Carolyn Maloney

This is not success, but as this chart shows we are trending, we are moving in the right direction.

We in Congress will continue working on policies that will help to create jobs so that we can continue this progress.

These actions are working.

The Recovery Act has helped soften the blow of the recession and returned the economy to growth in the second half of 2009.

Without the swift, effective response from policymakers, the Great Recession could have been another Great Depression.

Excluding aircraft orders, durable goods orders were up almost 3 percent in March.

We are united in our efforts to stop the RNC from using census mailings for political gain and to fundraise for the RNC. Mr. Steele, in particular, the head of the RNC, 5 days after this Congress in a bipartisan vote that was unanimous on…

But today, it is clear that America is on a path toward economic recovery.

After 4 straight quarters of negative growth, the economy grew during the last two quarters of 2009.

In fact, last October, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer testified to this committee that the shocks we endured in the 'Great Recession' were actually worse than those of the Great Depression.

Sales of cars and light trucks were up in March.

Manufacturing employment has been up for 3 straight months.

Just over one year ago, the current Administration took office while the country was suffering from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

The most recent employment report showed that 162,000 jobs were created in March, with three-fourths of those new jobs coming from the private sector.

As a proud member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, and the Representative of a large and vibrant community of Armenian Americans, I rise to welcome His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan in his offering of the opening…

America is on a path toward economic recovery.

I am confident that you will continue to steer monetary policy at the Fed carefully through the next set of obstacles.

The recovery is still too fragile to announce that the recession is over.

Under his guidance, the Fed took creative and effective actions to inject liquidity into our financial system which saved our nation from economic catastrophe.

A large part of the credit for this turnaround is due not only to President Barack Obama but also to Ben Bernanke.

Under this guidance the Fed took creative and effective actions to inject liquidity into our financial system.

This chart was produced by the Joint Economic Committee, and it shows the constant process of the creation and loss of jobs that occurs in our economy. The solid black line shows the number of private sector jobs created. The dotted line…

I rise in support of the health care bill. Mr. Speaker, this is an historic vote. With passage of these health care reforms, 32 million people without insurance will get it-- including almost 2.5 million uninsured in New York State. It…

As we face what may be one of the most important decisions Congress has made in our lifetime, I would like to highlight what a huge, positive impact the passage of health care reform will have on the lives of American women, on the health…

My colleagues, a great injustice is that they have considered a pregnancy as a preexisting condition. Now, you hear that children are our future, and they are our future; yet in health care plans, to cover the cost of having a…