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WASHINGTON, DC—Lawmakers representing areas served by the Metro-North rail service today announced plans to introduce legislation to make our nation’s rail systems safer. Metro-North has been plagued by preventable safety issues, which caused incidents such as December’s crash in the Bronx and last May’s employee death in West Haven.
On National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) urged his neighbors to turn in any unused or expired medications for safe disposal at locations across the Hudson Valley. On Saturday, Rep. Maloney will visit the U.S.
In a special order in the House of Representatives, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) honored and highlighted the contributions of former Congressman Maurice Hinchey as well as the Hudson River School, a mid-19th century American art movement led by a group of landscape painters. Click here to watch the video message.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney urged the Federal Railroad Administration to quickly adopt new rules requiring two-person train crews on crude oil trains.
Joined by his neighbors, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) hosted an Equal Pay Day Google Hangout. Equal Pay Day is the symbolic day when women's earnings finally catch up to men's earnings from the previous year. In the Hudson Valley, women working full time earn 78% of men’s median earnings which amounts to a yearly gap of $14,000.
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) called on Speaker Boehner and the House of Representatives to immediately consider the U.S. Senate agreement to restore emergency unemployment insurance for five months.
After the release of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)’s accident investigation docket, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) called for the adoption of NTSB safety recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration on fatigue for on-duty train crews.
At a meeting of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney questioned Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the progress of implementation of the Farm Bill including the development of whole farm insurance and investments in specialty crop research for locations like the Cornell University's Hudson Valley Laboratory.