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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Bill Owens</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg/220px-Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg/330px-Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg/440px-Bill_Owens_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_M._McHugh" title="John M. McHugh">John M. McHugh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elise_Stefanik" title="Elise Stefanik">Elise Stefanik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="New York's 23rd congressional district">23rd district</a> (2009–2013)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="New York's 21st congressional district">21st district</a> (2013–2015)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Lewis Owens</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-01-20</span>) </span>January 20, 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (2009–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1971–2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Jane Owens</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh,_New_York" title="Plattsburgh, New York">Plattsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhattan College">Manhattan College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration" title="Bachelor of Business Administration">BBA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fordham_University" title="Fordham University">Fordham University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer, businessman</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Force Reserve">United States Air Force Reserve</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1975–1979 (active)<br />1979–1982 (reserve)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Lewis Owens</b> (born January 20, 1949) is an American attorney and former <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from New York, a post he held from 2009 to 2015. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> and currently serves on the advisory board of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_American_Business_Council" title="Canadian American Business Council">Canadian American Business Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district he represented, the state's largest and most rural, includes most of the <a href="/wiki/North_Country,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="North Country, New York">North Country</a>, as well as the northern suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn</a> to Lewis Owens and Alice Stanton Owens,<sup id="cite_ref-alice_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alice-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owens was raised in <a href="/wiki/Mineola,_New_York" title="Mineola, New York">Mineola, New York</a>. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Chaminade_High_School" title="Chaminade High School">Chaminade High School</a>, where he was a classmate of television host and conservative political commentator <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(political_commentator)" title="Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)">Bill O'Reilly</a>. Owens earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration" title="Bachelor of Business Administration">Bachelor of Business Administration</a> from <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhattan College">Manhattan College</a> in 1971 and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Fordham_University_School_of_Law" title="Fordham University School of Law">Fordham University School of Law</a> in 1974.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_service">Military service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> and was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh_Air_Force_Base" title="Plattsburgh Air Force Base">Plattsburgh Air Force Base</a>. He returned to the North Country and has lived there for over 30 years after serving as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> captain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_work">Legal work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before coming to Congress, Owens was a managing partner at Stafford, Owens, Piller, Murnane & Trombley, where he specialized in business law, international law, and estate and tax law.<sup id="cite_ref-soct_law_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soct_law-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also an adjunct professor in business law at <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Plattsburgh" title="State University of New York at Plattsburgh">State University of New York at Plattsburgh</a>. In 2004, he was appointed by Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Pataki" title="George Pataki">George Pataki</a> to the College Council at that university.<sup id="cite_ref-appointed_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appointed-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as the host for Business Affairs<sup id="cite_ref-progamming_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-progamming-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hat_into_ring_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hat_into_ring-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on <a href="/wiki/WCFE-TV" title="WCFE-TV">WCFE-TV</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS television station</a> in Plattsburgh. According to financial disclosure forms filed when he ran for Congress, Owens made $751,000 in 2008, mostly from his law practice.<sup id="cite_ref-Observer10062009_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Observer10062009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owens also became a Member of the board of Arrow Bank Financial Corporation, and it's subsidiary Glens Falls National Bank in 2015. He served as Lead Director for several years and Chairman of the Board for approximately 14 months, ending his term on May 5, 2024, when he reached the mandatory retirement age. </p><p>When the Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed in 1995, Owens helped create and worked for the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation (formerly the Plattsburgh Inter-municipal Development Council), which recruited private companies to reuse the space. The base is now home to companies such as <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Inc." title="Bombardier Inc.">Bombardier Inc.</a>, a passenger railway car maker. Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation attests that more than 2,000 jobs were created at the site since the military left.