mrs. maloney. mrs. maloney: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. and i would like to thank my friend and the congressional progressive caucus for dedicating this time to talk about passing the equal rights amendment, a cause i have fought for my entire time in caug. march is women's history month and we have many accomplishments to celebrate and be proud of, but we must remain focused on full equality of woman. this goal will not be fully realized and half of americans will not realize their full potential. all of us, men and women, stand to benefit from true gender equality. consider, for instance, some laws being proposed across the nation that have disparity negative impacts on women. in illinois, a bill sponsored by men would deny a certificate to the newborns unless the father is listed on a birth certificate. this would make it impossible for a mother to enroll her child in a public school or a driver's license or collect child support. the law is silent on single fathers. in kentucky, the state senate has sponsored a bill by a man that would

mrs. maloney. mrs. maloney: welcome, mr. cordray. my question concerns the credit card bill of rights the second bill president obama signed into law. and rahm emanuel, his former chief of staff told me that it's one of the most popular thing he is ever did because it touches so many consumers. in that card act we require you, the bureau, conduct a review every two years of whether the act was having the effects that we intended. so first of all, i want to know what is the response to the card act when you get complaints are you getting complaints about credit cards to the extend you were before the card act went into effect? and what about the clear and transparent disclosures? has that worked? and no more hidden fees or unexpected interest rate hikes that are hidden? the bill wanted to crack down on unfair and abusive tactics by card companies on consumers. and your report found that the card act has dramatically improved the credit card market, making it fair, more transparent, and even as the cost and availability have improved.

mrs. maloney. mrs. maloney: welcome, mr. cordray. my question concerns the credit card bill of rights the second bill president obama signed into law. and rahm emanuel, his former chief of staff told me that it's one of the most popular thing he is ever did because it touches so many consumers. in that card act we require you, the bureau, conduct a review every two years of whether the act was having the effects that we intended. so first of all, i want to know what is the response to the card act when you get complaints are you getting complaints about credit cards to the extend you were before the card act went into effect? and what about the clear and transparent disclosures? has that worked? and no more hidden fees or unexpected interest rate hikes that are hidden? the bill wanted to crack down on unfair and abusive tactics by card companies on consumers. and your report found that the card act has dramatically improved the credit card market, making it fair, more transparent, and even as the cost and availability have improved.

mr. maloney? -- aren't they mr. maloney? a lot of dems are illegal weapons. el chapo, who is coming back and withinhe also had a traced to the fast and furious. -- weapon traced to the passenger is. supplied by the u.s. government and the stroke traffic or --- drug trafficker crossing the border like a holiday visit. are you aware of that? can you confirm that for the committee? >> i would not be in the best position to do that. i will take it back to the department. rep. mica: i want you to check on it and let me know. i am pleased with the people out there. i met with some of your people. the prosecutions are not what they should be. you go to singapore. they do not have a treatment program. i want to put you out of business. all the treatment programs. i want to put them out of business because our kids and adults should not have to go to treatment. but we are allowing this crap to come into the united states. it is offensive. we are killing tens of thousands, folks. and anything else, people would be outraged. where are you? just say no, and just say mayb

mrs. maloney for five minutes. >> thank you very much, a major focus of the economic report of the president is widening economic inequality. your report argues that extreme inequality can be an economic problem, dragon productivity and growth. please explain to even those were not concerned about the growing gap between the haves and have not why we should be concerned about inequality and why is it vast inequality everybody's problem? >> thank you for your question i think there's a number of reasons, one of the clearest is that if you have inequality of income you're going to have inequality of opportunity. if you have have inequality of opportunity there is talents that could be contributing more to our economy but will not get the shot that it should get because it is lacking educational and other opportunities so we will miss out on the innovation and creativity that we need to push us forward. >> as you noted in your testimony the share of income going to the top 1% in the united states is much higher than in other g7 countries. why has the experience from the united states been so di

