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WASHINGTON, DC – New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D), Jerrold Nadler (D), and Peter King (R) today sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate and President Obama asking that the programs created by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act be exempted from the automatic budget cuts mandated by the 2011 debt-limit bill if no agreement is reached in deficit negotiations between the President and Congress to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff.”
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn), Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island, Brooklyn), Carolyn McCarthy (D-Nassau), and Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn) joined Commissioner Robert Walsh of the New York City Department of Small Business Services on the steps of New York City Hall to announce that the lawmakers were requesting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) extend the December 31st deadline for small businesses to apply for disaster aid to help them recover from losses stemming from Superstorm Sandy.
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:
Washington, DC –Today, Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced H.R. 6628, The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) Act of 2012. This bipartisan bill will help law enforcement process rape kits. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Senate companion bill in May.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), decried the lineup of Republican committee chairs recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee and announced by Speaker John Boehner yesterday.