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House Republicans began their tenure in the majority Monday by passing a bill that would rescind nearly $71 billion that Congress had provided the IRS, fulfilling a campaign promise even though the legislation is unlikely to advance further.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushed New York Governor Kathy Hochul to include the Staten Island Expressway HOV lane extension in the upcoming five-year State Transportation Infrastructure Plan (STIP).
A pair of politicians who rep both southern Brooklyn and Staten Island joined forces Monday to denounce the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan to raise transportation fares and tolls by 5.5% — despite recent claims from Governor Kathy Hochul that fare hikes and service cuts in 2023 and 2024 were “off the table.”
The chronically cash-strapped MTA is a “black hole” that should be audited before getting another dime from the government, US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said Monday.
Tearing into an MTA fare hike proposal alongside Assemblyman Mike Tannousis, Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) called on GOP colleagues in Washington to “audit” the MTA’s use of federal bailout money.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), along with Democrat Reps. Jared Golden (ME-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) warned of potential heating issues in the Northeast this winter due to a shortage in heating oil supplies and called on President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy to work with Congress to proactively address natural gas and diesel supply shortages in the Northeast, rising energy costs and develop a plan to prevent rolling blackouts should the region experience frigid temperatures this winter.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) applauded the passage of H. J. Res. 100, legislation to adopt the terms of the September 2022 Tentative Agreement and resolve the dispute between freight railroads and rail workers to avert a labor strike that could devastate the U.S. economy. The resolution is supported by the freight railroads, shippers, and eight of the twelve labor unions.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., discusses a rail strike's 'devastating' impact on the economy and a possible congressional intervention.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) called for Republicans in the Senate to hold the line in the lame-duck session of Congress and ensure that the lame-duck Congress only passes an extension of current funding levels so that way there are no increases in federal spending levels during the session before the Republican majority in the House of Representatives takes power in January.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) criticized the Biden administration for pushing for more federal COVID funding when there are large sums of money from the previous COVID spending packages that have not been spent yet and when billions of dollars in money from prior COVID spending bills has been stolen through fraud.