Kathleen M. Rice

KATHLEEN M. RICE

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

• Rice, 55, of Garden City, is seeking a fifth term in Congress.
• She won her first term in 2014 after serving as Nassau District Attorney from 2006-2014. She rose from assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, to Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's Philadelphia office.
• Rice is a graduate of Catholic University of America and has a law degree from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. She serves as chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation and Operations, and is a member of the House Committee of Veterans' Affairs.

ISSUES:

• Rice's top priority is securing more COVID-19 relief funding for Nassau County, including new funding for state and local governments facing budget shortfalls due to the pandemic.
• Rice is pushing for expanded unemployment insurance benefits for families out of work, and more aid to small businesses.
• Rice is advocating for more investments into infrastructure to improve roads and bridges.