Israel and Jewish Issues
Legislation | Documents/Reports | Press Releases
Throughout my years in Congress, I have been a vocal supporter of a close relationship between the United States and Israel, which is our strong ally and the only real democracy in the Middle East. I have been proud to stand with my constituents to support Israel at rallies in my district, as well as on the floor of the House. Israel has withstood decades of attacks from its neighbors, and yet has managed to maintain a flourishing, free and open, multi-cultural society that is at the forefront of many technogical and medical breakthroughs.
I believe it is important to try to facilitate peace in the Middle East, working toward a two state solution that will result in a lasting peace, with secure borders for Israel. We should be using our diplomatic and development tools to encourage Palestinian leaders to recognize Israel as a Jewish State and end terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians. One of the first bills I passed was the Arab Boycott Arms Sales Prohibition Act to prohibit government-to-government and commercial arms sales to any country that is participating in or cooperating with the boycott of Israel by Arab countries.
Concerned about growing anti-semitism, I participated in an anti-Durban II conference and have spoken out against anti-semitic acts around the world.I passed a series of bills that opened sealed government files that had remained closed for more than 50 years after World War II. These files showed what the United States knew about war criminals, when we knew it, and details of our relationships with former war criminals from Nazi Germany and Japan. Recognizing the devastating impact of the Holocaust, I have also introduced legislation to encourage education about the Holocaust, and to assist survivors in gaining just compensation from a French railroad company that reaped economic benefits from sending thousands to their deaths.
Legislation
4/11/2013-H.R.1505, Holocaust Rail Justice Act [113th Congress]
3/17/2011 - H.R. 1193, Holocaust Rail Justice Act [112th Congress]
5/10/10 - H.R. 2089, Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act [111th Congress]
10/07/05 - H.R.4045, Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act [109th Congress]
02/16/05 - H.R.842, Nazi War Crimes Extension [109th Congress]
02/01/05 - H.R.474, Prosecuting Holocaust Accomplices [109th Congress]
07/25/03 - H.R.2954, Prosecuting Holocaust Accomplices [108th Congress]
07/25/03 - H.R.2953, Holocaust Education Assistance Act [108th Congress]
04/26/01 - H.R.1620, Holocaust Education Assistance Act [107th Congress]
10/10/00 - H.R.5432, Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosue Act [106th Congress]
07/27/00 - H.R.5065, Nazi and Japanese War Crimes Disclosure Act [106th Congress]
03/16/00 - H.CON.RES.286, Resolution concerning the situtation in Jericho
10/19/99 - H.R.3105, Holocaust Education Assistance Act [106th Congress]
06/05/98 - H.R.4007, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act [105th Congress]
01/07/97 - H.R.235, War Crimes Disclosure Act [105th Congress]
07/09/97 - H.CON.RES.112, Expressing the sense of the Congress that the German Government should expand and simplify its reparations system to Holocaust survivors [105th Congress]
07/31/96 - H.RES.501, Holocaust Survivor Compensation Expansion [104th Congress]
03/21/95 - H.R.1281, War Crimes Disclosure Act [104th Congress]
08/12/94 - H.R.4955, War Crimes Disclosure Act [103rd Congress]
03/18/93 - H.R.1407, Arab Boycott Arms Sales Prohibition [103rd Congress]
Documents/Reports
7/7/11 - Statement by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney in support of H. Res. 268 (word doc)
6/23/10 - Statement by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney In support of HRES 1359, Urge Release of Israeli Soldier by Hamas
05/24/10 - Statement by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney -- Israel Day Parade
05/10/10 - Statement of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in Honor of Yom Ha'atzmaut 2010
05/10/10 - Statement of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney In Support of the Motion to go to Conference
More on Israel and Jewish Issues
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today released the following statement on the attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel that killed four people, including three Americans:
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), and Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) today introduced the Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act. The bill affirmatively declares Nazi war criminals ineligible for federal benefits and instructs the Attorney General to inform the Social Security Administration when an individual has been denaturalized or has renounced his or her citizenship on the grounds of participation in Nazi persecution.
NEW YORK – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) will lead a Presidential Delegation to Poland for the opening of POLIN, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland on October 28. The Presidents of Israel and Poland will be leading the ceremony. Maloney leaves today for the trip with five other members of the Presidential Delegation.
WASHINGTON – Encouraged by news of State Department negotiations with French Rail Company Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) this week wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry to stress the urgency of delivering fair and reasonable reparations to Holocaust survivors and their families.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today released the following statement on the passing of Leo Bretholz, a survivor of the Holocaust and tireless advocate for the 76,000 innocent Jews and thousands of other victims who were sent to death camps aboard Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) trains. Leo was 93.
NEW YORK – Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) today released the following statement on the Holocaust reparations negotiations between the French and United States governments.
“I welcome the news that the French are open to changing their Holocaust reparations program so that it covers more victims who were transported on SNCF trains during the Holocaust. These reparations are long overdue and the ongoing discussions are a positive step. That being said, I will continue working to pass the Holocaust Rail Justice Act and actively work against all contracts to SNCF or its subsidiaries until the issue is resolved and justice has been served.”
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) today applauded new legislation introduced in the Maryland state legislature that would deny contracts to companies that were complicit in the Holocaust unless those companies have paid restitution to the victims. Maryland’s Department of Transportation recently announced that Keolis, a company which is majority-owned by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), has been selected to bid on the Purple Line rail extension project. The bill introduced by Maryland State Senator Joan Carter Conway (D-Baltimore) and Delegate Kirill Reznik (D-Montgomery County) would automatically deny the contract to Keolis and SNCF due to their collaboration with the Nazis and refusal to provide any restitution to victims.