added to the Army’s existing records systems.