Press Releases

Nov 2, 2012

Maloney statement on October jobs report

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:     

Oct 30, 2012

Rep. Maloney offers useful links for Sandy disaster information

Issues: Local Issues

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) offered the following information to New Yorkers on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s attack on New York City:

Oct 30, 2012

Rep. Maloney Presses Feds for Generators to Help Pump Out East River Subway Tunnels

Issues: Local Issues

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan/Queens), spoke with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood today seeking urgent Federal disaster aid for the efforts of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to pump out tunnels under the East River.  

Oct 17, 2012

Reps. Capito, Maloney and Slaughter hail CFPB proposal allowing stay-at-home spouses with access to family income to be issued credit cards in their own name

Issues: Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights, Financial Services

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), principal author of the Credit CARD Act and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, and Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules, today hailed the announcement of a proposed rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that makes it easier for stay-at-home spouses to obtain credit cards in their own name under the provisions of the CARD Act.  

Oct 15, 2012

Rep. Maloney statement on the death of former Sen. Arlen Specter

Issues: Women's Issues

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) made the following statement upon the death of former Sen. Arlen Specter:  

Oct 3, 2012

Rep. Maloney Applauds New State Law Requiring All Five-Year-Olds in New York City to Receive Kindergarten Education

(Long Island City, NY) Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney joined New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, State Senator Michael Gianaris, State Assembly Member Catherine Nolan, City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, and Principal Randy Seabrook on a tour of P.S. 111 (the Jacob Blackwell School) in Queens to applaud newly enacted state legislation requiring all five-year-olds in New York City to attend kindergarten.

Oct 3, 2012

Rep. Maloney Hails Opening of New U.S. Patent Office for Cornell-Technion Engineering School Slated for Roosevelt Island

(New York, NY)Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney joined officials in academia and government to  celebrate the opening of a new United States Department of Commerce “Innovators' Resource Center” that will ultimately be sited on the campus of the engineering school being built on Roosevelt Island by Cornell and Technion universities.

Sep 28, 2012

Rep. Carolyn Maloney Honors Hispanic Heritage Month, Announces Congressional Town Hall Meeting for Young DREAMers

Issues: Local Issues

New York, NY - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) issued the following statement today in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month:  

Sep 25, 2012

Rep. Carolyn Maloney Statement on President Obama’s Address on Human Trafficking

New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), author of the End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2010, released the following statement about President Barack Obama’s address on trafficking at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in midtown Manhattan:  

Sep 24, 2012

Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Iranian Hatemonger Ahmadinejad is “UNwelcome in a Building Built for Peace”

Issues: Foreign Affairs

New York, NY – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) spoke at a press conference and rally organized in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood by Iran180, a coalition of organizations and advocates dedicated to reforming Iran’s current government, whose President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will be speaking at the United Nations General Assembly tomorrow. (A photograph of Representative Maloney speaking at the event is attached.)  

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