"A tenacious, resilient legislator” --Time Magazine

"A tiger in the House on every dollar due New York” --The Village Voice

"The best friend a credit card user ever had” --Money Magazine

“No one has been a greater (anti-trafficking) champion than Carolyn Maloney, a Democratic Congresswoman from New York." -- Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, “Half the Sky” (Knopf, 2009)

"While I am critical of Congress, kudos have to be given to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, for her efforts..." --Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Freefall" (Norton, 2009)

"New York’s Congressional delegation stands out for their moxie, kind of the way New Yorkers themselves often do. Among the brashest members is Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, a Democrat of Manhattan” --The New York Times

First elected to Congress in 1992, Carolyn B. Maloney is a recognized national leader with extensive accomplishments on financial services, national security, the economy, and women’s issues. She is currently Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, the first woman to hold this position.

Maloney has authored and passed more than 74 measures, either as stand-alone bills or as measures incorporated into larger legislation packages. Twelve of these bills were signed into law at formal (and rare) Presidential Signing Ceremonies. She has authored landmark legislation including the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act and its reauthorization to make sure all those suffering health aliments associated with 9/11 get the medical care and compensation they need and deserve; the Debbie Smith Act, which increases funding for law enforcement to process DNA rape kits and has been called ‘the most important anti-rape legislation in history;’ and the Credit CARD Act, also known as the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, which according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has saved consumers more than $16 billion annually since it was signed into law in 2009. Her legislative achievements have been featured in three films: the documentary The Card Game, the documentary Overdrawn!, and the movie A Life Interrupted.

Rep. Maloney’s career has been a series of firsts. She is the first woman to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District; the first woman to represent New York City’s 7th Councilmanic district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office); and was the first woman to Chair the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines and addresses the nation’s most pressing economic issues. Only 18 women in history have chaired Congressional committees. Maloney is the author of Rumors of our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women’s Lives Aren’t Getting any Easier and how we can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters, which has been used as a textbook in women’s studies courses.

In addition to serving as Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Maloney is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. In the House Democratic Caucus, she has served as a Regional Whip and as Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.

On the House Financial Services Committee she has worked to modernize financial services laws and regulations, strengthen consumer protections, and institute more vigilant oversight of the safety and soundness of our nation’s banking industry. In the 114th Congress, she was selected by her Committee colleagues to be Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises and continued in this position in the 115th Congress. She continues her membership on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit (which she chaired in the 109th and 110th Congresses, and where she served as Ranking Member in the 112th Congress), and also serves on the newly created Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance.

Maloney served on the historic conference committee for the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, which also created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Her Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights (the Credit CARD Act) was signed into law by President Obama in Spring of 2009. She is currently working to curb the use of anonymous shell companies that finance illicit drugs, human trafficking, and terrorism.

As a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Maloney’s legislation has helped government work more efficiently and has saved hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.

As co-founder of the House 9/11 Commission Caucus, Maloney helped author and pass legislation which created the 9/11 Commission and, later, to implement all of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations for improving intelligence gathering—described as the most influential intelligence bill in decades. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health Care and Compensation Act, her bill to provide health care and compensation for 9/11 first responders, residents and workers near Ground Zero passed Congress in late 2010 was signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2011. The Zadroga Act's World Trade Center Health Program was permanently extended, and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund was fully funded by the bill’s reauthorization with an allocation of $8 billion in December 2015.

A champion for domestic and international women’s issues, Rep. Maloney has authored and helped pass legislation that targets sex trafficking, including the first bill that focused on the ‘demand’ side of human trafficking to punish the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. She is co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking, and co-chair of the Trafficking Task Force of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.

During her first term in Congress, Rep. Maloney passed legislation that provides annual mammograms for women on Medicare. Her legislation to create Women’s Health Offices in five Federal agencies was part of the landmark health care reform legislation, the Affordable Care Act, signed by President Obama.

New York City has no stronger advocate in Congress than Maloney. She has delivered more than $10 billion in federal aid to New York City, including billions of dollars for the two largest transit construction projects in the nation, the Second Avenue Subway and the East Side Access project, both of which run through her district, and have helped create thousands of jobs in New York. Among other projects she has secured federal funding for are: $670 million for replacing the Kosciuszko Bridge, $37.9 million for the Floating Hospital, $4.4 million for new ferries, $20 million for Dutch Kills Green, $27 million for Queensbridge roof repairs, and more than $300 million in federal grants for high-speed rail improvement projects in the Sunnyside Rail Yards.

