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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today introduced legislation which expresses the United States' support for the admission of Cyprus to the European Union (EU). Forty-one Members of Congress joined Bilirakis and Maloney in sponsoring the bipartisan measure.
Washington, DC-Today, Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-07) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) announced that a House subcommittee has approved $250,000 for the Long Island City Links Project (LIC Links). The funding will be made available through an earmark in the FY 2002 House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee. The full House will vote on the measure later this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed 404-22 The Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act, HR 1088, legislation introduced March 15, 2001, by Reps. Vito Fosella (R-NY) and Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY). Rep. Maloney released the following statement:
NEW YORK: Today, the Task Force for an East Side high school, co-chaired by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, together with Board of Education officials, announced a major investment in an existing school and the creation of another one the East Side of Manhattan.
NEW YORK - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) expressed strong support for the Port Authority's recently released recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aimed at reducing flight congestion at LaGuardia airport. Key ideas in the Port Authority report include encouraging voluntary industry solutions, limiting the number of flights permitted each hour at LaGuardia, charging airlines a "congestion fee" for most flights during peak periods or conducting an auction among the airlines for a predetermined number of permitted flights, and providing financial incentives to encourage the use of larger aircrafts.
NEW YORK: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (Queens, Manhattan) rallied in the rain with Queens residents this Saturday to oppose the irresponsible development of power plants in an already inundated Western Queens community. Maloney will also submit testimony tonight at a public hearing, regarding a 500 Megawatt power plant proposed for Astoria, sponsored by the New York Power Authority, the Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Public Service Commission. The following comments are excerpts from Maloney's testimony to be delivered this evening:
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WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Rep. Carolyn Maloney(D-NY) and Rep. Thomas Reynolds(R-NY) introduced the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Reform Act, HR 1997, to establish a single set of laws to protect overseas voters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), along with nearly 40 co-sponsors, introduced legislation to increase funding for a national program to place medical professionals in underserved rural and urban areas of the country: the National Health Services Corps Reinvestment Act.