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March 2000 - Report on Federal Budget

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END TO STAND-OFF IN SIGHT FOR AMERICAN NUNS--- REP. MALONEY, STEPHANOPOULOS, FATHER POTAPOV REPORT BACK FROM JERICHO: TRIP IS SUCCESS

Feb 29, 2000 Press Release

NEW YORK, NY -- Today, in front of the Isaiah Wall in Manhattan, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ms. Nikki Stephanopoulos (mother of Sister Maria), and Archbishop Mark and Father Victor Potapov of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russian (ROCOR) reported extremely positive news from their trip to visit two American nuns under siege in a monastery in Jericho. This week a delegation of family members, church officials, and representatives from Congressional offices traveled to the Middle East to investigate the situation and meet with Palestinian and U.S. officials.

Statement by Census Committee Ranking Member Maloney on Census Printing Error

Feb 28, 2000 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressional Census Subcommittee Ranking Member Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement:

Joint Statement by Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Maloney on Census Printing Error

Feb 28, 2000 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressional Census Subcommittee Chairman Dan Miller (R-FL) and Ranking Member Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the following joint statement:

"RELEASE THE RESERVE"!-- MALONEY PRAISES ADDITIONAL LIHEAP FUNDING, URGES ENERGY SECRETARY TO RELEASE OIL FROM STRATEGIC RESERVE

Feb 18, 2000 Press Release

NEW YORK -- Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) urged Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson to immediately release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in order to address the crisis caused by high home heating oil prices in the Northeast. The SPR is a national reserve of oil created by the federal government during the 1970s to respond to oil supply shortages. In a letter to Secretary Richardson, Maloney praised the recent decision by President Clinton to increase assistance to low-income residents through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), but urged the Administration to take the next logical step of selling off some of the SPR. In the letter, she explained that only selling off part of the SPR would bring about a significant drop in heating oil and gasoline prices and that action should be taken immediately to provide assistance to all residents of the Northeast.

JUST DAYS BEFORE PRIMARY, REPUBLICAN ARIZONA GOVERNOR WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL VOTING RIGHTS INITIATIVE

Feb 17, 2000 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, in an unprecedented move, the Governor of Arizona, Republican Jane Dee Hull, an avid supporter and the Chair of George W. Bush's Arizona Presidential campaign, went over the head of Arizona's Attorney General, Democrat Janet Napolitano, and sent a notice to the Voting Rights Section of the U.S. Justice Department stating that Arizona is withdrawing its submission to the U.S. Justice Department of the state's anti- sampling law. Until today, Arizona had submitted for clearance, as is mandated under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, its attempt to bar the use of modern statistical methods for re-districting Arizona's state and federal legislative district lines.

MALONEY CONTINUES HER FIGHT FOR VETERANS BENEFITS, INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENSURE FAIR HOUSING FOR VETERANS

Feb 16, 2000 Press Release
WASHINGTON – Late last week Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) took another significant step forward for veterans rights. Rep. Maloney, a child of a World War II veteran, introduced H.R. 3571 a bill that would give veterans the freedom to choose where they live. The Veterans Housing Fairness Act of 2000 will allow veterans to use their VA loans to purchase co-ops.

MALONEY URGES PRESIDENT CLINTON TO PUSH FOR SOLUTION IN CYPRUS

Feb 16, 2000 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Hellenic Caucus Co-Chair, meet with Ambassador Al Moses, President's Special Envoy to Cyprus, and Ambassador Thomas Weston, U.S. Special Coordinator to Cyprus, updating the Congress on the proximity talks in Geneva regarding Cyprus.

MALONEY INTRODUCES INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING BILL –"SAVING WOMEN'S LIVES" BILL WILL SET FY 2001 FUNDING LEVELS, BLOCK GAG RULE

Feb 14, 2000 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Democratic Chair of the Congressional Women's Caucus, introduced H.R. 3634, "Saving Women's Lives through International Family Planning Act of 2000," a bill which provides international family planning funding for the fiscal year 2001. The bill was introduced with 11 original cosponsors: Reps. Greenwood, Pelosi, Gilman, Campbell, Crowley, Morella, Woolsey, Kelly, McKinney, Thurman and Weiner. In the last session of Congress, Rep. Maloney led the crusade to restore US funding of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

MALONEY RECEIVES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AWARD – NFPRHA HONORS CONGRESSWOMAN WITH DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Feb 8, 2000 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Democratic Chair of the Congressional Women's Caucus, received the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association's (NFPRHA) reproductive rights award: the Distinguished Public Service Award.

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