116th Congress
Number:
116
Rep. Maloney, Elected Officials, and Women’s Rights Advocates Condemn DOJ Decision to Not Defend Female Genital Mutilation Law and Call for Equal Rights Amendment
NEW YORK, NY — Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) joined elected officials, and Equal Rights Amendment advocates to condemn a recent U.S. Department of Justice decision to not defend a federal law banning FGM/C, to call for Speaker Pelosi to step in to defend the law, and call for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Congresswoman Maloney is the sponsor of H.J. Res. 35, a bill to restart the ratification process of the ERA.
Rep. Maloney Statement Recognizing 104th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
NEW YORK, NY – Today Representative Carolyn B. Maloney issued the following statement honoring the victims of the Armenian Genocide:
“Today we remember the horrific atrocity that began on this day 104 years ago when the Ottoman Empire started its systemic and reprehensible genocide of 1.5 million Armenians.
Congress is Convening the First Official Hearing on the ERA in Three Decades
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) next week—the first in over three decades.
“With issues of equality at the forefront of today’s conversations—with the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, with the Women’s Marches and more women than ever before running for and being elected to office,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney said in a statement, “we have an extraordinary responsibility and opportunity to seize this moment and make lasting change by finally ratifying the ERA.”
Rep. Maloney Statement on SCOTUS Oral Arguments in Census Citizenship Question Case
WASHINGTON, DC – Following hearing the oral arguments in New York et al v. Department of Commerce, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-chair of the House Census Caucus and author of the 2020 Census IDEA Act, released the follow statement. The Congresswoman led an Amicus Brief of 126 current and former Members of Congress in support of the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the citizenship question; a suit which resulted in a federal judge ruling that the question must be removed.
At Supreme Court, NY leads attack on census citizenship question
WASHINGTON — New York state’s top lawyers were at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration Tuesday of the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census — a move seen by Democrats as an effort to weaken the party’s base in states with large immigrant populations.
Rep. Maloney Slams Trump Admin for Weakening UN Resolution Against Conflict Sexual Violence
NEW YORK, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House sponsor of the resolution to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), released the following statement after the Trump Administration’s veto threat forced the removal of language supporting sexual violence victims’ right to healthcare from a UN Security Council resolution on reducing and addressing sexual violence in conflicts.
Maloney Urges Pompeo to Support UN Resolution Aimed at Reducing Sexual Violence in Conflicts
NEW YORK, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House sponsor of the resolution to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), today wrote a letter urging Secretary of State Pompeo to support a UN Security Council resolution on reducing and addressing sexual violence in conflicts. The Congresswoman’s letter comes after reports that the United States has threatened to veto the resolution.
Maloney Statement on Upcoming SCOTUS Oral Arguments on the Addition of a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-chair of the House Census Caucus and author of the 2020 Census IDEA Act, released the following statement ahead of Tuesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the case of New York et al. v. Department of Commerce over the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The Congresswoman will be attending the oral arguments. The Congresswoman led an Amicus Brief of 126 current and former Members of Congress in support of the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the citizenship question.