WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chair of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, delivered the following prepared remarks this morning when the full Financial Services Committee took up her Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights (H.R. 5244) for consideration.  A vote to send the bill to the House floor for a full vote is expected later today.

WASHINGTON , DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) submitted the following testimony today for a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2008 (H.R. 6594):

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) applauded the passage yesterday of the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act, a landmark bill to improve toy safety.  The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 424 to 1, will help finally eliminate lead from toys, ban other dangerous substances in toys and child care products, and gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission more resources and personnel to make sure that toys are safe for America’s kids.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338), legislation that will strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and provide more effective remedies for closing the gender pay gap: