Carolyn Maloney

I hope that we can come together with effective legislation that both allows the technology to move forward as a law enforcement tool and protects the freedoms and privacy of the American citizens we serve.

So, I am deeply concerned that facial recognition technologies have demonstrated racial, gender, and age bias.

I firmly believe the best legislation is always bipartisan.

I think at the very least, we could put legislation out there and pass it that says, you don't do that to people.

In New York, it has become almost impossible to find affordable and available housing.

But just as important as putting up housing is helping people like Mr. Williams stay in their homes.

We have heard a lot of great information today. And our nation, undoubtedly, is facing a housing crisis.

I am a strong supporter of the local income housing tax credit, which has helped us put up housing.

Sadly, under President Trump, we are forced to ask whether the failure to address these concerns is due to incompetence or is intentional.

I am gravely concerned that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet this high bar and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented, and underfunded.

The administration's anti-immigrant policies and its illegal effort to add a citizenship question have made an accurate count even harder to obtain by sowing fear and distrust in communities across the country.

Whether or not we use policy to ensure that people can take time off to be with their newborn children or to care for a sick spouse is, I believe, a moral choice.

Ultimately, though, I think the crucial argument for a national paid family and medical leave program is that it's the right thing to do.

We need to alleviate the economic insecurity of middle-class families, of working people.

That was an unacceptable answer then, and it is an unacceptable answer now for families across the country.

Right now, we are one of only two nations in the world that does not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave.

Congressman Hoyer has long been a champion for all workers, and I appreciate his tireless efforts on the NDAA to reach the possible deal for our Federal employees.

I am honored to be convening today's hearing, my very first as chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

a national paid leave program means that families like yours would not have to really hope that your neighbors would be as generous

We need comprehensive paid family and medical leave to combat these and other disparities, but how that leave program is structured matters.

I am thrilled to say that, today, Adam Smith announced at our caucus meeting that he had negotiated and gotten that provision in the National Defense Authorization Act so that 2.1 million families will now have that benefit and support.

It's well past time for the United States to enact a national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program.

A ban of all flavored e-cigarettes would deter new youth users from starting to vape.

Once we get those answers, we deserve immediate implementation of a flavor ban with no exemptions.

The American people deserve answers.