Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) joined House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N-10) and more than 190 of her colleagues to introduce Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, a bill which will stop the Trump Administration’s cruel policy of family separation at the border.
Yoga is a rapidly growing trend in the U.S. with an 80% increase in practitioners between 2012 and 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-chair of the House Census Caucus and author the of the 2020 Census IDEA Act, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi led 120 current House and Senate Democrats on an amicus brief submitted today in support of the New York State-led lawsuit seeking to stop the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) introduced the Family Medical Leave Modernization Act of 2018 to bring family medical leave into the 21st century. The FMLA Modernization Act would expand FMLA eligibility, cover parental involvement leave, and modernize the FMLA definition of family.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) requested that the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee hold a hearing on labor mobility, an issue that affects wages and economic growth. Rep. Maloney, the Senior House Democrat on the committee, has repeatedly expressed concern with the fact that wages for many Americans have stagnated in recent decades.
Group Highlights the Need for the ERA at the Capitol with Shadow Hearing
Milano’s tweet encouraging victims of sexual harassment to put “me too” as their status helped ignite the #MeToo Movement
NEW YORK—Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), House Sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 33), joined activist and actress Alyssa Milano, the ERA Coalition, and women’s rights advocates to call for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA would guarantee that Constitutional rights apply equally to all persons regardless of their sex.
NEW YORK—Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) joined with members of the Gun Violence Awareness Month task force, LIFE Camp Inc., New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Moms Demand Action, Gays Against Guns, and other activist groups to kick off the 5th Annual Gun Violence Awareness Month.
With calls for a Judiciary Committee Hearing unanswered, Maloney and company take matters into their own hands
On the heels of Illinois becoming the 37th state since 1972 to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on Wednesday night, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 33), will host a shadow hearing on the need for an Equal Rights Amendment on Wednesday, June 6 from 3 – 5pm on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment on the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement after taking to the House floor today to urge a no vote on S.2155, a bill that would roll back Dodd-Frank enacted consumer and investor protections.