During her time on the New York City Council, then Councilmember Maloney led the effort to implement Vendex and ensure city contracts were bidded and awarded responsibly. She has introduced similar legislation at the federal level.

Maloney has received numerous awards and honors during her time in office, including the TMG-eMedia Thought Leaders in Business Award; the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Service Award; the CUNY Women’s Leadership Award; the Eleanor’s Legacy Eleanor Roosevelt Trailblazer of Democracy Award; the Humane Society of the United States Humane Advocate Award; the Business and Professional Women’s Club of New York State Outstanding Legislator Award; the Center for Women’s Policy Studies Jessie Bernard Wise Women’s Award; and the Planned Parenthood Responsible Choices Award. In 2003, she was the only legislator selected as part of the Ms. Magazine “Fifty Women Who Made a Difference” list. Maloney was recently named one of Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century in May 2017.In March of 2020, Rep. Maloney was named the first-ever honorary member of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) for her work on behalf of federal employees and her paid parental leave legislation.

Rep. Maloney has been recognized not only by her peers in Congress but also by outside groups for her ability to elicit change. GovTrack awarded her the top spot among House Democrats in their “Leadership Score” category – indicating her great ability to get cosponsors on her bills.

Maloney is currently a member of Women’s Forum Inc., the Council on Foreign Relations, Women’s City Club, Alice Paul Institute, Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy, Financial Women’s Association, National Organization for Women, National Association of Business and Professional Women, New York Landmarks Conservancy, and CIVITAS.

She is an Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Member of the NY Junior League.

She is the founder and Co-Chair of the House Caucus on Hellenic Issues.

Maloney attained a first-degree black belt in Taekwondo in January 2007.

Extended Biography

New York Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney is a national leader with extensive accomplishments on security, financial services, the economy and women's issues. She also has been a force representing the interests of the City of New York in Congress from the time she entered, in 1993.

In the 116th Congress, Maloney serves as the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, the first woman to do so, and is a senior member of the House Financial Service Committee and the Joint Economic Committee Economic Committee.

Maloney is currently a member of Women’s Forum Inc., the Council on Foreign Relations, Women’s City Club, Alice Paul Institute, Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy, Financial Women’s Association, National Organization for Women, National Association of Business and Professional Women, New York Landmarks Conservancy, and CIVITAS.

She is an Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Member of the NY Junior League.

She is the founder and Co-Chair of the House Caucus on Hellenic Issues.

9/11

Maloney has worked tirelessly to ensure that New York's recovery from 9/11 is completed and that our national security is strengthened. A strong supporter of the 9/11 Commission, Maloney and her former colleague Rep. Christopher Shays (CT) formed the bipartisan 9/11 Commission Caucus upon the release of the commission's final report.

Beginning in July 2004 and working closely with family members of 9/11 victims on the Family Steering Committee, Maloney and Shays attempted to pass a bipartisan security reform bill in the House. They introduced companion bills to the Senate's McCain-Lieberman and Collins-Lieberman legislation. They kept up the pressure for a final bill, even as the House-Senate negotiations appeared on the brink of collapse. Finally, in December 2004, Congress was called back to Washington to pass a landmark bill born out of key 9/11 Commission recommendations – a tremendous victory for the nation.

Maloney's 9/11 Commission Caucus accomplished another major victory in 2007, when more of the Commission's recommendations were enacted into law. Maloney is also the author of a proposal to reorganize Congress for better oversight of Homeland Security and Intelligence, one of the commission's chief concerns.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, sponsored by Maloney and cosponsored by Reps. Jerry Nadler and Peter King, provides health care for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, and reopens the federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund to provide economic relief to those harmed by the attacks. The House passed it in September, 2010 with a strong bipartisan majority, and the Senate passed it by voice vote on December 22, 2010. President Obama signed the bill into law on January 2, 2011. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which permanently extended the World Trade Center Health Program and fully funded the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund for five years, was signed into law December 18, 2015.

The Remember the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, sponsored by Maloney and cosponsored by Reps. Jerry Nadler and Peter King, to fully fund and make permanent the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund was signed into law on July 29, 2019. It passed overwhelming in both the House and the Senate with votes of 402-12 and 97-2, respectively.

