Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), of the House Appropriations Committee, asks questions of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla L. Provost during a hearing on border patrol oversight, July 24, 2019.
(JNS) - U.S. Jewish groups and national and state leaders released statements marking the death on Saturday of Nita Lowey, a Democrat who represented New York for 32 years in Congress.
The former congresswoman, who died at 87, "embodied the highest ideals of both the American Jewish community and the American nation," stated Harriet Schleifer and William Daroff, chair and CEO respectively of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
The Conference of Presidents leaders added that Lowey left "an indelible mark on American politics," making history as the first woman t...
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