mr. maloney? -- aren't they mr. maloney? a lot of dems are illegal weapons. el chapo, who is coming back and withinhe also had a traced to the fast and furious. -- weapon traced to the passenger is. supplied by the u.s. government and the stroke traffic or --- drug trafficker crossing the border like a holiday visit. are you aware of that? can you confirm that for the committee? >> i would not be in the best position to do that. i will take it back to the department. rep. mica: i want you to check on it and let me know. i am pleased with the people out there. i met with some of your people. the prosecutions are not what they should be. you go to singapore. they do not have a treatment program. i want to put you out of business. all the treatment programs. i want to put them out of business because our kids and adults should not have to go to treatment. but we are allowing this crap to come into the united states. it is offensive. we are killing tens of thousands, folks. and anything else, people would be outraged. where are you? just say no, and just say mayb

mrs. maloney: the affordable care act is one of the most important pieces of legislation in a generation. thanks to the affordable care act, 20 million people have gained health insurance coverage. as this chart shows, the percentage of the population without health insurance is now under 10%. that is the first time this has happened in our nation's history. just look at it. the uninsured rate was steady for many, many years and then after the affordable care act was passed, it dropped like a stone. thanks to the a.c.a., young people are now able to stay on their parents' plans. thanks to the a.c.a., families who couldn't get health insurance through their employer can now get it. thanks to the a.c.a., people who couldn't afford health insurance can get subsidies to help them afford it. thanks to the a.c.a., people who have what the insurance industry calls pre-existing conditions are no longer left high and dry. the a.c.a. has been a lifesaver for people who were previously uninsured. it is a good thing for our economy, and a promise kept to our constituents. i'd like to wish the a.c.a.,

mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, republicans often claim that they can manage the economy better than democrats, but the facts show something very different entirely. research by economists alan blinder and mark watson find that by virtually every measure of economic growth and health, including g.d.p. growth and job creation, the economy has performed better under democratic presidents than republican presidents. alan blinder and professor watson put it simply and i quote, the u.s. economy performs much better when a democrat is president than a republican, end quote. the staff, democratic staff at the joint economic committee updated and expanded on their analysis and found that on average since world war ii, real g.d.p. has grown 1.6 times faster under democrats than republicans, public sector job growth has grown 1.5 times faster under democrats. this chart tells a story. the democratic line is blue. the red is republican. and it shows clearly the job growth was higher and better -- under democratic pres

mr. maloney? and a lot of those are illegal weapons. this morning, el chapo, who was coming back and forth, one of the weapons he had was traced to the fast and the furious. a weapon supplied by the united states government. the principal drug trafficker trafficking across the border like a holiday visit, he had one of the past and furious. are you aware of that? >> i am aware from the press report. >> can you confirm that for the committee? >> i would not be in the best position to do that. >> i want you to check on it for me and let me know, ok? i am very pleased i the people out there, but i've met with some of your people on the prosecutions are not what they should be. you know, you go to singapore and they do not have a treatment program. i want to put you out of this news, dr. wen. all the treatment programs. i want to put them out of business because our kids and our adult should not have to go to treatment. but we are allowing this to come into the united states. it is offensive. we are killing tens of thousands. bething else,

mr. maloney? testimony: yes, that's correct. >> i saw the pattern. they are cartels. they are organized. did you all see el chapo? he said he came across the border. it was like a sieve. after the most sought drug dealer and he crosses the border like a holiday visit to the united states. somehow, we've got to get a handle on this. there prosecutions, when we looked at trafficking with illegal weapons is down. and prosecution. i talked to some of my da folks -- they are not going to say this -- but it is hard to make cases on these guys. a lot of cases are dropped on the traffickers. sir, we have, prosecution. giveuild the case and you them to the district. i am going to demand a meeting with my u.s. attorney in the central district and see why there prosecutions are down. but they are down. did you know that? also seen that the sentences are up and that we are focused on the -- mr. michael: they are telling me that it is hard to make the case. they are bringing deadly substances in. and the trafficking pattern, some is coming through the u.s. mail. they told me the m

