Sean Patrick Maloney

I introduced H.R. 742 to fix the Dodd-Frank provision which threatens to undermine the bipartisan goal of enhancing transparency and mitigating systemic risk.

I appreciate the opportunity to bring greater attention to the unintended consequences of these provisions and the need for a legislative solution.

There is a real feeling in my part of the world... that the laws and the Department are oriented in such a way towards the large agribusinesses.

I think it is very important that Democrats, especially, on my side of the aisle come to the table on these issues.

Today we took a historic step toward economic recovery, and four financial giants took another important step in announcing that they will impose a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures. In response to a request from Congress during hearings…

the speed at which both chambers and both parties have come together on this recovery package shows how committed Congress and the Administration are to shoring up our troubled economy. The landmark legislation that we will pass today will…

Americans today can breathe a sigh of relief as we take a first step toward repairing our badly damaged economy. This bill will begin to put Americans back to work fixing roads, repairing bridges, building schools and laying the bases for…

the January job numbers told Americans something they already knew. Things are bad. They are bad all over in almost every sector of the economy and almost every section of the country. In a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, I…

taxpayers want to know where the first $350 billion of the bailout TARP money has gone; so does Congress. The independent General Accounting Office concluded that Treasury has not set up any policies and procedures to ensure that TARP…

I would just like to be associated with your comments about my good friend, Shelley Berkley, and to note that I have had the honor of traveling with her to Israel to study the historic sites and meet with the leadership about these many…

After 8 years of constant missile fire, Israel had to take action against Hamas. Every nation has the right, and I would say the duty, to defend its citizens from missile fire. For the last 8 years, more than 10,000 rockets have fallen on…

the run-up in gas prices is squeezing families and sending them in search of cheaper alternatives to driving. As a result, our public transit authorities are also feeling the pinch as rising fuel costs and record ridership strain their…

I rise to say ``thank you'' to the retired New York Giants' co-captain and Super Bowl champion, George Martin, for finishing his 3,200-mile trek across America to raise money and awareness for the sick men and women, heroes and heroines of…

the administration's answer to record gas prices today is to allow drilling in Alaska's pristine wilderness and off our shorelines for little payoff a decade from now. What they don't tell you is that big oil companies already lease 68…

I repeat, it has not cost the taxpayer one cent. We have not added additional staff but rather redistributed the work among the rest of the staff. While it does create more work for others, it has also given junior staff members…

I know that many of you are scratching your heads and wondering how this bill can be PAYGO neutral. It is easy to explain. The $190 million is the amount that the agencies currently save on salaries when Federal employees who have a new…

If we truly believe in the value of family, then we need to value the work that families do. U.S. workers, unlike most workers worldwide, do not have the right to take paid time off to care for the birth of a new child. That is why the…

We need to catch up with the rest of the world, as 169 countries already provide some form of paid leave. One hundred sixty-nine countries cannot be wrong. It is time for America to show that we value families, that we support families. We…

there is hardly a middle-class soul in our country who has not been impacted by this terrible economy. With 326,000 jobs lost, millions of Americans may lose their homes and their health care. All this as the price of food soars and the…

every month this year the Bush administration and the Bush economy has shed more jobs than it has produced, leaving millions of American workers competing against each other for the remaining jobs. We haven't seen this many people enter…

I rise in support of H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, authored by my friend and colleague, Chairman James Oberstar of Minnesota. As a New Yorker, I strongly support making travel easier, safer, and more…

I rise in strong to support of H.R. 406, which awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul. Every American woman is indebted to Alice Paul for her lifelong dedication to women's suffrage. I am living proof of the advancements she has…

I strongly support it. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support for this Housing Stimulus Package. It is good for our country and it is good for my constituents in New York. We all know we are facing a housing crisis. Foreclosures are at…

I rise in support of H.R. 4332, the Financial Consumers Hotline Act of 2008, which has received strong bipartisan support from the Financial Services Committee. The bill establishes a single toll-free telephone number that consumers can…

This chart here shows the Federal spending on the Iraq war versus other priorities in the 2008 budget authorization. The Iraq war is costing, the request, twice as much as is in the Federal budget for transportation for the entire country…