Carolyn Maloney

Congress can play a very important role in combatting these transborder criminal organizations and the flow of illegal firearms by enacting proper legislation.

part of controlling the crime in America and at the border is controlling the sale of illegal gun trafficking and straw purchases of illegal guns.

I, for one, think that the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank is a reason for celebration.

Dodd-Frank was a landmark bill that overhauled the regulation of financial services in this country.

5 years after Dodd-Frank was passed, those kinds of toxic predatory mortgage loans are prohibited.

Dynamic scoring has been conservatives' Holy Grail for many years.

My Republican colleagues opposed many of the measures that helped reverse the economic freefall.

Under the leadership of President Obama the unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, close to current estimates of what economists call its 'natural rate.'

Under the leadership of President Barack Obama, the unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, close to current estimates of what economists call its 'natural rate.'

But bold action by the President helped put our Nation back on track.

There seems to be a broad consensus these days that the economy is stronger than it has been in years.

This bill would require public companies with annual worldwide receipts above $100 million to include in their annual reports a disclosure describing measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor.

They gloss over the fact that the labor force participation rate fell over the course of the George W. Bush administration.

Many Republicans are acting as if the declining rate of labor force participation is some kind of new phenomenon.

But bold action by President Obama and Democrats in Congress, as well as by the Federal Reserve, helped put our nation back on track.

I wanted to thank you. And particularly to thank both of you for your wonderful leadership in sentencing reform and particularly as it applies to nonviolent offenders.

Governor Bentley, it has been reported that Alabama is approximately at 190 percent of capacity, and your State has a plan to reduce its current prison population over the next several years.

I want to really underscore Representative Ranking Member Cummings' leadership on this.

Fair value budgeting would distort the budget process, undercut federal credit programs, and ultimately deprive millions of Americans of the financial support that they need to get an education, buy a home, or start or operate a small…

In my mind, there is nothing fair about 'Fair Value Accounting.'

As one who represents the city that was attacked by 9/11, we lost thousands on that day and thousands more are still dying from health-related causes from that fateful day.

This legislation has begun an important conversation that will lead to a timely and fully offset reauthorization of the Health Program.

Democrats understand that not having health care kills people.

The Affordable Care Act has led to the largest expansion of health care coverage in half a century.

I think it is important to look at an index of numbers which shows the good that it has done for the American economy.