Carolyn Maloney has always put New York first on every issue, constantly keeping tabs on the needs of New Yorkers and doing everything she can to support them. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that New York fully recovers from 9/11 and that our national security is strengthened. She fought for every single TARP dollar that flows into New York, creating a lifeline for local businesses, enabling them to succeed and recover from the economic recession.

Serving as Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, Carolyn Maloney has taken a leading role in addressing the nation’s economic problems head on. She has worked to modernize financial services laws and regulations while advocating for transparency and fairness. Her work on job creation, identity theft, and foreign investment, has made her a well-respected leader on economic issues.

Carolyn has broken down barriers and created opportunities. Her career has been a series of firsts. Maloney is the first woman to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District; the first woman to represent New York City’s 7th Council district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office); and is currently 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.

Carolyn Maloney has always stood up for consumers. Not only did she defy the powerful credit card industry and write the Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights that was signed into law by President Obama on May 22, 2009, but she has a long history of fighting for consumers even when it wasn’t politically convenient. With some of the world’s largest banks and credit card companies in her district, Maloney has not faltered in her efforts to fight for everyday New Yorkers.

Carolyn Maloney has consistently fought to keep New York safe from the threat of gun violence. Too many innocent Americans are killed by guns each year, by accident or otherwise. Carolyn has never faltered in her fight for the victims of this needless violence, and has worked tirelessly throughout her career to fight for gun safety and to keep guns out of the hands of those who wish to cause others harm.

Carolyn Maloney has spent her career vehemently opposing special interests when they stand against the interests of regular New Yorkers. She has supported increased ethics legislation for years, limiting the power of insider lobbyists and fighting for greater transparency. Maloney has stood strong on ethics reforms, consistently supporting campaign finance reform and fighting to get lobbyist money out of politics.

Carolyn Maloney has always been a proponent of improving our nation's health care system and increasing health insurance coverage to include every American. Carolyn was proud to cast her vote for the historic health care reform measure President Obama signed into law in March -- providing high quality, affordable health care for 2.5 million uninsured New Yorkers. She has worked to increase Federal funding of research on Parkinson's Disease, Cancer Screening, Skin Cancer Prevention, Vaccine Safety and Stem Cell Research. In addition, she has worked to improve the Medicare program, so our senior citizens can get the medical attention they deserve.

Carolyn recognizes that this country was built on the backs of immigrants, and has always believed that legal avenues to citizenship should be made available to hardworking members of our society. In addition, her record clearly shows her consistent rejection of measures that would lead to the unfair treatment of immigrants, denying them the dignity and compassion they deserve.