Nita M. Lowey

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:House_Committee_on_Education_and_Labor
gptkb:Congressional_Progressive_Caucus
gptkb:House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Reform
gptkb:House_Democratic_Caucus
gptkb:Women's_Caucus
gptkb:New_Democrat_Coalition
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Appropriations Committee
gptkbp:birth_date 1937-07-16
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:committee gptkb:House_Committee_on_Education_and_Labor
gptkb:House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Reform
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Appropriations Committee
gptkbp:district gptkb:New_York's_17th_congressional_district
gptkbp:education gptkb:Queens_College
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Nita_M._Lowey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nita M. Lowey
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/ Nita_ Lowey%2 C_official_portrait%2 C_113th_ Congress.jpg/800px-Nita_ Lowey%2 C_official_portrait%2 C_113th_ Congress.jpg
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:healthcare_reform
Environmental protection
Advocacy for women's rights
Funding for education
Support for Israel
gptkbp:notable_achievement Longest-serving member of Congress from New York's 17th district
First woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee
gptkbp:notable_work Appropriations Committee Chair
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:U._S._Representative
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_career gptkb:1988
gptkb:2021
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Green
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Westchester_County,_New_York
gptkbp:signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/ Nita_ Lowey_signature.svg/1200px-Nita_ Lowey_signature.svg.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:David_Lowey
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Mondaire_Jones
gptkbp:term_end 2021-01-03
gptkbp:term_start 1989-01-03
gptkbp:website lowey.house.gov
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nita_Lowey
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