Economy/Financial Services

Rep. Maloney is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and the former Chair of its Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets. She is currently the a member of the Subcommittees on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets and Housing, Community Development and Insurance subcommittees. She served on the conference committee for the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Since being elected to Congress, Maloney has worked to modernize financial services laws and regulations while strongly advocating for consumer protections.

Maloney is the author of the "Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights"-- also known as the "Credit CARD Act"-- which levels the playing field between consumers and credit card companies and provide consumers with increased notification over changes in terms on their accounts. H.R. 627 was signed into law by President Obama on May 22, 2009, after passing Congress with overwhelming bipartisan majorities.

In the 110th Congress, Rep. Maloney was the author of the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-49). This legislation strengthens and reforms the process by which the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviews foreign direct investment for national security issues.

In the 108th Congress, Rep. Maloney worked to include groundbreaking identity theft protections in legislation updating the nation's credit reporting system (FACT Act, P.L. 108-159). She was a leader of the fight to preserve the rule-making authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board over corporations' public filings. Rep. Maloney also cosponsored legislation that enhances consumer protections needed to combat mutual fund abuses that were exposed in New York State.

From 2003-2007, Rep. Maloney served as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology of the Financial Services Committee.

A vigorous advocate for the New York financial services community, Maloney has played a major role in legislation to modernize the deposit insurance system which passed the House, coauthoring an amendment to ensure fairness for banks that helped recapitalize the insurance fund during past crises. A long- time supporter of credit unions, she introduced the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 3579) which would improve the safety and soundness of credit unions.

In the 107th Congress, Maloney remained steadfast to her commitment of modernizing financial service laws while strongly advocating for consumer protections and privacy. She passed legislation to cut fees on securities transactions by $14 billion over ten years. In April 2003, the House passed a bill introduced by Maloney and Sue Kelly (R-NY). H.R. 758, the Business Checking Freedom Act, allows banks to pay interest on business checking accounts.

In the 106th Congress, Maloney served as a conferee on the historic Gramm-Leach-Bliley financial modernization bill, where she fought to redraft Depression-era separations between banking, securities, and insurance firms while at the same time providing new consumer privacy protections for personal financial information. Maloney was the lead Democrat on the Investor and Capital Markets Relief Act, legislation which allowed the SEC to increase salaries of its employees so it can recruit and retain the most qualified professionals to oversee the markets.

JEC

Rep. Maloney served as Chair of the Joint Economic Committee in the 111th Congress, the first woman to do so, and as Ranking Member in the 114th. For the first session of the 116th she served as Vice Chair.

As Maloney took over the Chair in January 2009, the economy was still reeling under the shocks of the Great Recession. In fact, as Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer pointed out at a JEC hearing, the economy endured shocks that were even greater than those experienced during the Great Depression.

Under Chair Maloney, the JEC closely monitored the employment situation and tracked its rebound. The Committee held close to 50 hearings and issued dozens of reports with an emphasis on creating jobs and reducing unemployment.

These hearings and reports highlighted the most cost-effective job creation strategies and examined how innovation can fuel growth in emerging sectors of the economy. The Committee also shed light on the segments of the population hit hardest during the recession and identified targeted policy actions that could benefit these workers. In addition, the JEC analyzed possible barriers to future growth, including rising oil prices, tighter credit standards, and inadequate investment in basic research.

The JEC also highlighted fiscally responsible policies that can help strengthen the economy and ensure that the employment and income gains from the next economic expansion will reach all workers.

Chair Maloney took particular interest-- as the first woman ever to serve as the Chair of the JEC-- in how the economy affected women. The JEC held series of hearings and published reports that together provide a comprehensive assessment of women's role in the economy, to inform the next set of policy decisions about how best to create an economy that fully unleashes the economic potential of women. This body of work will help policymakers in Congress, in statehouses, and in the private-sector determine whether policies promote or inhibit women's ability to be powerful contributors to economic growth.

Women's Issues

As the former co-chair of the Women's Caucus, Maloney is a nationally-recognized advocate for women's and family issues, with special emphasis on funding for women's health needs, reproductive freedom, and international family planning. She was a member of the U.S. delegations to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) fifth-year review and appraisal at The Hague (Cairo + 5). In 2004, she attended ICPD's tenth-year review meeting in Puerto Rico.

