About Carolyn McCarthy

United States Representative Carolyn McCarthy is currently serving her 6^th term representing Long Island's 4^th Congressional District. First elected in 1996, Carolyn has served Long Island for over 10 years.

Carolyn holds many honors. She 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, Ladies' Home Journal 100 Most Important Women, and Advertising Age's list of "Most Impact by Women in 1999”.

Recently named Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Carolyn will be instrumental in reauthorizing and drafting legislation to protect Long Island’s children and improve the 4^th Congressional District.

Carolyn also serves as a senior member of the Committee on Education and Labor, as well as the Committee on Financial Services. In these roles, Carolyn works to provide our schools with the resources they need to educate our children and make college more affordable as well as overseeing the way our financial system operates while protecting the identity of Long Islanders.

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.