Maloney, Carolyn, 1946-

<p>Carolyn Bosher Maloney (née Carolyn Jane Bosher, February 19, 1946) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 12th congressional district since 2013, and for New York's 14th congressional district from 1993 to 2013. The district includes most of Manhattan's East Side, Astoria and Long Island City in Queens, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as well as Roosevelt Island. Maloney is a member of the Democratic Party.</p>

<p>Maloney was the first woman to represent New York City's 7th Council district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office). On October 17, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose Maloney to become acting chair of the House Oversight Committee after the death of Elijah Cummings. She won the election to succeed Cummings on November 20</p>

<p>Carolyn Bosher Maloney was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 19, 1946, the daughter of Christine Elizabeth (née Clegg) and Ralph George Bosher. She attended Greensboro College. After graduating, she visited New York City in 1970, and decided to stay.</p>

MALONEY, Carolyn Bosher, a Representative from New York; born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., February 19, 1946; B.A., Greensboro College, Greensboro, N.C., 1968; community affairs coordinator, New York, N.Y., board of education welfare education program, 1972-1975; staff, New York, N.Y., board of education center for career and occupational education, 1975-1976; staff, New York state assembly committee on housing, 1977; senior program analyst, New York state assembly committee on cities, 1977-1979; executive director, advisory council, office of the New York state senate minority leader, 1979-1982; director of special projects, office of the New York state senate minority leader, 1980-1982; member of the New York, N.Y., city council, 1982-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present); chair, Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred Eleventh Congress); chair, Committee on Oversight and Reform (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).

<p>First elected to Congress in 1992, Carolyn B. Maloney is a recognized progressive national leader with extensive accomplishments on financial services, national security, the economy, and women’s issues. She is currently Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and former Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, the first woman to hold both of these positions.</p>

<p>Maloney has authored and passed more than 74 measures, either as stand-alone bills or as measures incorporated into larger legislation packages. Twelve of these bills were signed into law at formal (and rare) Presidential Signing Ceremonies.</p>

<p>Rep. Maloney’s career has been a series of firsts. She is the first woman to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District; the first woman to represent New York City’s 7th Councilmanic district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office); and was the first woman to Chair the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines and addresses the nation’s most pressing economic issues. Only 18 women in history have chaired Congressional committees. Maloney is the author of <i>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</i>, which has been used as a textbook in women’s studies courses.</p>