Carolyn Maloney

Save the Garment District. Best in New York fashion [and it’s] a major industry for New York.

We need to say without apology that people who endanger entire marginalized communities for social media content and fundraising fodder have no place in our politics.

The violence that took place at Club Q follows years of long efforts by some state lawmakers to erase LGBTQ+ people from school curriculum.

In 2009, this committee passed a bipartisan bill called the Credit Card Bill of Rights, which the CFPB said saved consumers roughly $16 billion.

We are experiencing a crisis, and I must say that the panelists--first, I want to thank all of my colleagues that participated, but the panel was a particularly articulate and informed one.

It is high time that Congress gets serious about the cost of anti-LGBTQ hatred and commit to honoring those in its crosshairs with real actions.

It is a persistent problem, the affordability of housing in my own district, and I would say in my city, in my State, and clear across this country.

Personal decisionmaking by women and their doctors should not be replaced by political ideology.

So, in this moment where you, as lawmakers, have been given the green light to take away our power of our most personal decisions, I want to close by asking you this question: Who are you going to be? Will you sit in judgment of people who…

Republicans are turning back the clock on women's rights, back to a time when women were not viewed as equal citizens.

A national abortion ban would make America's families poorer.

Abortion is an essential component of women's healthcare.

The ability to access an abortion is a human right.

The fall of Roe v. Wade was the culmination of a decades-long effort by Republican politicians.

Paid sick leave for nursing home workers allow staff to take care of themselves and their families and to keep residents safe.

Trump`s reckless handling of our country`s most sensitive documents placed our national security at grave risk and blatantly violated the Presidential Records Act.

Will you accept personal responsibility for your company’s role in this tragedy, and apologize to the families of Uvalde?

But the time for dodging accountability is over. Today, I am announcing my intent to issue a subpoena for documents from Smith & Wesson's CEO and other top executives so that we can finally get answers about why this company is selling…

How many more American children need to die before your company will stop selling assault weapons to civilians and children the weapon of choice in most mass murders in our country?

It seems to me that if a company really cared that its products were being used to kill scores of Americans it would stop selling them.

You have sent thoughts and prayers to the victims of Uvalde, but you have never accepted responsibility for selling the weapons that killed these innocent children.

Even Justice Scalia recognized that, quote, 'The right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited,' end quote.

If we are able to comprehensively address this crisis, it will depend on getting dark money out of our political system and make democracy responsive to everyday Americans.

Following today's hearing House Democrats will continue to take bold action to stop the bloodshed. Later this week, we hope to vote on the first assault weapon ban in nearly 30 years.