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Jul 25, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - With the deadline for ratification of Iraq’s new constitution rapidly approaching, and with women’s groups protesting a potential loss of rights, Members of Congress are urging President Bush to actively support equal rights for women in Iraq (PDF of letter: (Download related PDF file)). Last week, women’s groups in Iraq took to the street to protest the current draft version of the constitution. The New York Times reported that, under the draft, Islamic “Shariah” law would supercede the constitution’s protections for women, particularly in such areas as divorce and inheritance.
Jul 25, 2005
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NEW YORK, NY - Today, at a Congressional field hearing to examine the impacts of federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) in New York City, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), detailed successful efforts in Congress to protect the CDBG program and called for stronger efforts to defend the program against ongoing challenges to it. The hearing, titled “The New York City Experience: How has the Community Development Block Grant Program Shaped the Big Apple,” was held by the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, Chaired by Congressman Michael R. Turner (R-OH).
Jul 25, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congress honored former President Bill Clinton today with a Congressional Resolution marking his birthday, which is on August 19. Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle spoke on the House floor, particularly in praise of President Clinton’s recent work on the tsunami recovery. He will turn 59 this year.
Jul 21, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - A bus load of Ground Zero responders traveled from New York to Washington today, urging Congress and the President to stop a misguided attempt to take back $125 million in 9/11 aid meant to help injured workers.
Jul 20, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 202, which will permit the use of the Rotunda for a ceremony honoring Constantino Brumidi on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Jul 20, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - In a statement on the House floor on July 20, 2005, honoring the 31st anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14) said:
Jul 18, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan again refused to answer the question of whether or not President Bush opposes contraception. Reporter Les Kinsolving initially asked the question at a May 26 press briefing - McClellan replied that he would not dignify such a question with a response (see transcript below). Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) and 18 other Members of Congress have since sent the president a letter asking the very same question (text of letter: http://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/olddocs/choice/071205PresidentContraception.pdf), so Kinsolving again raised the same question today - and McClellan again refused to directly answer the question (transcript also below).
Jul 13, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, 19 Members of Congress, led by Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), requested that President Bush respond to a question that he has left unanswered for over a month: is he opposed to contraception? On May 26th, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said that he would not dignify the question with a response. The transcript is attached and the text of the letter to the president is available here: http://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/olddocs/choice/071205PresidentContraception.pdf.
Jul 12, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), founders and Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, and 21 of their House colleagues sent letters to President Bush and Secretary of State Rice urging them to play active roles in the UN-sponsored negotiations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and specifically to address the compromise proposal recently made by United Nations mediator, Matthew Nimetz.
Jul 12, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - In response to recent trips by U.S. citizens to northern Cyprus through an airport that the country’s sovereign government considers illegal, Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), founders and Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, and 30 of their House colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressing deep concern about the legality of this travel and seeking clarification about the U.S. government’s position on the matter (link to pdf).