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CONGRESSMAN MAJOR R. OWENS
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
11th Congressional District
Brooklyn, New York
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Elected to the United States House of Representatives in
1982 from New York's 11th Congressional District,
Representative Owens is a member of the vitally necessary
Education and the Workforce Committee, which guides all
federal involvement in education, job training, labor law,
employee safety and pensions, programs for the aging and
people with disabilities, and equal employment
opportunities. Representative Owens also serves on the
Government Reform Committee.
As Ranking Democrat on the
Subcommittee for Workforce
Protections, Representative Owens has led the fight for
minimum wage increases, blocked the attempt to eliminate
cash payments for overtime, confronted the steam rolling
attempt to repeal Davis-Bacon, defeated the conspiracy to
dismantle the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, and spearheaded the fight against
legislation designed to gag labor unions.
As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Education
and Civil Rights for six years, Representative Owens'
record for passing legislation was second only in New York
to Adam Clayton Powell. As Chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus Task Force on Haiti, he led the successful
three-year fight which restored the democratically elected
President. Also he is a member of the
Progressive Caucus
of the House of Representatives.
Representative Owens has had previous high achievement
careers as a public library Community Coordinator, a
Community Action Executive, a New York City Commissioner,
a Columbia University Professor, and a New York State
Senator.
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