Sean Patrick Maloney

OPEC and the U.S. Energy Department delivered another blow to financially strained American consumers Monday when they announced that high energy prices are here to stay. During a meeting in Kuwait, OPEC members said they may cut…

I thank Ranking Member Lantos for yielding me this time, and really thank him for his consistent voice and work for human rights across the globe and for his particular focus on moving this legislation forward as well as Chairman Smith…

data released Monday on productivity and wages show why the American people do not believe President Bush when he says our economic prospects are bright and improving. Yes, productivity is strong, and the economy is growing. But the…

data released this Monday on productivity and wages show why the American people do not believe President Bush when he says our economic prospects are as bright as they have been for a long time. Yes, productivity is strong, and the…

part of our war against terror is putting our economic house in order, and this bill is essential to achieving that goal. Businesses and real estate and development tell me in New York City now that it is absolutely impossible to get…

after being derailed for generations, I am delighted to report to New Yorkers that the Second Avenue Subway is on track and moving with real momentum, thanks to hard-fought battles for funding in Washington and an unwavering coalition of…

we as a Nation can do much better in protecting the American people with our limited homeland security dollars. Recently I released a report on the status of the FIRE Act program, the only homeland security program specifically for…

I rise in support for the underlying bipartisan bill on GSEs, but in strong opposition to the rule that was put in at the last minute, a provision that prevents any nonprofit recipient of a housing grant from conducting nonpartisan civic…

when this bill left the Financial Services Committee on a 65 to 5 vote, I felt we were on the way to a great accomplishment. I was truly impressed with the hard work that Chairman Oxley, Ranking Member Frank, Congressman Baker, and others…

our leaders are telling us on both sides of the aisle that terrorism is here to stay. If they believe that, if they know that, then why are we not preparing for it? Anti-terrorism insurance passed this House after 9/11 and put this country…

I am not going to object, even though this legislation is flawed in many ways, as my colleague pointed out, because we all understand the tremendous need for the people in the gulf region. I am not a Representative from the gulf coast, but…

last week we saw new evidence that Americans are becoming increasingly pessimistic about this economy. Two separate measures of consumer attitudes plunged drastically, posting their largest declines in decades. The impact of the hurricanes…

I thank the gentleman for saying that this important issue should be looked at. I point out that this is information that 101 countries offer and is not part of our protocol. My office and I talked to the appropriate people and to the…

earlier today, during debate on the rule for this bill, the gentleman from Georgia who was managing the floor for the majority stated that my amendments to this bill were not germane. I would like the Record to show that the…

sadly, approaching the four year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, our country faces great tragedy again and a tremendous national challenge in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I would like to assure the people of…

I really want to point out that the President and his supporters are trying to make the case that the economy is thriving and that their policies are responsible. But when we look at the facts that we have pointed out tonight, we see…

the great American jobs machine, which brought the unemployment rate down under President Clinton from 7.5 percent in 1992 to 4 percent in 2000, has been sputtering under President Bush. We are only just emerging from really the worst job…

on August 19th, William Jefferson Clinton, our 43rd president, will celebrate his 59th birthday--today, we honor him. We honor him not just for being one of 43 Americans to have led history's greatest Nation from its highest office, we…

I rise to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the 1974 illegal Turkish invasion of Cyprus. I have commemorated this day each year since I became a Member of Congress. PSEKA, the International Coordinating Committee, Justice for Cyrus, the…

as a proud New Yorker, I rise today to mark the anniversary of the first women's suffrage convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Our founding mothers and their successors ultimately gained the right to vote in 1920. Unfortunately, it is the…

today the administration is telling us that the Federal budget deficit for this year will not be as large as they were predicting it would be back in January. Some are taking this as evidence of some type of supply-side miracle, but…

last Friday we got another employment report showing that American workers are losing out. Payroll employment growth was disappointing once again. Only 146,000 jobs were added in June, when market forecasters were expecting between 175,000…

ending violence against women should be a concern not just for the victims; it should be a national priority. In 1994, Congress moved violence against women from behind closed doors into national policy. The Violence Against Women Act was…

this Bush administration keeps setting records, only they are the wrong kinds of records. We have a record debt of over $7 trillion that breaks down to each citizen's share being over $26,000. And now they have a new record, a new record…

this Republican Congress may go down in history as the most fiscally irresponsible Congress in the history of this country. Our record budget deficit, our record debt, we have over $7.8 trillion in debt, and each citizen's share is over…