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Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY). Rep. Maloney is the first woman ever to
represent New York’s 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House of
Representatives. Her district contains many of New York City's most historic
and well-known neighborhoods, including most of the East Side of Manhattan
and the Astoria and Long Island City communities in Western Queens. Her book, Rumors of Our
Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any
Easier - and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters, written by a super delegate and a woman whose mother was
born without the right to vote, is a testament to the struggles of the
average woman in America. Call now for interviews with Carolyn on all the
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CAROLYN
MALONEY: A CAREER OF "FIRSTS"
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, a
Democrat, is the first woman ever to represent New York’s 14th Congressional
District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Her district contains many of
New York City's most historic and well-known neighborhoods, including most of
the East Side of Manhattan and the Astoria and Long Island City communities
in Western Queens. After serving for ten years on the New York City Council,
where she served as the first Chair of the Council’s Committee on Contracts,
Maloney defeated a 14-year Republican incumbent in her first race for
Congress in 1992. In an upset victory in which she was heavily outspent by
her opponent, she became the first Democrat to unseat a Republican opponent
in Manhattan in nearly two decades and the first woman ever to represent the
East Side of Manhattan in Congress. Inspired by her successful challenge,
Democrats have subsequently enjoyed a string of victories on Manhattan’s East
Side, replacing Republicans in open races for State Senate, Assembly, and City
Council seats. Thanks to the example set by Carolyn Maloney, today every
legislator representing the East Side was elected as a Democrat.
CAROLYN IN
CONGRESS
Carolyn Maloney serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the
Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee,
and was recently named the Chair of the House Democratic Task Force on
Homeland Security. On the Financial Services Committee, she is the Ranking
Member of the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology, and
Economic Growth, which has jurisdiction over the Federal Reserve, U.S.
monetary policy, currency and coinage, financial services technology issues,
and economic growth. Since being elected to Congress, Maloney has worked to
modernize financial services laws and regulations while strongly advocating
consumer protections that reflect the increasingly global economy.
CAROLYN: A WOMEN'S
LEADER
A former Co-Chair of the Women's Caucus, Maloney is one of the leading advocates
for issues important to women and families, with special emphasis on equal
rights and opportunity for women, health care, foster care reform, and
reproductive freedom. She is the leader sponsor in the House of the Equal
Rights Amendment. Her bill to offer annual mammograms for women on Medicare
was included in the FY98 budget agreement. Congresswoman Maloney is currently
trying to pass legislation that will enable Americans who rely on private
insurance to obtain the cancer screening tests they need for breast,
prostate, cervical, and colorectal cancers. Maloney has authored legislation
to restore funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which was
zeroed out by Congress in 1998, and served on the U.S. Delegations to the
Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and to the International
Conference on Population and Development fifth-year review and appraisal at
The Hague (Cairo + 5). She has also introduced “Kiddie Mac” legislation to
make child care more available and affordable by guaranteeing loans for day
care facility construction and improvements. A leading advocate for increased
government funding for health care research, Maloney founded and co-chairs
the bipartisan Congressional Working Group on Parkinson's Disease to increase
awareness of the disease and to coordinate efforts to increase research
funding.
CAROLYN
AND THE WORLD
A staunch supporter of key U.S. allies, Maloney wrote and secured passage of
legislation cracking down on the Arab boycott of Israel. In 1998, she introduced
and secured passage of legislation allowing thousands of World War II-era
Nazi war crime records to be made available to the public for the first time.
She also has championed the cause of justice in Ireland. The co-founder and
co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, Carolyn Maloney has
been an outspoken advocate for peace on a re-united Cyprus and enhanced
U.S.-Greek relations.
CAROLYN’S EARLY
CAREER
After graduating from Greensboro College, Maloney worked for several years as
a teacher and an administrator for the New York City Board of Education. In
1977, she joined the staff of the New York State Legislature, holding senior
positions in both the State Assembly and the State Senate. In 1982, Maloney
ran for public office for the first time and, in an uphill race in an East
Harlem-based district where few insiders thought she could win, defeated an
incumbent to win a seat on the New York City Council. In her ten years on the
Council, Maloney fought to eliminate waste and fraud in government. In 1986,
she founded the Council's Committee on City Contracts and used her position
as its first Chair to write a series of laws establishing a computerized
system to monitor the $7 billion in municipal contracts awarded annually. She
was also the principal author of the landmark New York City Campaign Finance
Act, and wrote and introduced the first City legislation to recognize
domestic partnerships, including lesbian and gay couples in committed
relationships. During her tenure on the Council, Maloney also became a
champion of issues important to women, families, and children. The first
Council Member to give birth while in office, Maloney was also the first to
offer a comprehensive package of legislation to make day care more available
and affordable. Carolyn Maloney has never lost an election. In 2002 she was
reelected with 77% of the vote.
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