According to her family, former Rep. Nita Lowey was 87 years old.
Lowey, representing New York U.S. House of Representatives It was 32 years and was the first woman on the House Appropriations Committee to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, died after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer, according to the New York Post.
“Nita’s family is crucial to her life,” the long-time MP family said in a statement. “We will miss her words, much more than words can say, and feel very comforted when we know she is living a fulfilling and purposeful life.”
Long-term Democratic Congressman and House Appropriations Chairman Nita Lowey retires
Rep. Nita Lowey posted some comments on Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, on November 18, 2011 (Paul Morigi/Wireimage)
this New York Congressman The post states that Nita Sue Menikoff was born in the Bronx in 1937 and later graduated from the Bronx High School School of Science and then received a degree from Holyoke Hill College in 1959.
She married Stephen Lowey in 1961 and was first elected to Congress in 1988 as the 17th Congressional District in New York.
Long-term allies Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi The Lowey and Clinton families became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in 2019. She often clashed with President Donald Trump during her first term as president and told Lohud in 2019 that the president was “embarrassing.”
Rep. Nita Lowey spoke at a March 28, 2017 hearing on President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
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“The president is an embarrassment and as members of Congress and as leaders of the Appropriations Committee, we have a responsibility to serve the people,” she said.
Loy announced his retirement the same year, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (Dn.Y.
Rep. Nita Lowey listened to the speech of Rep. Ted Deutch at a press conference at the Capitol on January 28, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg)
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“Over historic career, congresswoman Lowey has bravely served her constituents and stood up for New Yorkers while breaking multiple glass ceilings along the way,” Jeffries said Sunday.
Lowey’s husband, three children and eight grandchildren survived.
