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Tom Malinowski

D

New Jersey U.S. House, District 7 (2019 - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Foreign Affairs), United States House of Representatives

Education

  • MPhil, Oxford University, 1991
  • BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1987

Professional Experience

  • MPhil, Oxford University, 1991
  • BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1987
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, United States Department of State, Administration of President Barack Obama, 2014-2017
  • Washington Director, Human Rights Watch, 2001-2013
  • Senior Director, National Security Council, Administration of President Bill Clinton, 1998-2001
  • Speechwriter/Policy Planning Staff, United States Department of State, 1994-1998
  • Research Assistant, Ford Foundation, 1993
  • Employee, Institute for Human Sciences, Austria, 1992
  • Special Assistant, United States Senator Daniel P. Moynihan of New York, 1988-1989

Political Experience

  • MPhil, Oxford University, 1991
  • BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1987
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, United States Department of State, Administration of President Barack Obama, 2014-2017
  • Washington Director, Human Rights Watch, 2001-2013
  • Senior Director, National Security Council, Administration of President Bill Clinton, 1998-2001
  • Speechwriter/Policy Planning Staff, United States Department of State, 1994-1998
  • Research Assistant, Ford Foundation, 1993
  • Employee, Institute for Human Sciences, Austria, 1992
  • Special Assistant, United States Senator Daniel P. Moynihan of New York, 1988-1989
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, New Jersey, District 7, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New Jersey, District 7, 2018, 2020

Current Legislative Committees

Vice Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Member, Committee on Homeland Security

Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Member, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights

Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism

Member, Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism

Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes

Congress Bills
Speeches
Events

2020

Oct. 25
Drive-in GOTV Rally!

Sun EDT

UCC. Cranford Campus Cranford, NJ

Oct. 24
Montgomery Drive By Meet and Greet with Tom! (+ Lawn Sign Pickup)

Sat 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Pike Run Plaza 00000, 1813-050230000-000020000 Belle Mead, NJ 08502