Rice, Kathleen, 1965-

<p>Kathleen Maura Rice (born February 15, 1965) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and the United States Representative for New York's 4th congressional district. She is a Democrat. Before serving in Congress, Rice served as the Nassau County District Attorney, and, before that, she served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in New York City.</p>

<p>On January 29, 2014, Rice announced that she would run for Congress in New York's 4th congressional district to replace retiring Democratic incumbent Carolyn McCarthy. Rice defeated Republican nominee Bruce Blakeman on November 4, 2014, and took office in January 2015.</p>

<p>Congresswoman Kathleen Rice represents New York's Fourth Congressional District, which encompasses the majority of Nassau County, NY, a diverse suburban community located on Long Island. </p>

<p>First elected to Congress in 2014, Kathleen has become a leading voice on national security issues as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, where she passed legislation to improve airport security screening in her first year and conducted rigorous oversight of the Trump Administration's border policies during her tenure as Chair of the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Kathleen established herself as a fierce advocate for veterans and for accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and she authored bipartisan legislation to expand employment opportunities for veterans, which was signed into law in January 2021. For the 117th Congress, Kathleen was named to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has the broadest jurisdiction of any authorizing committee in Congress, and she remains a member of the Homeland Security Committee.</p>

<p>Prior to Congress, Kathleen ran for District Attorney of Nassau County in 2005 and shocked the Long Island political establishment by defeating a 31-year incumbent, becoming the first woman elected District Attorney in Long Island history. Kathleen served as District Attorney from 2006 to 2014, and received national acclaim for her efforts to combat drunk driving, which led to a statewide overhaul of DWI laws and Long Island's first DWI-related murder convictions. Rice also focused on combating public corruption, launching investigations that led to significant government reforms and the convictions of dozens of officials from both parties who violated the public's trust.</p>

RICE, Kathleen Maura, a Representative from New York; born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 15, 1965; graduated from Garden City High School, Garden City, N.Y., 1983; B.A., Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1987; J.D., Touro Law Center, Long Island, N.Y., 1991; lawyer; Nassau County, N.Y., district attorney, 2005-2014; unsuccessful candidate for election as New York state attorney general in 2010; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).