Carolyn Maloney

It was bottled up in the Privileges and Elections Committee of the House for about 50 years.

The effort to adopt the ERA is more than 100 years in the making.

They have already rolled back under their draconian law the right to abortion.

Your time is long past, and that was a subcommittee hearing that we had then.

The truth is that this committee is actively engaged in oversight over waste, fraud, and abuse.

Legislative measures alone are not enough and are too easily rolled back.

So, I think that we really, as a country need to rehabilitate ourselves.

We were way ahead in the polls. People wanted equality for women.

As the first woman to chair the Committee on Oversight, I am particularly proud to convene this hearing on what I believe is one of the most important things we can do to ensure equality for women in our country: finally putting women and…

We know that economists tell us that the No. 1 area of poverty in America is older women.

Unfortunately, as we all know well, the Postal Service's performance has been slow and often unreliable.

I also believe more oversight from the Postal Regulatory Commission is needed over the Postal Service and pricing changes the Postal Service is implementing.

It is critical that Postal Service leadership remember that it is not a private business but a public service.

I plan to introduce a bill that would strengthen the Commission's oversight of the Postal Service.

The Postal Service is one of our Nation's most cherished institutions.

We must not allow the Postal Service to fail. It must continue providing the critical services that millions of Americans depend on.

Our dedicated postal employees deliver to 161 million locations six days a week regardless of the weather.

Free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy, whether you are a Republican or a Democrat.

The barrage of lies about the 2020 election has inflicted grave damage already.

Yet today, more than 11 months after the election, the attacks on our election system have only intensified.

On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump clearly and decisively in the Presidential election.

It is profoundly dangerous for the survival of American democracy.

This committee will not be silent in the face of this threat.

I urge my Republican colleagues to follow the lead of our brave witnesses from Maricopa County by putting country over party.

But rather than accept his loss, Donald Trump tried everything he could to overturn the will of American voters.