Carolyn Maloney

I went to MTA... and first proposed that they go after getting the high-speed rail between New York and Washington.

I think it is important for those of us who support high-speed rail to have a success.

I am convinced if we could build that line it would make money. I am convinced.

I am truly honored to be here at the chairman's final hearing, and I want to thank him for his focus on bringing high-speed rail to the Northeast Corridor.

Dodd-Frank tried to change that. It put rules in place, capital and margin requirements, recording and clearing components and other checks on an institution's ability to add risk to the system, to put sunlight so that people could…

I would like to also understand why all the financial crises seem to happen in London.

But I feel that markets run much more on trust than on capital. And I would like to see America remain the financial capital of the world.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the November elections, there has been a growing consensus that it is time to undertake comprehensive immigration reform. There are many good reform…

I would say so. And providing the resources for WIC, which provides food literally for children, for babies and their mothers, this is a fundamental measure of health and well-being around the country, the birth of children and the health…

I would like to congratulate my good friend and colleague Jan Schakowsky for her incredible leadership in this body and for organizing this Special Order that focuses on the impact of sequestration on women, children, and families. It's…

Yes, yes. Here we are so wealthy, and yet we are 50th in the world in infant mortality.

Literally, literally, and we can't afford to do it. I would say it really is scandalous, absolutely scandalous. We have to work together and prevent this from happening. Always, it's those parts of our society that can't afford a lobbyist…

I want to compliment, really, Congressman Burton for his leadership.

We put in a bill that $60 million of our aid to Afghanistan would go to NGOs either headed by women or helping women.

I congratulate both of them on their outstanding, incredible service to this incredible body, our Congress.

I want to join my colleagues in applauding Judy Biggert for her outstanding service to our country.

According to a report by the National Economic Council, if the economy goes over the fiscal cliff, it could cut consumer spending by over $200 billion. In other words, if we come to a consensus with a financial plan and agree, it could be…

I don't want to hear that we have better detection.

I'm hearing the same kinds of stories on vaccination.

Are you looking at vaccinations? Is that part of your studies?

I yield myself as much time as I may consume, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of H.R. 2453, the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act. This legislation will allow the U.S. Treasury Department to mint $1 silver and $5 gold commemorative…

I have no further requests for time. And I would like to take up my good friend on the other side of the aisle on his offer and see if we can get a group of Congress Members to come and see this lasting legacy. Mark Twain--I read every…

All along the east coast, families are struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy. That makes avoiding the fiscal cliff even more important. Unless we come together in this body to reach across the aisle and compromise, the Federal…

I join my colleague and commend his work on relieving unnecessary burdens and requirements on important agencies. I support this bill. And I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered…

I believe this list of hearings--27 of them--speaks to the oversight that they have gone through.