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Statements of Reps. Maloney & Nadler on Today’s Senate Vote on 9/11 Health Bill

Dec 9, 2010 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, expressed their disappointment following today’s vote on the Zadroga Act in the U.S. Senate.  Even though it was supported by 58 Senators, the Senate failed to reach agreement to begin debate on the bill.

Maloney Statement on the DREAM Act

Dec 9, 2010 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC-- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney offered the following statement on the House floor during consideration of HR 1751, the DREAM Act:

GAO Report Confirms Bush Admin. Killed Effort to Provide Better Data on 9/11 Health Claims

Dec 7, 2010 Press Release
Washington, D.C. -- Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report (please click here for a full copy) requested by Representative Frank Pallone, Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, along with Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Eliot Engel, and Anthony Weiner, showing that the Bush Administration thwarted efforts to allow federal 9/11 health programs to collect data on individual claims paid by the programs.  A policy paper released by the Senate Republican leadership last week faulted the 9/11 health programs for not providing claims-level data, and said that the lack of such data should cause Republicans to oppose H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which would authorize the programs in law and expand them, among other provisions.

Maloney Condemns Palestinean Authority Report Denying the Historic Connection Between Jews and the Western Wall

Dec 2, 2010 Press Release
New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-New York) condemned the study authored by Al-Mutawakel Taha, a senior official with the Ministry of Information in Ramallah and posted on the Palestinian Authority’s website, which denies the historical connection between the Western Wall and Judaism.  The Western Wall is traditionally known as the only remaining wall of the Second Temple, built by the Jews during the reign of King Darius circa 520 BCE, renovated by King Herod the Great in 19 BCE and destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. Ever since, unless prevented by ruling authorities, Jews have visited Jerusalem to pray at the Wall.  In his report, Taha wrote the Western wall is a "Muslim wall and an integral part of al-Aqsa mosque and Haram al-Sharif" and claimed that Jews only began worshipping at the site in 1917 at the time of the Balfour Declaration.

Reps. Urge Senate Not to Filibuster 9/11 Health Bill

Dec 1, 2010 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today released a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 29 House members urging Senate leaders to allow the Zadroga Act to proceed to a vote in the Senate without a filibuster. 

REP. MALONEY HAILS REPORT ON “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”, URGES SWIFT REPEAL OF POLICY

Dec 1, 2010 Press Release

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) hailed the findings of a comprehensive, nine-month study prepared by the U.S. Department of Defense on servicemembers’ attitudes toward the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy barring openly gay, lesbian or bisexual persons from serving in the military, and again urged the Senate to move quickly to repeal the law.

Rep. Maloney Applauds NYC Appearances by Chinese Senior-Citizen Performing Arts Troupe

Nov 29, 2010 Press Release
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Lawmakers call on IRS to allow deductibility and flex spending for breastfeeding equipment and supplies

Nov 24, 2010 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC-- Representatives Sander Levin (D-MI), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) today sent letters to Commissioner Douglas Shulman of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging him to reverse a ruling that denies equipment used to help women breast feed as a health care expense-- excluding them from coverage under flexible health spending accounts and making them non-deductible on tax returns.

Reps. Maloney, Nadler & King on 9/11 Settlement Agreement

Nov 19, 2010 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, released the following joint statement on the agreement reached today on the lawsuits filed by more than 10,500 workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero:


NY Reps. Urge Transfer Of NJ-Rejected Transit Funding to New York

Nov 19, 2010 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – This week, a bipartisan group of New York Representatives wrote to federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, urging him to transfer to New York transit projects -including the Second Avenue Subway, East Side Access, and the new Moynihan Station- $3 billion in federal funding that had been slated for the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project, which was canceled in October by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

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