116th Congress

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Rep. Maloney and Lt. Governor Hochul Host Virtual Roundtable to Celebrate Women’s Equality Day

 

Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul brought together activists including ERA Coalition CEO Carol Jenkins, Judith Kasen-Windsor of The Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer Foundation, and Lizzie Tijani from Strategy for Black Lives for a Women's Equality Day Virtual Roundtable commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Moderated by NY1’s Cheryl Wills, the women discussed the legacy of the suffragists and today’s women’s equality movement. 

 

Congresswoman Maloney Celebrates Women’s Equality Day 2020

NEW YORK, NY — Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and H.R.1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, released the following statement in recognition of Women’s Equality Day. 

“As we mark the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, we celebrate significant milestones in the movement for women’s equality and continue the work still ahead.

CBP just paid $476K for people's phone location data from a company that's under investigation for selling personal data

Customs and Border Patrol in August signed a $476,000 contract with Venntel, a controversial firm that gathers and sells people's phone location data, according to public procurement records first reported by Motherboard.

Venntel sells a software product that collects location data harvested from smartphone apps that people download. Phone location data is a valuable surveillance tool — even when it's "anonymized," location data can be combined with other data points to keep tabs on individuals' movements.

Following Turkey’s Campaign of Aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean, Hellenic Caucus Leaders Request Update on Required Reports of Violations of Greek and Cypriot Sovereignty

WASHINGTON, DC – The Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues and Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance, represented by Congresswoman Carolyn B.

Maloney Leads NYS Colleagues Calling on CUNY to Reverse Decision to Layoff Nearly 3,000 Employees

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) on Monday was joined by New York Representatives Max Rose, Kathleen M. Rice, Thomas R. Suozzi, Adriano Espaillat, José E. Serrano, Eliot L. Engel, and Sean Patrick Maloney in voicing concerns about the “City University of New York (CUNY) administration’s decision not to renew the contract of approximately 2,800 members of its faculty for instruction during the upcoming fall semester.”

’What the heck are you doing?’: Congress asks DeJoy about the delay in postal service

WASHINGTON — Angry members of Congress leveled heated charges of conspiracy Monday as they confronted the flailing postal head over mail delays that have left food to rot, medicine to spoil, and baby chicks to die.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified for a second day on Capitol Hill, and faced tense questions from lawmakers over an uproar in mail delivery delays since he took the helm in mid-June.

Shortened census schedule cuts data review time

The Census Bureau has halved the time it has for combing through data from 2020 census results in a verification process that weeds out duplicate responses and finds people who never responded — a step experts say is key to an accurate count.

Under pressure from the Trump administration to end the count early, the agency will conclude all enumeration efforts on Sept. 30, and then comb through data before wrapping up the whole process by Dec. 31 — half the time the agency originally anticipated after delaying its initial schedule because of the pandemic.

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