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BILL INTRODUCED TO HAVE FDA REVISIT “MORNING-AFTER PILL” DECISION

May 17, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - A week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to deny over-the-counter (OTC) status for the Plan B® contraceptive - the“Morning-After Pill” - Reps. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), Joseph Crowley (NY-07) and 15 colleagues introduced a bill in Congress today that would direct the FDA to revisit the decision (PDF of bill). Under the legislation, the FDA would review its decision and would have to affirm that the decision was not based on politics, was based on science and conformed to FDA precedent and procedures. The FDA has drawn heavy criticism for ignoring its own scientific advisory panel, which voted 23-4 to recommend OTC status.

NYC Firefighters Deserve A Communications System That Works In All Emergencies, Everywhere In City

May 16, 2004 Press Release
New York, NY- With clear evidence that the New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) communications systems have been inadequate during recent major emergencies, Congressmembers Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) announced legislation today to require the U.S. Department of Homeland security to put an adequate system in place within a year of the legislation’s passage into law.

MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT RELEASED; MALONEY SAYS RECOMMENDATIONS VAGUE, BUT ACTION MUST BE IMMEDIATE

May 13, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Care for Victims of Sexual Assault task force released its final report on sexual assault in the military tonight (PDF of report). Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), who has long pressed the military to combat sexual assault within its ranks, said that while she is pleased that the report has finally been released, its limited and vague recommendations are disappointing. She is also concerned that the report will not be followed by action, as has been the case many times in the past.

RELEASE OF NAZI WAR CRIMES REPORT – REP. MALONEY, WHO LED EFFORT IN HOUSE, SPEAKS AT CEREMONY

May 13, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) investigating Nazi war crimes released its report, U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), the author of the law that created the IWG, spoke at today’s event at the National Archives. Maloney led the House of Representatives effort to ensure that the IWG was given enough time fulfill its charter and finish its work to prepare a comprehensive, historically-accurate report on the United States’s knowledge of Nazi and Japanese war criminals. The IWG was to sunset in March 2004 – before it could thoroughly complete its work – but, Maloney worked with Senators Mike DeWine (R-OH) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) to attach language extending it for one more year to the Omnibus Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2673).

PROPOSING FEDERAL OFFICES OF WOMEN’S HEALTH

May 13, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - To lead the federal government’s effort to combat often-overlooked women’s health issues, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) and 35 of their colleagues have introduced the “Women’s Health Office Act of 2004.” The bill would make permanent women’s health offices within five federal agencies - the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

NEW BILL WOULD FORCE FDA TO REVISIT “MORNING-AFTER PILL” DECISION

May 12, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Legislation to revisit and potentially reverse the FDA’s decision not to make the Plan B® contraceptive, or “Morning-After Pill, available over-the-counter (OTC) was announced today by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) and has already been joined by four of her colleagues. 30 days after enactment of the legislation, the FDA Commissioner would be required to review his Plan B® decision and affirm that it is not based on politics, that it is based on sound science and that it conformed to FDA precedent. Maloney plans to introduce the legislation on Thursday.

Abuse in Iraq: Secretary Rumsfeld Must Go

May 11, 2004 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Carolyn Maloney said the following regarding the prisoner abuse in Iraq and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld:

OIL AND GAS ROYALTY REPORT: "YELLOW LIGHT" FOR FEDS

May 10, 2004 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - The General Accounting Office (GAO) has determined that the Department of the Interior's pilot oil and gas program allowing the government to take royalties in barrels of oil rather than cash has produced mixed results, according to U.S. Representatives. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), who serves as the Ranking Democrat on the House Resources Committee which has jurisdiction over oil and gas development on federal lands, and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).

VETERANS HOSPITALS ANNOUNCEMENT: “IT STARTS US DOWN A PATH TO CLOSING NEW YORK CITY VA HOSPITALS,” SAYS REP. MALONEY

May 7, 2004 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - The Veterans’ Administration Secretary Anthony Principi today announced a plan for the VA Hospital system, which includes studying the feasibility of moving in-patient services out of the Manhattan VA Hospital to Brooklyn, and/or the feasibility of moving Brooklyn VA Hospital services to Manhattan. This follows the report of the VA’s CARES Commission, which included the same recommendation. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), whose district includes the Manhattan hospital and has stood with New York veterans in opposition to a reduction of services, said the following:

FDA “MORNING-AFTER PILL” DECISION “DEFIES SCIENCE AND LOGIC,” SAYS REP. MALONEY

May 7, 2004 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Late yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to go against the recommendation of an expert scientific panel and reject over-the-counter (OTC) status for the Plan B contraceptive, the so-called “Morning-After Pill.” In December of last year, the FDA Nonprescription Drugs and Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committees endorsed the idea of making Plan B available OTC by a 23-4 vote. Proponents of the OTC status, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) who has been outspoken in her criticism of the FDA, have been concerned that the FDA would bow to political pressure from the right wing.

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