What is Nita Lowey?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Nita Lowey |image = Rep Nita Lowey.jpg |office = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]] |term_start = January 3, 2019 |term_end = January 3, 2021 |predecessor = [[Rodney Frelinghuysen]] |successor = [[Rosa DeLauro]] |state1 = [[New York (state)|New York]] |district1 = {{ushr|NY|17|17th}} |term_start1 = January 3, 1989 |term_end1 = January 3, 2021 |predecessor1 = [[Joe DioGuardi]] |successor1 = [[Mondaire Jones]] |constituency1 = {{ushr|NY|20|20th district}} (1989–1993)<br>{{ushr|NY|18|18th district}} (1993–2013)<br>{{ushr|NY|17|17th district}} (2013–2021) |birth_name = Nita Sue Melnikoff |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|7|5}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.}} |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2025|3|15|1937|7|5}} |death_place = [[Harrison, New York|Harrison]], New York, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Stephen Lowey|1961}} |education = [[Mount Holyoke College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Nita Sue Melnikoff Lowey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|oʊ|i}}; {{respell|LOH|ee}}; July 5, 1937 &ndash; March 15, 2025) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. She was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] from 1989 to 2021. She was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&dq=beatrice+jack+Nita+Melnikoff&pg=PA467|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|last=Stone|first=Kurt F.|date=2010-12-29|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810877382|language=en}}</ref> Lowey's district was numbered as the 20th from 1989 to 1993, as the 18th from 1993 to 2013, and has been the {{ushr|NY|17|17th}} since 2013. Lowey announced on October 10, 2019 that she would not run for re-ele