<sup id="cite_ref-points_to_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-points_to-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>2009</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York%27s_23rd_congressional_district_special_election" title="2009 New York's 23rd congressional district special election">2009 New York's 23rd congressional district special election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Owens_for_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Owens_for_Congress.jpg/220px-Owens_for_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Owens_for_Congress.jpg/330px-Owens_for_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Owens_for_Congress.jpg/440px-Owens_for_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Owens at West Point</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 10, 2009, the Democratic Party of <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="New York's 23rd congressional district">New York's 23rd congressional district</a> chose Owens to run in <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_23rd_congressional_district_special_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="New York's 23rd congressional district special election, 2009">a special election</a> to fill the House seat vacated by the incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/John_M._McHugh" title="John M. McHugh">John McHugh</a>, who had resigned to take a post as the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-democrats_nominate_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-democrats_nominate-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because he was a registered independent at the time, Owens had to obtain the signatures of all 11 Democratic county chairs in the district to allow him to run as a Democrat.<sup id="cite_ref-Observer_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Observer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally, Owens faced Republican <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">Assemblywoman</a> <a href="/wiki/Dierdre_Scozzafava" class="mw-redirect" title="Dierdre Scozzafava">Dede Scozzafava</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Hoffman" title="Doug Hoffman">Doug Hoffman</a>, an accountant from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_New_York" title="Lake Placid, New York">Lake Placid</a> who was running as a third party candidate on the single ballot line of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of New York">Conservative Party of New York</a> after failing to also get the Republican Party nomination. “The race,” wrote Valerie Bauman of the Associated Press, “received national attention, with some calling it a referendum on Obama and others saying it could help Republicans focus their message to attract more people to the party.” Bauman said that “Despite the fervor that surrounded Hoffman in the final week of the campaign, Owens managed to appeal to the voters with his talk of job creation and the need for more federal support for Fort Drum (an army base in the district) and farmers.”<sup id="cite_ref-NY_23_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scozzafava was a social liberal, and high-profile conservatives such as <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Malkin" title="Michelle Malkin">Michelle Malkin</a> threw their support behind Hoffman, who enjoyed Tea Party support. Under pressure from conservative elements in her party, who saw “Doug Hoffman as the man who would save them,” according to the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, Scozzafava dropped out of the race on October 31, the weekend before the election.<sup id="cite_ref-Election_results_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Election_results-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hoffman then became Owens's sole opponent. The <i>Watertown Daily Times</i>, which had originally endorsed Scozzafava, switched its endorsement to Owens on November 1.<sup id="cite_ref-changed_race_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-changed_race-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on November 1, Scozzafava endorsed Owens. In the special election, Owens won 48% of the vote to 46% for Hoffman and 6% for Scozzafava. Owens was sworn in on November 6, 2009. He became the first Democrat to represent what was, in 2009, the 23rd since 1873. </p> <dl><dt>2010</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York#District_23" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District 23</a></div> <p>Owens almost immediately announced that he would run for a full term in 2010. He campaigned largely on “creating jobs throughout his district, attracting foreign manufacturers, taking care of veterans, and ensuring that Fort Drum (an Army installation located in the district) is preserved.” Owens won his re-election bid with a second consecutive <a href="/wiki/Plurality_(voting)" title="Plurality (voting)">minority plurality</a> of 47.5% of the vote against Republican and Independence nominee Matt Doheny and Conservative nominee Doug Hoffman, becoming the first Democrat to win a full term in the North Country district in 138 years. </p><p>The election was one of the ten closest Congressional races that year.<sup id="cite_ref-NCN_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCN-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>2012</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York#District_21" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District 21</a></div> <p>Owens ran for reelection in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2012">2012</a> in the renumbered 21st District. He faced a rematch against Doheny and was elected to a third term, by a vote of 126,631 (50%) to 121,646 (48%).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his campaign, Owens said he would focus on creating jobs throughout his district, attracting foreign manufacturers, taking care of veterans, and ensuring that <a href="/wiki/Fort_Drum" title="Fort Drum">Fort Drum</a> is preserved.<sup id="cite_ref-Observer_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Observer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wptz_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wptz-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has called for deeper federal budget cuts (including 3% cuts across the board for federal agencies), co-sponsored the Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011, and said that the Bush-era tax cuts need to be allowed to expire for people earning over $500,000. Owens is the second thriftiest member of Congress, with staff expenses of $713,969.<sup id="cite_ref-frugal_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frugal-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owens has consistently voted for legislation to build the controversial <a href="/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline" title="Keystone Pipeline">Keystone Pipeline</a> to carry tar sand oil across the United States from Canada for export to foreign nations.