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Joined by labor, business and other community leaders, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) rallied in opposition to ongoing secret trade negotiations, known as “fast track” authorization, concerning new trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Currently, the TPP is being negotiated in secret between the United States and 11 Pacific Rim countries including Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, and Vietnam, which are 40% of the world economy. Fast Track legislation, which would create a process to ram the agreement through Congress, was introduced in the Senate and House on January 9th, and surrenders Congress’ constitutional rights with respect to trade policy.

While celebrating the life and teachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King at Baptist Temple Church in Newburgh, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) announced support for the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act, which reestablishes critical voter protections struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2013.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney supported Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act which overwhelmingly passed the House by a vote of 359-67. The bill, expected to pass the Senate later this week, repeals the worst effects of the last Congress’ sequester. This legislation includes provisions to construct a new training center for the Army Reserve in Bullville, NY and invests in construction of new cadet barracks at West Point. The bill also sends nearly 4,000 New York children back to Head Start, boosts safety inspections from the Federal Railroad Administration, provides new resources to address the backlog of veteran disability claims, and repeals the recently enacted cut to cost of living adjustments, or COLAs for pensions of disabled military retirees and survivors.