mrs. maloney, for five minutes. >> thank you very much. a major focus of the economic report of the president is widening economic inequality. and your report argues that extreme inequality will be a macroeconomic problem, a drag on productivity and growth. please explain to even those who aren't concerned about the growing gap between the haves and the have-nots, why we should be concerned about inequality and why is vast inequality everybody's problem. >> thanks for your question. and i think there's a number of reasons. one of the clearest is that if you have inequality of income, you're going to have inequality of opportunity. and if you have inequality of opportunity, there's talent that could be contributing more to our economy but won't get the shot that it should get because lacking educational and other opportunities. so, we'll miss out on the innovation and creativity we need to push us forward. >> okay. as you noted in your testimony, the share of income going to the top 1% in the united states is much higher than in other g7 co

mr. maloney? >> yes, that is correct. folksat with the haida and saw the pattern. did you all see what is his name, el chapo? he said he came across the border. --t was a major drug dealer the most sought-after drug passes across the border like it is some kind of holiday visit to the united states. so, somehow we have got to get a handle on this. i just looked up the prosecutions -- the prosecution when we looked at trafficking with the legal weapons is down. and prosecution. i talked to some of my dea folks. they won't tell you this on the record. but it is very hard to make cases on these guys. a lot of cases are dropped. these are dealers in debt. we haveaware, sir, again, prosecution, you build the case and give them to the district. i am going to demand a meeting with my u.s. attorney in at the prosecutions are down. but they are down, did you know that? >> i have seen they are down, but i have seen that sentences are up and we are focused -- >> they are telling me it is hard to make the case. these are murderers and we can't stop them. they are bringing dead

mrs. maloney: the law has already shut down over half the abortion clinics in the state of texas. if the law is upheld today it will effectively end the constitutional right of women in texas to obtain a legal abortion. and if ta happen -- and if that happen the extreme texas law will likely be used as a blueprint by anti-choice extremists across this country. now, they claim that this law's restrictive provisions are necessary to protect a woman's health. but doctors across this nation will tell you that that is a lie. the harsh restrictions were designed with a single purpose of closing and blocking access to choice. i proudly joined over 162 of my colleagues on an amicus brief urging the court to strike down this law. the right to choose is meaningless without the access to choice. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek rick -- eek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am congressman ted lieu from southern california. mr. lieu: today i rise to celebrate the month of marc

mr. maloney of new york is now recognized. mccarthy, would you check on the level of lead in new york city's water and get back to me, and i am grateful that there are professional employees working for the health and protect the health of the american people. i want to thank you for the job you are doing. gina mccarthy: thank you. >> the people in flint are s of lead inh-level their water. and governor snyder, you utterly failed in your responsibility to protect them. earlier you testified that we needed action, we needed action by the epa, we needed action by the city council. but even after you found out that there were problems, that it was in paper in front of you, it was your staff, once you knew even when you knew, you delayed and you put people's lives in danger. 25, 2015, miguel dell mdeq send an e-mail to the expressing concern with no corrosion control being used in flint, and he wrote, i am worried. i am worried that the whole town may have much higher lead levels than the compliant results indicated, and i would l

nbc' s mary maloney reports. mr. sanders: we stand today with the people of brussels. mr. kasich: today of course is a sad day for the entire civilized world. mary: presidential hopefuls express sympathy for the victims of the brussels attacks. but where they differ is how to respond to the threat by isis. mrs. clinton: we have to toughen our surveillance, our interception of communication. we also have to toughen, as you say, soft targets with, you know, greater police presence. there is no getting around that. mr. sanders: we need to have significantly improved intelligence, and that intelligence cannot be done just within the united states. mary: ted cruz says police should be able to patrol muslim neighborhoods to prevent halt the president' s ill-advised plan to bring in tens of thousands of syrian muslim refugees. mary: donald trump renewing his proposal to temporarily ban muslims from entering the country. mr. trump: we have no choice, and you' re going to make exceptions on heads of state and certain people and i' saying you don' t do that, but we have a real probl