As the Member of Congress who spearheaded the Debbie Smith Act in numerous sessions of Congress, Maloney took the lead in the effort to erase the backlog of rape DNA testing kits that could put rapists behind bars. In 2004, the Debbie Smith Act was attached to two broader pieces legislation on DNA technology, which each had wide bipartisan support in the House and Senate. After passing the House and Senate, the Justice for All Act, containing the Debbie Smith legislation, was signed into law in October 2004, and subsequently reauthorized in 2008, 2014, and 2019.

Maloney has also been an outspoken authority against the persistent problem of sexual assault in the military. She successfully attached an amendment to the Defense Authorization legislation in 2004 that will ensure the American military has ample rape DNA testing kits and that the use of those kits is properly expedited.

Maloney has fought vigorously to restore the United States' contribution to UNFPA, the United Nation's Population Fund, since the Bush Administration first withheld it in 2002. Maloney succeeded in increasing funding for UNFPA in the FY 2002 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill to $34 million, a $12.5 million increase from the previous fiscal year. Additionally, she introduced the Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002, to try to spur the Bush Administration to release the $34 million budgeted for the United Nations Population Fund. In 2004, Maloney proposed compromise legislation to restore the U.S.'s contribution to combat the horrific condition obstetric fistula. In November 2002, Maloney was recognized for ‘Carrying the Weight of the World' by United Nations Family Planning and received their Women's Leadership Award.

Maloney worked to increase public awareness in social inequalities between men and women that still exist in America In January 2002, she released The Dingell-Maloney Report: A New Look through the Glass Ceiling, an alarming report documenting a widening wage gap between men and women managers. Together with her colleague John Dingell of Michigan, she followed the 2002 report up by commissioning another Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, this one examining wages for all women over the past 20 years. The comprehensive report, released in 2004, revealed a persistent wage gap of 20-cents on the dollar that has remained unchanged.

Maloney has reintroduced legislation that would amend the Constitution and guarantee equal rights for women. Over 200 lawmakers have signed onto Maloney's Women's Equality Amendment, and key women's groups have also endorsed it.

Homeland Security

In the wake of September 11th 2001, Rep. Maloney was a national leader on homeland security and was named Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Homeland Security in June 2003. In that position, she organized hearings, national surveys and reports on homeland security and advanced Democratic security policy. In late June 2003, Maloney convened a special task force hearing in Washington on local homeland security needs. First responders and local officials from around the country went to Capitol Hill to testify. Maloney also coordinated a national survey of local responders and officials on hometown security; the results were compiled into the October 2003 report, Federal Homeland Security Assistance to America's Hometowns.

As a New Yorker, Maloney led the charge in Congress to reform federal homeland security assistance distribution, particularly to America's most targeted areas. She fought vehemently for a change in the state funding program that sends disproportionate amounts of security money to low-threat states and for an increase in "high-threat" funding to targeted cities. In January 2004, Maloney and several colleagues requested of President Bush a doubling of high-threat funds in his FY2005 budget. When President Bush's proposal was released days later, the high-threat program was, indeed, doubled. Maloney has worked to help the New York Fire Department at the federal level, introducing legislation to fix FDNY's radio system and releasing a report on the flaws of the FIRE Act, which shortchanges FDNY.

Transportation/Education

Maloney continues to focus attention on issues relating to transportation and education that have a direct impact on her district in New York. A strong supporter of the Second Avenue Subway, Congresswoman Maloney has been instrumental in bringing home hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for the project. Maloney also spearheaded a coalition of elected officials who persuaded Mayor Bloomberg to reaffirm his commitment to the Second Avenue Subway.

She has also been instrumental in bringing home additional hundreds of millions in funding for the Long Island-Queens-Manhattan connector known as "East Side Access" which would link Long Island Railroad trains to Grand Central Station.

Maloney created and co-chaired the Task Force for an East Side High School which succeeded in obtaining backing from the Board of Education for a new academically rigorous high school on the East Side. The school, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, opened in September 2002. Maloney has worked to support the creation of the Frank Sinatra High School of the Arts in Queens. In addition, Maloney has organized a coalition of local elected officials who are working to address severe overcrowding in Community School District 2.

