Tag Archives: Carolyn Maloney

by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch The chair of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Thursday said she has requested that CEOs of three gun manufacturing companies appear before Congress to testify at a hearing later this month on gun violence. Chair Carolyn B. Maloney of New …

The House Oversight Committee said on Friday that it is launching an investigation into the four largest baby formula manufacturers and seeking answers on how to ramp up production amid a nationwide shortage. “The national formula shortage poses a threat to the health and economic security of infants and families in …

by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent April 21, 2022 WASHINGTON — The chairs of two U.S. House committees said Thursday they are asking election officials from four states to detail what they are doing to “counter lies and conspiracy theories and protect the integrity of federal elections.” California Democratic Rep. Zoe …

A long-awaited reform bill that would save the United States Postal Service about $50 billion over the next decade took a major step forward in Congress. The House on Tuesday, in a 342-92 vote, passed the Postal Service Reform Act. If approved by the Senate, the bill would be the …

On Thursday, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, unveiled a resolution recognizing that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has met all legal requirements to be recognized as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. …

The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee has launched a bipartisan investigation into Live Nation, addressing the tragic crowd crush that left ten concertgoers dead at last month’s Astroworld festival in Houston. The Washington Post reports that the probe was initiated on Wednesday (December 22) by Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, …

Last week, in a bipartisan vote of 276-149, the House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney’s (D-NY) Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act. The legislation will ensure that all nursing mothers have protections in the workplace by expanding them to nearly 9 million employees not currently covered …

During testimony at a congressional hearing on reproductive rights Thursday, Reps. Cori Bush, D-Mo., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Barbara Lee, D-Calif., shared personal stories about their own abortions. Bush talked honestly for the first time about undergoing an abortion after she was raped as a teenager during the House Oversight …

A federal judge is ordering former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, to release financial documents related to House Oversight Committee’s investigations. United States District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Wednesday that the Committee is entitled to records of President Trump’s lease of the Trump Hotel in the nation’s …

New documents released by the House Oversight and Reform Committee details former President Donald Trump’s attempt to get Department of Justice officials to declare the 2020 Presidential election as “corrupt” and “illegal.” Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue took notes during a call with the …

Emails from the Justice Department and White House officials show how former President Donald Trump and his associates tried to pressure then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to challenge the 2020 presidential election. Emails released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee detail President Trump’s team’s desire for the Justice …

A sizable majority of the Democrats serving in New York’s congressional delegation are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign following the latest sexual harassment allegations reported. The newest allegations say that the Governor groped a female aide last year. Soon after, a wave of statements were released by elected officials …