About Carolyn
“We face new opportunities and new challenges. In Congress, we have passed the first common sense gun safety legislation in years. We have an opportunity to make sure that No Child Left Behind is a successful program, not just an election year slogan. We have an opportunity to make sure all of our veterans, from those who came home from Europe and the Pacific in 1945 to those coming home from Baghdad this year, get the medical treatment and benefits they deserve. And we have an opportunity to increase everyone’s access to affordable health care.” Carolyn McCarthy
United States Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy is currently serving her 7th term representing Long Island's 4th Congressional District. First elected in 1996, Carolyn has served Long Island for over 12 years.
Carolyn McCarthy is the first Congresswoman from Long Island and is included in Newsday's 100 Long Island Influentials, Long Island Business News' Long Island Top 50, Congressional Quarterly's 50 Most Effective Legislators, Redbook Magazine's Mothers and Shakers and the Ladies' Home Journal 100 Most Important Women.
Since 2007 she has been Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, where she is instrumental in reauthorizing and drafting legislation to protect Long Island's children and improve the 4th Congressional District.
Carolyn also serves as a senior member of the Committee on Education and Labor. In this role, Carolyn works to provide our schools with the resources they need to educate our children and make college more affordable. On the Financial Services Committee, she oversees the way our financial system operates while protecting the identity of Long Islanders.
In January of 2008, President Bush signed Carolyn’s bill into law. The National Instant Criminal Background Check Database (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act, which was the most significant gun legislation passed in over 14 years is designed to provide grants to states to upgrade information and identification technologies for firearms eligibility determinations and require all Federal agencies that have records on persons for whom it is illegal to purchase a firearm to provide that information to the Attorney General for inclusion in NICS.
On April 21, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The bill answered the President’s call to usher in a new era of public service and volunteerism in America. The Serve America Act will create a national infrastructure for service volunteerism programs, providing opportunities for those who wish to serve and improve their communities. As one of the lead House authors, Carolyn was proud to have been invited to the White House for the bill signing.
The House and Senate have also passed her bill to create the Civil Rights Oral History Project. The bill, H. R. 586, will establish a joint effort between the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress to collect oral histories of the people that were involved in the civil rights movement and preserve their stories for future generations. The bill is awaiting the President’s signature.
A life-long resident of Mineola, she has over 30 years experience as a nurse. Carolyn married Dennis McCarthy in 1967 and they raised one son, Kevin. Carolyn has two grandchildren, Denis and Grace, by Kevin and his wife Leslie.
United States Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy is currently serving her 7th term representing Long Island's 4th Congressional District. First elected in 1996, Carolyn has served Long Island for over 12 years.
Carolyn McCarthy is the first Congresswoman from Long Island and is included in Newsday's 100 Long Island Influentials, Long Island Business News' Long Island Top 50, Congressional Quarterly's 50 Most Effective Legislators, Redbook Magazine's Mothers and Shakers and the Ladies' Home Journal 100 Most Important Women.
Since 2007 she has been Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, where she is instrumental in reauthorizing and drafting legislation to protect Long Island's children and improve the 4th Congressional District.
Carolyn also serves as a senior member of the Committee on Education and Labor. In this role, Carolyn works to provide our schools with the resources they need to educate our children and make college more affordable. On the Financial Services Committee, she oversees the way our financial system operates while protecting the identity of Long Islanders.
In January of 2008, President Bush signed Carolyn’s bill into law. The National Instant Criminal Background Check Database (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act, which was the most significant gun legislation passed in over 14 years is designed to provide grants to states to upgrade information and identification technologies for firearms eligibility determinations and require all Federal agencies that have records on persons for whom it is illegal to purchase a firearm to provide that information to the Attorney General for inclusion in NICS.
On April 21, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The bill answered the President’s call to usher in a new era of public service and volunteerism in America. The Serve America Act will create a national infrastructure for service volunteerism programs, providing opportunities for those who wish to serve and improve their communities. As one of the lead House authors, Carolyn was proud to have been invited to the White House for the bill signing. The House and Senate have also passed her bill to create the Civil Rights Oral History Project. The bill, H. R. 586, will establish a joint effort between the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress to collect oral histories of the people that were involved in the civil rights movement and preserve their stories for future generations. The bill is awaiting the President’s signature.
A life-long resident of Mineola, she has over 30 years experience as a nurse. Carolyn married Dennis McCarthy in 1967 and they raised one son, Kevin. Carolyn has two grandchildren, Denis and Grace, by Kevin and his wife Leslie.
