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Nita Lowey's Biography

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Full Name:

Nita M. Lowey

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Stephen; 3 Children: Dana, Jackie, Douglas

Birth Date:

07/05/1937

Birth Place:

Bronx, NY

Home City:

Harrison, NY

Religion:

Jewish

BA, Marketing, Mount Holyoke College, 1959

Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 17, 2013-2021

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 17, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 18, 1993-2013

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 18, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

Representative, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 20, 1989-1993

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 20, 1988, 1990

Founder, Afterschool Caucus

Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Congressional Advisory Panel, National Campaign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Financing Task Force

Former Member, Congressional Armenian Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues

Member, Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus, Former Member

Former Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Former Member, Congressional India Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Task Force on Terror Financing

Former Member, Congressional Ukranian Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Women's Caucus

Former Chair, Congressional Women's Caucus

Former Member, Democratic Steering Group

Former Member, Executive Committee, Albanian Issues Caucus

Former Chair, House Pro-Choice Caucus

Former Member, House Pro-Choice Caucus

Former Co-Founder, Hudson River Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Long Island Sound Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Public Broadcasting Caucus

Former Chair, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, United States House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, United Nations Working Group

Former Chair, United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations

Former Member, United States House Select Committee on Homeland Security

Former Assistant, New York Secretary of State for Economic Development and Neighborhood Preservation

Assistant Secretary of State, State of New York, 1985-1988

Deputy Director, Division of Economic Opportunity, 1975-1985

Member, American Jewish Committee of Westchester

Member, Board of Directors, Close-Up Foundation

Deputy Whip, Democratic Study Group

Member, Effective Parenting Information for Children

Member, Executive Committee, Democratic Study Group

Member, Legal Awareness for Women

Member, National Committee of Police Corps

Member, National Council for the Arts

Member, Westchester Jewish Conference

Member, Westchester Opportunity Program

Member, Windward School

Member, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Women's Network

Chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2001-2002

Astrological Sign:

Cancer

Number of Grandchildren:

8

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