WASHINGTON, DC- Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), chief House sponsors of the bipartisan Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act today announced that the bill has the support of more than half of the House of Representatives. 226 total members of the House now are now cosponsoring the bill.
This time, Congress actually may be answering the call of ailing 9/11 responders and others who are still getting sick and dying 18 years after hijackers perpetrated the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history.
A bill that would permanently extend the expiring 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund has just surpassed the number of backers it needs to pass in the House of Representatives, according to an announcement by the bill's three lead sponsors.
Following the announcement that the NYC Health Commissioner issued a mandate for all those living, working, or residing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to be vaccinated with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), who represents parts of Williamsburg, issued the following statement:
One by one, the leaders of seven of the country’s largest banks told skeptical House Democrats Wednesday that a decade after the global financial crisis, the industry is financially healthier and less risky.
“Citi had become a smaller, safer, stronger and far less complex company,” Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat told the House Financial Services Committee. The 200-year-old bank, the largest credit-card issuer in the world, has shed several lines of business to focus on core areas such as retail banking, he said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Tuesday re-introduced the Access to Birth Control Act, a bill that would guarantee patients’ timely access to birth control at the pharmacy.
WASHINGTON, DC – Following an event launching the Black Maternal Health Caucus, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney released the following statement.
Stephen Moore, the economic commentator whom President Donald Trump plans to nominate to the Federal Reserve Board, lacks the expertise and political independence needed to help set interest rates for the U.S. economy, a top Congressional Democrat said on Tuesday.