Recognitions

Maloney has received the Military Order of the Purple Heart, For Meritorious and Conspicuous Service for Veterans, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association's (NFPRHA) Distinguished Public Service Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Award, Peace Action's Global Peace Award, the Queens Women's Political Caucus's Queens Women of Distinction Award and the Healthy Mothers, Health Babies's 2000 Special Impact Award. Maloney was the Grand Marshal of New York's Greek Independence Day Parade in 1996 and 2001. In addition, Maloney has received the TMG-eMedia Thought Leaders in Business Award; the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Service Award; the CUNY Women’s Leadership Award; the Eleanor’s Legacy Eleanor Roosevelt Trailblazer of Democracy Award; the Humane Society of the United States Humane Advocate Award; the Business and Professional Women’s Club of New York State Outstanding Legislator Award; the Center for Women’s Policy Studies Jessie Bernard Wise Women’s Award; and the Planned Parenthood Responsible Choices Award. In 2003, she was the only legislator selected as part of the Ms. Magazine “Fifty Women Who Made a Difference” list. Maloney was recently named one of Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century in May 2017.

Rep. Maloney has been recognized not only by her peers in Congress but also by outside groups for her ability to elicit change. GovTrack awarded her the top spot among House Democrats in their “Leadership Score” category – indicating her great ability to get cosponsors on her bills. Her legislative efforts have been featured on NBC Nightly News, NBC's Today, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other local, national, and international major media outlets.

Early Career

After graduating from Greensboro College, Maloney worked for several years as a teacher and an administrator for the New York City Board of Education. In 1977, she went to work for the New York State legislature and held senior staff positions in both the State Assembly and the State Senate. In 1982, Maloney ran for public office for the first time and defeated an incumbent to win a seat on the New York City Council.

In her ten years on the Council, Maloney fought to eliminate waste and fraud in government. In 1986, she founded the Council's committee on city contracts and used this position to write a series of new laws setting up a computerized system to monitor the $7 billion which the city awards each year in contracts. She was also the principal author of the landmark New York City Campaign Finance Act. Maloney also became a champion of women's, family, and children's issues.

The first Council member to give birth while in office, Maloney was also the first to offer a comprehensive package of legislation to make day care more available and affordable. Maloney attained a first-degree black belt in Taekwondo in January 2007.

Congresswoman Maloney lives in New York City. She has two grown daughters, Christina and Virginia. Maloney lost her beloved husband, Clifton H.W. Maloney, in 2009 when he passed away after summiting Cho Oyu Mountain in China, the world’s seventh largest peak. They had been married for 26 years.

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“Una legisladora tenaz y resistente”—La revista Time

“Una tigresa en la Cámara de Representantes por cada dólar destinado a Nueva York” — La Village Voice

“La mejora amiga que un usuario de tarjeta de crédito ha tenido” – La revista Money Magazine

“Nadie ha sido un mejor defensor (contra la trata de personas) que Carolyn Maloney, una Congresista Demócrata de Nueva York”-- Nicholas D. Kristof y Sheryl WuDunn, “Half the Sky” (Knopf, 2009)

“Aunque soy critica del Congreso, reconozco a la Congresista Carolyn Maloney, Presidenta del Comité Económico Conjunto, por sus esfuerzos.” -- --Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Freefall" (Norton, 2009)

“La delegación del Congreso de Nueva York es destacada por su entusiasmo, al igual que muchos neoyorquinos. Entre los miembros más vocales es la Congresista Carolyn B. Maloney, Demócrata de Manhattan”.-- The New York Times

Primeramente elegida a Congreso en 1992, Carolyn B. Maloney es reconocida cómo una líder nacional con reconocimientos en servicios financieros, seguridad nacional, la economía y cuestiones de la mujer. Actualmente, sirve cómo la presidenta del Comité de Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental y es la primera mujer para desempeñarse cómo su presidenta.

