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Apr 12, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce Department announced today that the U.S. trade deficit in February hit $61 billion - the all-time record high for a single month. The previous record had been set in November. The increase in the price of oil and the demand for foreign oil were main reasons behind the $2.6 billion increase in imports in February. Exports remained essentially flat, despite administration predictions that the weak dollar would spur an increase in purchasing of cheaper American goods.
Apr 11, 2005
Newsletter
Dear Friends,
Please join me to share your views and concerns about Social Security at two town hall forums this Sunday, April 17, 2005:
Apr 6, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - As The Masters gets underway this week, there is action again on Capitol Hill to end tax breaks for business functions at clubs that discriminate, such as August National. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), along with Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-27), today reintroduced legislation that would prohibit businesses from taking tax deductions on business expenses related to discriminatory clubs. Maloney has fought side-by-side with Martha Burk, the Chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, to end discrimination at Augusta National and other similar clubs across the country.
Apr 5, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, three New York Members of Congress announced a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reviewing and evaluating recent estimates of the fiscal impacts of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and State economies. The GAO’s review re-confirms that the City and State still suffer as a result of 9/11, and there has been no federal aid to offset the loss of this tax revenue. Because 9/11 happened in New York, the City has lost between $2.5 and $2.9 billion in tax revenue, while the State has lost $2.9 billion, according to estimates reviewed by GAO.
Apr 3, 2005
Press Release
People of all faiths and the world community share a deep sadness for the passing of His Holiness John Paul II.
Mar 30, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - After being ejected from a supposedly public Department of Justice hearing on medical treatment for rape victims last month, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) has asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to explain his agency’s actions. Specifically, Maloney wants to know why a Member of Congress’s concerns about DOJ’s first-ever national guidelines for treating rape victims were not allowed to air and whether DOJ conducts all of its public hearings in such a restrictive manner (http://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/olddocs/choice/033005Gonzales.pdf).
Mar 25, 2005
Press Release
NEW YORK, NY - Today, President Bush signed into law a bill that will extend the life of the working group charged with providing a full report to the public on the U.S. Government’s ties to Nazis after World War II. The Interagency Working Group was set to expire on March 31, but it has just now begun to get access to potentially hundreds of thousands of pages of previously-classified documents from the CIA. The two year extension guarantees that the working group’s final report will be full and thorough.
Mar 18, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - With the institutional well-being of the Ecumenical Patriarchate under serious threat by recent actions of the Turkish government, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY) has joined as an original sponsor in legislation introduced this week urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch. The legislation was introduced by Congressman Robert Menendez (NJ) and also sponsored by Congressman Michael Bilirakis (FL).
Mar 16, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - The FY06 budget resolution, as proposed by the House Republicans, would hurt the U.S. economy well into the future, said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) on the House floor tonight. Maloney, the senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), managed the JEC’s traditionally allotted time during the debate of the budget. She said the following:
Mar 15, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - During today’s House floor debate of the supplemental appropriations bill that is moving quickly through Congress (H.R. 1268), a group of Members of Congress made a strong stand for the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, and its efforts to provide vital assistance to pregnant women stricken by the recent Asian tsunami. An amendment proposed by Reps. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), Linda Sanchez (CA-39), Joseph Crowley (NY-7) and Steve Israel (NY-2) to move $3 million within the supplemental into the tsunami relief fund was accepted.