mrs. maloney of new york is now recognized. rep. maloney: administrator mccarthy, would you check on the level of lead in new york city's water and get back to me? and i am grateful that there are professional employees working for the health and protect the health of the american people. i want to thank you for the job you are doing. gina mccarthy: thank you. rep. maloney: the people in flint are drinking high-levels of lead in their water. and governor snyder, you utterly failed in your responsibility to protect them. earlier you testified that we needed action, we needed action by the epa, we needed action by the city council. but even after you found out that there were problems, that it was in paper in front of you, it was your staff, once you knew even when you knew, you delayed and you put people's lives in danger. on april 25, 2015, miguel del ano, epa official, sent e-mail to pat cook to mdeq on the state level expressing concerns that no corrosion control was being used in flint and he wrote, i quote, "i am w orried that t

mr. wahlberg. we now recognize the gentleman from new york, ms. maloney for five minutes.gentleman mr. wahlberg. we now recognize the gentleman from new york, ms. maloney for five minutes. >> the flint drinking water crisis is a national scandal and it cries out for accountability from those that are responsible. and that is what we are trying to accomplish today. i would like to begin with mayor walling. mayor walling and mr. early's statement for this committee, he made several statements that specifically concern the involvement of yourself and the city council in the decision to switch to the flint water. first, mr. early alleges and i quote, quote the concept of using the flint river is an interim water source, was inherent in the city council's kwa water authority vote. and kurtz' mark 2013 order. enquote. so mayor wall, at any time did the city council ever vote on using the flint river as an interim source of water? >> no. >> now mr. earl ey never says that the city council voted on this issue. rather he very clearly implies that somehow their vote to join the kwa water authority meant th

mr. walling: yes, emergency managers often amended the budget they were working with. sen. maloney: they have that power, not the city council. mr. walling: correct. senator: i now recognize the michigan.om senator: thank you especially to professor edwards, who has been an extremely valuable expert in this area. i share your concerns about the epa's role in this. many important points were made in that regard. early, you wrote a column in october 2015 for "the detroit ?ews" i would like to enter this into the record. senator: so ordered. sen. amash: you have made it clear here today that the decision to switch over to the flint river was made by the previous emergency manager on the city council, correct? dr. edwards: that -- mr. earley: that is correct. sen. amash: in your op-ed it said it felt to -- it felt to you. mr. earley: that is correct. sen. amash: it also says -- it question,ll to me to second-guess, or invalidate the actions in my appointment. do you really believe that? mr. earley: i believe that there was no effort made to change what had been implemented. i'm sorry,

maloney. >> welcome mr. cordray. the question concerns the credit card bill of rights which is the second bill that president obama signed into law and rahm emanuel his former chief of staff told me that it's one of the most popular things that he ever did because it touches so many consume consumers. and in that card act we required you, the bureau, to conduct a review every two years of whether the act was having the effects that we intended. first of all, i want to know, what is the response to the card act when you get complaints, are you getting complaints about credit cards? to the extent you were before the card act went into effect. and what about the clear and transparent disclosures? has that worked? and no more hidden fees are expected, interest rate hikes that are hidden. the bill wanted to crack down on unfair and abusive tactics by card companies only consumers. your report found that the card act has dramatically improved the credit card market, making it fair, more transpafrnt and even as the cost and

mr. tiberi, our vice chairman, who will recognize ms. maloney as ranking member, and then into somewhat byzantine order of who came first and which chamber you are from and what is your seniority, we will try to do a fair allocation of back and forth. and i have someone here who has studied, and an expert on telling you, vice chairman, who is next. and trust me, with people in and out back and forth they can get very complicated. mr. chairman, i came to office all long time ago. one of the very first critical votes i had to face wasn't the decision as to whether or not we would raise the debt ceiling limit to over $1 trillion. people say wow, that must've been 100 years ago. not quite. that was 1981. today we are at the 19 trillion mark. look, let's take the politics out of this. we had three years of balanced budgets at the end of the 1900s before he came into this new millennium. under both republican control and democrat-controlled, we have seen an ever accelerating plunge into debt. we know that the darth vader of the future economy is lurki

