Carolyn Maloney

It is my hope that the Senate will move quickly in considering all of these bills.

It is my hope that the Senate will take up this matter after the District Work Period.

Whereas, under Democratic leadership--jobs have been created in 6 of the last 7 months--this is over 1 million jobs.

We still have a lot to do, but the fact still remains that we have come a long way.

We took care of the people on Wall Street but it is our duty to assist those who have fallen victim to circumstances beyond their control.

We can and must do better than this.

We lost, this country lost, over 779,000 jobs. That is an undisputed fact.

Excluding the economic stimulus bill, Congress has enacted and President Obama signed into law, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act that provides a new payroll tax exemption that will lead to the creation of over 300,000…

I think it is very sad that we leave for a 4th of July vacation, and when the fireworks are going off... there will be a lot of people throughout our country who will not be able to.

And so I choose hope, as opposed to fear.

Thank you, Chairman Frank, for yielding, for your leadership, and for presiding over the most open and transparent conference process in the history of this Congress. The Dodd-Frank bill is landmark legislation which will protect consumers…

One important part of this agenda is the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act.

This Congress is continuing an Innovation Agenda in order to rekindle growth and prosperity in the U.S.

According to the latest figures from OSHA, at this time there are over 27,000 workers employed by BP or its contractors and more than 2,000 Federal employees directly involved in the massive cleanup operation now underway in the gulf…

This past Monday the Wall Street Journal ran an excellent article on the challenges facing small businesses. It began with a question that small businesses all across America are asking: Where is the money? The Journal article cites a…

It's been more than 30 days since the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. In that time, at least 40 million gallons of oil have entered our oceans. To give you some idea what this means for the gulf coast, if the oil disaster…

The BP oil spill has caused a great emergency along our gulf coast. I hope as the response to it continues, we never forget the lessons of the Ground Zero workers. In the wake of 9/11, thousands of men and women labored tirelessly. Driven…

The Joint Economic Committee released a report this week which shows the staggering cost to the government of failing to extend unemployment benefits. The report focuses on unemployed disabled workers. By the end of 2010, the JEC estimates…

It is time to repeal the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue'' policy and to allow lesbian, gay and bisexual persons to serve openly in the military. From the initial introduction of this profoundly misguided policy in 1993, I have never…

The most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the economy has taken another 290,000 steps in the right direction. Two hundred ninety thousand, that's how many jobs the economy added in the month of April. This…

The Joint Economic Committee released a report this week that looks at how tighter credit standards have hit small businesses especially hard. That means that now, even as big and mid-sized businesses have begun adding jobs once again…

This is a chart prepared by the Joint Economic Committee, which I call the V chart--not for victory, or total victory, but it certainly shows success and that we're trending in the right direction in our economy. The red bars on the chart…

Today's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides fresh evidence that the labor market is strengthening and that we are on the path to economic recovery.

By moving quickly and taking bold actions, the Obama Administration and Congress slowed the decline and restored the economy to growth in the second half of 2009.

Although the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent, the increase is due to re-entrants into the labor force, a sign of increased optimism about job prospects.