Economic Recovery

Legislation

As the senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee and a senior Member of the House Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform Committees, I am working with my colleagues and President Obama to strengthen our economy.

There are no doubts that the task is great and bold, but responsible actions will be needed.  This page will be updated below with press releases, speeches and documents as we move forward with our efforts.

Legislation

 02/17/09 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PL 111-5)

10/01/08 - Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (The Senate's bill)

09/29/08 - H.R. 3997  (The failed House bill)

More on Economic Recovery

Jan 10, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ranking House Member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on the December Employment Report.
 
“After 46 consecutive months of private sector job growth and 8.2 million jobs created during that time, the unemployment rate is now at its lowest point since October 2008. We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. 

Aug 2, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), former chair of the Joint Economic Committee, today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 162,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in July:

Dec 7, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-12-NY), former Chair of the Joint Economic Committee and Ranking Democratic member of JEC in the next Congress, issued the following statement on the news that the economy created 146,000 private sector jobs in November, reducing the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
 

Nov 2, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and immediate past Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, offered the following statement on today’s jobs report:   
 

Sep 7, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and immediate past Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, offered the following statement on today’s August jobs report which shows a 96,000 job gain during that month:   
 

Jul 6, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and immediate past Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, offered the following statement on today’s June jobs report.  
 

Jun 1, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement upon release of May’s jobs numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

May 15, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, today issued the following statement upon Senate passage of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012:

May 4, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), member (and former Chair) of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement regarding the April employment numbers released today.
 

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