Maloney ha escrito y aprobado más de 74 medidas legislativas, también cómo proyectos de ley individuales y cómo medidas legislativas incorporadas en paquetes legislativos más grandes. Doce de sus proyectos de ley fueron convertidos en ley en una Ceremonia de Firma Presidencial, una ceremonia formal y poco común. Maloney ha escrito proyectos de ley emblemáticos cómo el Acto de James Zadroga para la Salud y Recompensación de Sobrevivientes de 9/11 (James Zadroga 9/11 Health Care and Compensation Act) y la reautorización de cuyo proyecto de ley para asegurar que todos que sufran dolencias asociadas con 9/11 tienen la asistencia médica y recompensación que necesiten y merezcan. Además, escribió el Acto de Debbie Smith (the Debbie Smith Act) que aumenta los fondos federales para autoridades policiales para investigar exámenes de violación, lo que ha estado llamado “el proyecto de ley anti-violación más importante en historia”. Más aún, escribió el Acto Credit CARD, también conocido cómo la Carta de Derechos de Usuarios de Tarjetas de Crédito que, según la Agencia de Protección Financiera del Consumidor, ha ahorrado consumidores más de $16 billones anualmente desde su conversión en ley en 2009. Sus logros legislativos también fueron destacados en tres películas: el documental “El juego de cartas,” el documental “¡Sobregiro!” y la película “Una vida interrumpida”.

Congresista Maloney siempre se queda en la vanguardia. Maloney fue la primera mujer en desempeñarse cómo representante por el duodécimo distrito de Nueva York del Congreso de los EEUU y la primera mujer para representar el séptimo Distrito Concejal de Nueva York (donde fue la primera mujer en dar a luz a su hija durante su servicio concejal). También fue la primera mujer en servir cómo la presidenta del Comité Económica Conjunto, un panel en la Cámara de Representantes de los EEUU que examina y dirige los asuntos económicos más urgentes de la nación. Históricamente, solo quince mujeres han dirigido un Comité del Congreso estadounidense. Fuera de sus logros políticos, Maloney es la autora de “Rumores de nuestro progreso han sido exagerados: porque las vidas de mujeres no son mejorando y cómo hacemos progreso real para nosotras y nuestras hijas”, lo que ha sido usado cómo un texto para cursos de estudios de la mujer.

Además de servir cómo presidenta del Comité de Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental también es un miembro mayor del Comité de Servicios Financieros en la Cámara de Representantes y la Comité Económica Conjunto. En el Caucus Demócrata de la Cámara de Representantes se ha desempeñado cómo la “Regional Whip” (una persona que recluta votos) y cómo vicepresidenta de la Comité Directiva de Política Demócrata de la Cámara de Representantes de los EEUU.

En el Comité de Servicios Financieros, Maloney ha trabajado para modernizar leyes y regulaciones financieras, fortalecer protecciones de consumidores e instituir supervisión más vigilante de la seguridad e integridad de la industria bancaria de la nación. Además, en el 114º Congreso, fue seleccionada por sus colegas congresistas para servir cómo la líder del partido en la minoría en el Subcomité de Mercados de Capital y Empresas Patrocinadas por el Gobierno y continuó en esa posición en el 115º Congreso. Continúa su membrecía del Subcomité de Instituciones Financieras y Crédito de Consumidores (un subcomité que dirigió en el 109º y 110º Congresos y sirvió cómo líder del partido en la minoridad en el 112º Congreso), y también sirve en el nuevo Subcomité de Terrorismo y Finanza Ilícita.

Maloney sirvió en el comité de la conferencia histórica de las reformas financieras de Dodd-Frank, lo que estableció la Agencia de Protección Financiera del Consumidor. Su Carta de Derechos de Usuarios de Tarjetas de Crédito (Credit CARD Act) fue convertida en ley por presidente Obama en la primavera de 2009. Actualmente está trabajando para disminuir el uso de empresas ficticias anónimas que financian drogas ilícitas, la trata de personas y terrorismo.

Cómo miembro mayor del Comité de Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental, los proyectos de ley de Maloney han resultado en un gobierno que trabaja con más eficiencia. Igualmente, su legislación ha ahorrado cientos de millones de dólares en dinero para contribuyentes.

Cómo cofundadora del Caucus de la Comisión de 9/11, Maloney ayudó a escribir y aprobar legislación que creyó la Comisión de 9/11. Además, más tarde, escribió legislación para implementar todas las recomendaciones de la Comisión de 9/11 para mejorar la recopilación de inteligencia. Cuya legislación fue descrita como el proyecto de ley más importante acerca de inteligencia en décadas. El Acto de James Zadroga para la Salud y Recompensación de Sobrevivientes de 9/11 (James Zadroga 9/11 Health Care and Compensation Act), su proyecto de ley para proveer asistencia médica y compensación para primeros auxilios en 9/11, residentes y trabajadores cerca de la zona cero, fue aprobado por Congreso al fin de 2010 y fue convertido en ley por presidente Obama en 2 enero 2011. El Programa de Salud del Centro Mundial de Comercio fue extendido permanentemente y el Fondo para el Recompenso De Victimas de 9/11 fue completamente financiado por la reautorización del proyecto de ley que lo asigno $8 billones en diciembre 2015.