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a congressman, Owens first authored piece of legislation was the <i><sup id="cite_ref-open_congress_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-open_congress-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rural Jobs Tax Credit Act</i>, a bill that, if passed, would create a 15% tax incentive in 2010 for businesses that hire or expand their payroll in rural areas, and a 10% tax incentive for firms that do the same in 2011. </p><p>On December 14, 2011, Marc Heller reported that Sen. <a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">Claire McCaskill</a> had accused Owens and other members of the House Armed Services Committee “of loading up an annual defense bill with pork-barrel projects despite a congressional ban on home-state 'earmarks.'” Owens's earmarks “included construction at Fort Drum and $500,000 intended for the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization.”<sup id="cite_ref-PorkBarrel_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PorkBarrel-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 14, 2014, Owens announced he would not seek re-election in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Gay Marriage</dt></dl> <p>In August 2009, Owens stated that he supported <a href="/wiki/Civil_unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil unions">civil unions</a> and believed marriage should be legally recognized as one man one woman. Owens opposes any federal action on marriage, which he called a "states rights issue".<sup id="cite_ref-Observer_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Observer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2011, after the New York State legislature passed a bill recognizing same-sex marriage in New York, Owens became a co-sponsor of the <a href="/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act" title="Respect for Marriage Act">Respect for Marriage Act</a>, which would repeal the federal <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hr_1116_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hr_1116-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Labor</dt></dl> <p>He supports the <a href="/wiki/Employee_Free_Choice_Act" title="Employee Free Choice Act">Employee Free Choice Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-why_labor_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-why_labor-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Health Care</dt></dl> <p>Owens voted for the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act">Affordable Health Care for America Act</a> on November 7, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-roll_call_887_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roll_call_887-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He voted against the <a href="/wiki/Stupak_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Stupak Amendment">Stupak Amendment</a> which proposed to restrict abortion funding in the federal <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Health insurance exchange">health insurance exchanges</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-no_on_Stupak_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no_on_Stupak-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He voted for the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> on March 21, 2010, and for the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act</a> of 2010 to incorporate certain agreed-upon changes with the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-roll_165_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roll_165-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roll167_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roll167-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Internet policy</dt></dl> <p>In 2011, Rep. Owens became a co-sponsor of Bill H.R.3261 otherwise known as the <a href="/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act" title="Stop Online Piracy Act">Stop Online Piracy Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-govtrack_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govtrack-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>GMO crops</dt></dl> <p>Owens is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and voted for the <a href="/wiki/Farmer_Assurance_Provision" title="Farmer Assurance Provision">Farmer Assurance Provision</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owens says that he is "still doing the fact-finding" when it comes to Monsanto and GMO crops. "I have farmers who are telling me it's a great thing. I have people telling me that it's the worst thing in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Monsanto_Citizenship_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Monsanto Citizenship Fund">Monsanto Citizenship Fund</a> from <a href="/wiki/Monsanto" title="Monsanto">Monsanto</a> donated $1,500 on June 24, 2013 to Owens' 2014 campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations <ul><li>United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense</li> <li>United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130325000038/http://appropriations.house.gov/about/members/">House Appropriations Committee</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Biomass_Caucus" title="Congressional Biomass Caucus">Congressional Biomass Caucus</a></li> <li>Congressional Center Aisle Caucus</li> <li>Congressional Northern Border Caucus (Co-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">International Conservation Caucus</a></li> <li>Sportsmen's Caucus</li> <li>Congressional Cement Caucus</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens and his wife Jane have three children and six grandchildren. Jane was an <a href="/wiki/Early_childhood_education" title="Early childhood education">early childhood education</a> teacher and is currently the Director of Education and Outreach for <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Lake_PBS" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain Lake PBS">Mountain Lake PBS</a> in Plattsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-jane_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jane-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a Roman Catholic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Owens_(New_York_politician)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cabc.co/who-we-are/">"Who We Are"</a>. <i>CABC</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Schumer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton"><i>H. Clinton</i></a> (D)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand"><i>K. Gillibrand</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">C. Rangel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edolphus_Towns" title="Edolphus Towns">E. Towns</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gary_Ackerman" title="Gary Ackerman">G. Ackerman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louise_Slaughter" title="Louise Slaughter">L. Slaughter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eliot_Engel" title="Eliot