congresswoman caroline maloney demanded with an unusual number of explanation points an apology from trump. mr. trump's statement that women should be punished for terminating a pregnancy was inflammatory and insulting to every woman in the united states, she said. his endless parade of gratuitous disgrace. many republicans seem to agree. >> he has to spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to made. one-issue crowd. a lot of the people here also upset about trump's proposal to japan, maybe even saudi arabia to build nuclear weapons. a lot of people calling that idea catastrophic. reporting live from central park, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the alleged mastermind of the paris terror attacks will likely be extradited to france. authorities in belgium authorized the transfer today. his lawyer says abdeslam is promising to cooperate with the investigation. he's accused of helping plan and execute the attacks on november 13th that killed 130 people. >>> meanwhile in brussels authorities say they are ready to resume flights from the bomb damaged airport but not until tomorrow eve

mr. chairman. >> thank the gentleman. let me recognize the gentle lady from new york miss maloney. >> i thank the chairman and ranking memberand all of the panelists for focusing on this really crisis in health care in our country. and it's encouraging to hear your testimony and the efforts that are taking place in the city, state and federal governments across our country. >> but we in congress need to put money where our mouth is. and the short-term i urge my colleagues to approve the 600 million in emergency funding which the professionals are asking for to combat this epidemic. from what i'm hearing from dr. wen and others is if we hit the treatment level when they're becoming addicted to the pain killers, you hit it thin then it doesn't get to another level of the opium. so i think if we could fund it, that would be important. now, the senate recently acted on this crisis. they passed the comprehensive addiction and recoveriability of 2016 to help prevent and treat the opioid addiction but it does not provide any funding. so, what good is a program, mayor jacobs, that doesn't provide any funding? does this program help

mr. dacosta. >>my name is francisco dacosta. i'm pretty well acquainted with mercy housing. i personally know doug shoemaker. i am not here to talk about the organizationi am here to say commissioners i represent mark maloneyand you people know that dr. espinola jackson and myself represent mark maloney we represent the chapters in rosemary camera who appeared before the planning department.the mayor who really does what he wants is fully aware of our opposition. what will i state today regarding affordable housing. all of this land in san francisco and all of this land we exercise our right of forced refusal >>> they have stole this from us. and all of your deliberations and i watched very carefully they would never observed anything for maloney. they have never reserved anything for the indigenous people. especially those who have suffered. right now they are fighting for max nato 59 bullets came in his direction of which 9 entered his body. there is a connectionbetween these things and what is happening. i know mercy housing [timer dings] i hope that you commissioners that sit here mostly rubberstamping and i and for size rubberstamping, i know that mercy housing was shafted at treasure island. i know t

mr. dacosta. >>my name is francisco dacosta. i'm pretty well acquainted with mercy housing. i personally know doug shoemaker. i am not here to talk about the organizationi am here to say commissioners i represent mark maloneyand you people know that dr. espinola jackson and myself represent mark maloney we represent the chapters in rosemary camera who appeared before the planning department.the mayor who really does what he wants is fully aware of our opposition. what will i state today regarding affordable housing. all of this land in san francisco and all of this land we exercise our right of forced refusal >>> they have stole this from us. and all of your deliberations and i watched very carefully they would never observed anything for maloney. they have never reserved anything for the indigenous people. especially those who have suffered. right now they are fighting for max nato 59 bullets came in his direction of which 9 entered his body. there is a connectionbetween these things and what is happening. i know mercy housing [timer dings] i hope that you commissioners that sit here mostly rubberstamping and i and for size rubberstamping, i know that mercy housing was shafted at treasure island. i know t