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Representative Ed Towns (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: NY-10
First Elected: 11/02/1982
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Gwendolyn Towns; 2 Children: Darryl, Deidra
Birth date: 07/21/1934
Birthplace: Chadbourn, NC
Home City: Brooklyn NY
Religion: Baptist

Profession

Deputy Hospital Administrator, Beth Israel Medical Center, 1965-1971 United States Army, 1956-1958 Ordained Baptist Minister Professor, Medgar Evers College Professor, Fordham University Teacher, Brooklyn Public School System Teacher, New York City Public School System Social Worker

Education

MSW, Adelphi University, 1973 BS, Sociology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1956

Committees

Energy and Commerce
Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management
Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce)

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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