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House Passes Phony Accounting Bill

Jul 20, 2004 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - The House today voted to pass H.R. 3475, the so-called “Stock Options Accounting Reform Act,” and defeated an amendment by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) that would have preserved the long-standing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission to set accounting standards when it determines that it is necessary “for the protection of investors or in the public interest.” Maloney said the following:

FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY IN WWII MICHEL THOMAS AWARDED SILVER STAR BY U.S. REP. CAROLYN MALONEY

Jul 19, 2004 Press Release
NEW YORK, NY - At a special ceremony today with a military honor guard, close friends and family, Michel Thomas was awarded the prestigious Silver Star by United States Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) for his selfless and heroic service in the European Theater of Operations in World War II.

ONCE AGAIN, U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO UNFPA DENIED: “WOMEN AGAIN PAY THE PRICE FOR THE PRESIDENT’S FAR-RIGHT BASE,” SAYS REP. MALONEY

Jul 16, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the State Department announced that President Bush has once again stopped the United States from contributing to UNFPA (the United Nation’s Population Fund).

CLINTON’S CONGRESSIONAL TRIBUTE

Jul 15, 2004 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14) and Nita Lowey (NY-18) have introduced a Congressional resolution that would honor former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of his 58th birthday celebration next month. The House has a tradition of honoring past presidents - former Presidents Ronald W. Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush and, just this week, Gerald R. Ford have been honored by the 108th Congress on their birthdays.

FDA SOUND-SCIENCE AMENDMENT ACCEPTED

Jul 13, 2004 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - In the wake of sharp criticism of the Food and Drug Administration for letting politics trump science in the decision to deny over-the-counter status for the Plan B® contraceptive, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) and Henry Waxman (CA-30) have successfully attached an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill (HR 4766) today that would require the FDA to do the job it is supposed to be doing - determining what is safe and effective contraception, not what is politically expedient (PDF of amendment). There is overwhelming sentiment that the FDA did not do its job in the case of their decision on emergency contraception by ignoring its own scientific panel, which voted 23-4 in favor of over-the-counter status.

NEW YORK HOSPITALS WILL LOSE MILLIONS IN FEDERAL AID WITH CHANGE IN FORMULA, SAYS A UNITED NY DELEGATION

Jul 12, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Eighty New York hospitals stand to lose approximately $65 million in FY05 and $700 million over the next 10 years in Medicare reimbursements because three New Jersey counties with much lower average hourly wages have been unnecessarily added onto the current New York metropolitan statistical area (MSA), say a united group of New York Members of Congress. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mark McClellan, Reps. Charles Rangel (Harlem), Peter King (Seaford), Carolyn Maloney (Manhattan and Queens) and the entire New York delegation urge McClellan to reverse his decision to expand the New York MSA and instead maintain the current boundaries for the purposes of the Medicare program (PDF of letter).

COMMUNITY SAFETY IN QUEENS NEIGHBORHOOD THREATENED BY CRUMBLING SEAWALL

Jul 12, 2004 Press Release
QUEENS, NY - Today, with a number of concerned residents from Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney announced two separate funding streams totaling $825,000 for the repair of a dangerous seawall along the Queens shore line that currently has life-threatening gaps, holes and cracks in it, right next to hundreds of units of family housing.

PENTAGON MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SUPPORT MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS, 48 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TELL RUMSFELD

Jul 9, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - To force the Department of Defense to take action on the problem of poor care for servicewomen and men who have been sexually assaulted, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), Diane Watson (CA-33) and 46 other Members of Congress wrote to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today asking for immediate, concrete measures to support victims of sexual assault (PDF of letter). Members also asked for a timeline of when the recommendations made in DoD’s recently released Department of Defense Task Force Report on Care for Victims of Sexual Assault will be implemented. Members say that the report does little to actually help the victims but instead makes long-term, broad recommendations that do nothing to help the victims now.

REP. MALONEY FIGHTS TO PROTECT LIBRARY RECORDS FROM UNWARRANTED GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE UNDER THE “PATRIOT ACT”

Jul 8, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan & Queens) urged her House colleagues to pass the “Freedom to Read” amendment, during debate on H.R. 4754, the Fiscal Year 2005 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill. The “Freedom to Read” amendment failed to pass the House of Representatives by a vote of 210-210-1 after the Republican Leadership held the vote open for more than twice its allotted fifteen-minute time limit. The “Freedom to Read” amendment would have passed the House if not for the Republican leadership taking an extra fifteen minutes to twist the arms of its members.

Maloney Urges Accountability in Fight for Fair Labor Standards “NYC’s Most Vulnerable Workers Deserve Full Protection Under the Law”

Jul 8, 2004 Press Release
NEW YORK, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) called for greater accountability from businesses that use subcontractors who repeatedly violate fair labor laws, as New York City workers and labor rights advocates held an event in Manhattan to draw attention to the problem.

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