Engel">E. Engel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nita_Lowey" title="Nita Lowey">N. Lowey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_E._Serrano" title="José E. Serrano">J. Serrano</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nadler" title="Jerry Nadler">J. Nadler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hinchey" title="Maurice Hinchey">M. Hinchey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_King_(American_politician)" title="Peter King (American politician)">P. King</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Maloney" title="Carolyn Maloney">C. Maloney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._McHugh" title="John M. McHugh"><i>J. McHugh</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Nydia Velázquez">N. Velázquez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_McCarthy" title="Carolyn McCarthy">C. McCarthy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">G. Meeks</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Crowley" title="Joe Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Weiner" title="Anthony Weiner">A. Weiner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Israel" title="Steve Israel">S. Israel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Bishop" title="Tim Bishop">T. Bishop</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brian_Higgins" title="Brian Higgins">B. Higgins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Arcuri" title="Mike Arcuri">M. Arcuri</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Clarke" title="Yvette Clarke">Y. Clarke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand"><i>K. Gillibrand</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Hall_(New_York_politician)" title="John Hall (New York politician)">J. Hall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lee_(New_York_politician)" title="Chris Lee (New York politician)">C. Lee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Maffei" title="Dan Maffei">D. Maffei</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McMahon" title="Michael McMahon">M. McMahon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eric_Massa" title="Eric Massa"><i>E. Massa</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tonko" title="Paul Tonko">P. Tonko</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Murphy" title="Scott Murphy"><i>S. Murphy</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>B. Owens</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)"><i>T. Reed</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">C. Schumer</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">K. Gillibrand</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">C. Rangel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edolphus_Towns" title="Edolphus Towns">E. Towns</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gary_Ackerman" title="Gary Ackerman">G. Ackerman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louise_Slaughter" title="Louise Slaughter">L. Slaughter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eliot_Engel" title="Eliot Engel">E. Engel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nita_Lowey" title="Nita Lowey">N. Lowey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_E._Serrano" title="José E. Serrano">J. Serrano</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nadler" title="Jerry Nadler">J. Nadler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hinchey" title="Maurice Hinchey">M. Hinchey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_King_(American_politician)" title="Peter King (American politician)">P. King</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Maloney" title="Carolyn Maloney">C. Maloney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Nydia Velázquez">N. Velázquez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_McCarthy" title="Carolyn McCarthy">C. McCarthy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">G. Meeks</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Crowley" title="Joe Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Weiner" title="Anthony Weiner"><i>A. Weiner</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Israel" title="Steve Israel">S. Israel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Bishop" title="Tim Bishop">T. Bishop</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brian_Higgins" title="Brian Higgins">B. Higgins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Clarke" title="Yvette Clarke">Y. Clarke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lee_(New_York_politician)" title="Chris Lee (New York politician)"><i>C. Lee</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tonko" title="Paul Tonko">P. Tonko</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Owens</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)" title="Tom Reed (politician)">T. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Marie_Buerkle" title="Ann Marie Buerkle">A. Buerkle</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Gibson_(New_York_politician)" title="Chris Gibson (New York politician)">C. Gibson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Grimm_(politician)" title="Michael Grimm (politician)">M. Grimm</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hanna_(New_York_politician)" title="Richard Hanna (New York politician)">R. Hanna</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nan_Hayworth" title="Nan Hayworth">N. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Hochul" title="Kathy Hochul"><i>K. Hochul</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Turner_(New_York_politician)" title="Bob Turner (New York politician)"><i>B. Turner</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">C. Schumer</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">K. Gillibrand</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">C. Rangel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louise_Slaughter" title="Louise Slaughter">L. Slaughter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eliot_Engel" title="Eliot Engel">E. Engel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nita_Lowey" title="Nita Lowey">N. Lowey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_E._Serrano" title="José E. Serrano">J. Serrano</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nadler" title="Jerry Nadler">J. Nadler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_King_(American_politician)" title="Peter King (American politician)">P. King</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Maloney" title="Carolyn Maloney">C. Maloney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Nydia Velázquez">N. Velázquez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_McCarthy" title="Carolyn McCarthy">C. McCarthy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">G. Meeks</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Crowley" title="Joe Crowley">J. 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