Press Releases

May 7, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to form a Congressional Commission on the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, DC. The bipartisan legislation (H.R. 863) passed by a vote of 383 to 33 and now heads to the Senate, where Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) are leading the charge.

May 7, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After hearing the news that President Barack Obama had sent U.S. military and law enforcement personnel to help Nigeria find the teenage girls who were kidnapped from their school by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) released the following statement:

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May 5, 2014 Press Release

NEW YORK, NY – Following Mayor de Blasio’s formal unveiling of his administration’s long-term plan to address New York City’s affordable housing crisis, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), a longtime affordable housing advocate, released the following statement

May 2, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, the Ranking House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, today released the following statement on the April jobs report, which shows the economy added 288,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent.

Apr 29, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), author of the Campus SaVE Act, today released the following statement applauding the recommendations of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. 

Apr 28, 2014 Press Release

NEW YORK – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) today joined City Council Members Mark Levine and Benjamin Kallos to highlight their efforts to secure reparations from SNCF, the French rail company that transported 76,000 Jews and thousands of others to concentration camps during World War II, and to hold accountable any company that profited from the Holocaust. 

Apr 28, 2014 Press Release

BROOKLYN, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) and Assemblyman Joe Lentol today celebrated Women’s History Month today at their Brooklyn office by honoring two Brooklyn community leaders with Congressional Certificates of Recognition for their extraordinary contributions and service to their communities.  

Apr 17, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and GSEs, today released the following statement on the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) report and analysis to Congress on terrorism risk insurance. 

Apr 14, 2014 Press Release

NEW YORK – As Tax Day approaches, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) is warning New Yorkers to be on the lookout for shady tax preparers that charge exorbitant fees, file fraudulent taxes and in some cases skip town with thousands in tax refunds bilked from unsuspecting taxpayers. The Congresswoman is developing legislation to crack down on the fraudsters.

Apr 10, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and GSEs, today released the following statement on a bipartisan Senate bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA). Maloney is the lead Democratic co-sponsor of the TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 508) to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for five years, through December 31, 2019. 

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