WASHINGTON — A background check is required when a Federal Firearm Licensee wants to sell firearms at a gun show, but no such requirement exists for private sales. The ATF says that makes gun shows a major trafficking channel for illegal guns. To address this problem, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) has introduced the Gun Show Loophole Closing Act (H.R. 2380).
WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today hailed the passage of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178) by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 420-3. The bill passed the Senate unanimously in April. Maloney was the lead Democratic sponsor of similar legislation of the same name introduced by Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), which passed the House in January.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today voted in support of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (H.R. 1191), which passed the House 400-25. The bill requires that Congress be given an opportunity to review any final international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program before the President could waive or suspend any sanctions on Iran that were imposed by Congress. The bipartisan legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 98 to 1 on May 7.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today released the following statement opposing H.R. 36, legislation that would institute a ban on abortions 20 weeks after fertilization.
WASHINGTON– Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Ranking Democrat on the U.S. Congress's Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today released the following statement on the Department of Labor's announcement that the economy added 223,000 nonfarm jobs in April and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.4 percent.
NEW YORK -- Congressional leaders have now appointed all eight members of the National Women’s History Museum Commission and planning can begin on establishing a National Women’s History Museum in our nation’s capital. The commission was established by bipartisan legislation sponsored by Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Maloney praised House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on their appointees to the commission.
NEW YORK – In anticipation of Mother’s Day, Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Ranking Democrat Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released a new report that found the economic security of two-thirds of American families depends upon a mother’s earnings, and that mothers typically contribute about 40 percent to their families’ overall income. The report also found that mothers face a “Mommy Tax,” whereby they are paid 3 percent less than women without children.