Carolyn Maloney

Democrat Carolyn Maloney is a member of the United States House of Representatives in New York's District 14.http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3 A former teacher and political staff member, she has held the House seat since she was elected in 1992.http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3 In the 2010 Democratic Primary for Congress, Maloney defeated Indian-American hedge fund lawyer Reshma Saujani in a landslide victory, earning more than 81 percent of the vote.http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2010/sep/14/results-primary-election/

Maloney is the first woman to represent District 14 of New York, the first woman to represent New York City’s Seventh Council District (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office), and the first woman to chair the Joint Economic Committee, a congressional panel that examines and addresses the national economic issues.http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3

Carolyn Maloney was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 19, 1946.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/418 She earned her undergraduate degree at the city's Greensboro College in 1968.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/418 From 1971 to 1977, she worked as a teacher and administrator for the New York Board of Education.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26978 Maloney held senior staff positions in the New York state legislature until 1982 when she decided to run for public office in the New York City Council.http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1488&Itemid=92 She remained a councilmember until 1993.http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1488&Itemid=92

Maloney is a senior member of the Committee on Financial Services and encourages legislation that works to modernize financial service laws and regulations while advocating consumer protections.http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1488&Itemid=92 She is a supporter of the 9/11 Commission and recently urged the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that provides healthcare and medical monitoring to thousands of workers affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.http://www.carolynmaloney.com/multimedia/latest_news/view/2010-11-carolyn-urges-senate-passage-of-911-health-bill Maloney is also a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and is the Democratic Chair on the Joint Economic Committee.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/418