Maloney es una campeona de cuestiones internacionales de la mujer y en contra de la trata de personas. Congresista Maloney ha autorizado y ha ayudado aprobar proyectos de ley que se tratan de la trata de personas, incluyendo el primer proyecto de ley que se enfoque en la demanda por la trata de personas y castiga los perpetradores de estés crímenes intolerables. Más aún, es la vicepresidenta del Caucus de Congreso sobre la Trata de Personas y la vicepresidenta del Grupo de Trabajo Contra la Trata de Personas para el Caucus de Congreso para las Cuestiones de la Mujer.

Durante su primer plazo en Congreso, Congresista Maloney aprobó legislación para proveer mamografía para mujeres bajo Medicare. Su legislación para crear una Oficina para La Salud de Mujeres en cinco agencias federales fue parte de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible, una reforma legislativa de salud pública transformativa que fue convertida en ley por presidente Obama.

La Ciudad de Nueva York no tiene defensora más apasionada que Maloney. Maloney ha entregado más de $10 billones en asistencia federal a la Ciudad de Nueva York, incluyendo billones de dólares para dos de los proyectos de construcción de tránsitos más grandes en la nación, el Metro Second Avenue y el Proyecto de Acceso del East Side, ambos que cruzan su distrito. Estés proyectos han creado miles de empleos en Nueva York. Entre otros proyectos, Maloney ha obtenido los fondos federales siguientes: $670 millones para reemplazar el Puente Kosciuszko, $37.9 millones para el Hospital Flotante, $4.4 millones para nuevos trasbordadores, $20 millones para Dutch Kills Green, $27 millones para reparaciones del techo del Queensbridge y más de $300 millones en subvenciones federales para un proyecto de mejoramiento de las líneas de alta velocidad en las playas ferroviarias Sunnyside.

Congresista Maloney ha recibido numerosos premios y distinciones durante su tiempo en el Congreso, incluido el Premio TMG-eMedia Líderes de Pensamiento en Negocios; el Premio al Servicio Excepcional de la Cámara de Comercio de Manhattan; el Premio CUNY para Mujeres Lideres; El Premio del Legado de Eleanor Roosevelt Pionera de la Democracia; el Premio Defensora Humana de la Sociedad Humana; El Premio al Legislador Sobresaliente del Club de Mujeres de Negocios y Profesionales de Nueva York; El Premio Jessie Bernard para Mujeres Sabias del Centro de Estudios Políticas de la Mujer; y el Premio Planned Parenthood Opciones Responsables. En 2003, fue la única Congresista seleccionada por la revista Ms. para su lista de “Cincuenta mujeres que hicieron una impacta”. La Congresista Maloney fue nombrada recientemente por eNews 21 para Mujeres como una de las líderes del siglo XXI en mayo de 2017.

Congresista Maloney ha sido reconocida no solo por sus colegas en el Congreso, pero también por grupos externos por su capacidad para provocar cambios. GovTrack la seleccionó, entre todos sus colegas Demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes, para su reconocimiento en la categoría de "liderazgo", lo que indica su gran capacidad para conseguir copatrocinadores para sus proyectos de ley.

Congresista Maloney es actualmente un miembro del Foro de Mujeres Inc., el Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores, El Club de Mujeres de la Ciudad, El Instituto Alice Paul, El Legado Eleanor Roosevelt, La Asociación Financiera de Mujeres, La Organización Nacional Para Mujeres, Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Empresarias y Profesionales, Conservación de Sitios Culturales de Nueva York y CIVITAS.

Congresista Maloney es un miembro Eleanor Roosevelt distinguido en la NY Junior League.

Además, es la fundadora y copresidenta de la Caucus sobre cuestiones Helénicas en la Cámara de Representantes.

Congresista Maloney obtuvo un cinturón negro de primer grado en Taekwondo en enero de 2007.