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Washington-- Human trafficking would join the list of violent crimes reported under federal law enforcement grant requirements if legislation introduced today by U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and John Carter (R-TX) is passed into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), today applauded the approval by the U.S. Department of the Treasury of New York State’s Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The SSBCI program supports state-level lending to small businesses under the Small Business Jobs Act signed into law by President Obama last year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) applauded the passage by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and HUD of the full funding allotments scheduled for this year for the Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access projects.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), today issued the following statement upon passage of the Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act, authorizing continued funding for highway and transit construction initiatives through March 31, 2012, and funding for the Federal Aviation Administration through January 31, 2012.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), lead sponsor of the bipartisan HR 1269, the National Women’s History Museum Act of 2011, issued the following statement upon its passage out of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
New York, NY -- U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today released a joint statement, below, in response to studies published in the Lancet this week indicating an elevated risk of melanoma, thyroid and prostate cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma among firefighters who served at ground zero compared to the general population, and an overall increase in cancer among firefighters exposed to toxins at the World Trade Center site compared to firefighters who weren’t. The only peer-reviewed study of possible 9/11-related cancers prior to this one was a small study showing a possible rise in multiple myeloma among 9/11 responders.
Statement of Rep. Carolyn Maloney on President Obama’s Upcoming Address to Congress.
New York, NY – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), the authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today issued the following joint statement on the release by Special Master Sheila Birnbaum of final regulations governing applications for compensation under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF).
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) hailed the delivery today of a $295 million federal high-speed rail grant to improve “Harold Interlocking,” a junction point in Sunnyside Yards through which trains from three major transit systems must pass on their way into and out of New York.
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, State Senator Liz Krueger, Assembly Member Micah Kellner, Council Member Jessica Lappin, and members of the East Side community gathered near the East River waterfront to speak out against plans to build a garbage transfer station on the East River at 91st Street.