Background
Downey, Thomas Joseph was born on January 28, 1949 in Queens, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Anthony and Norma Rita (Morgillo) Downey.
Downey, Thomas Joseph was born on January 28, 1949 in Queens, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Anthony and Norma Rita (Morgillo) Downey.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, 1970. Postgraduate, St. John's University Law School, 1972. Juris Doctor, American University, 1980.
With personnel department Macy's, New York City, 1970-1971. Member United States Congress from 2d New York district, 1975—1993, member Ways and Means committee, Select Committee on Aging, chairman Subcommittee on Human Services. Chairman Downey McGrath Group, Inc., Washington, since 1993.
Board member SEED Foundation, World Hunger Year, Council for Livable World, American League of Lobbyists, Long Island Foreign Affairs Forum, Center for Social Gerontology.
People need to grow in relationship with God, whose love constantly prompts to transform people.
Pacifists should be honored because they do not allow us to become complacent about war and violence.
The family is the basic human community through which persons are nurtured and sustained in mutual love, responsibility, respect, and fidelity.
Congressional Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II advisory, 1978-1979. Observer Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1972.
Committeeman New York State Democratic Committee, 1972. Member Suffolk County (New York ) Legislature, 1971-1974. Member Sons of Italy.
Married D. Chris Milanos, December, 1978 (divorced). Children: Lauren Katherine, Theodore Jonathan. Married Carol Martha Browner, June 21, 2007.
1 stepchild, Zachary.