2 Quotes & Sayings By Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney is a fourteen-term Member of Congress from the 21st District in New York. She won her first election by just 714 votes in 1994, and has been reelected six times since then with more than 70% of the vote. She is widely recognized as one of the most effective and influential Members in Congress, and she has served on the House Committee on Homeland Security and on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. She was Chair of this subcommittee during the 101st Congress, and it is widely recognized that her strong leadership led to $4.9 billion for homeland security in the 2005 fiscal year
Maloney was also a key player in passage of legislation that brought clarity to regulatory authorities within DHS and enabled DHS to move forward with new initiatives. She was the architect of the 2005 National Strategy for Homeland Security, which has been widely recognized by experts as an effective guide for the future development of homeland security policy.