Raymond J. McGrath

Raymond J. McGrath

Raymond Joseph (Ray) McGrath (born March 27, 1942 in Valley Stream , New York ) is an American politician . Between 1981 and 1993 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Raymond Joseph McGrath was born in Valley Stream during World War II . He attended private schools and graduated from Valley Stream High School in 1959 . He then went to the State University of New York at Brockport , which he left again in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science . He received his Master of Arts degree from New York University in New York City in 1968 . Then he worked as a teacher and writer. Between 1965 and 1971 served as a Deputy Commissioner in Hempstead Parks and Recreation Bureau . Then he sat in the New York State Assembly between 1976 and 1980 .

Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the 1980 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded John W. Wydler on January 4, 1981 . He was re-elected five times in a row. Since it to a seventh candidacy in 1992 renounced, he left the after January 3, 1993 Congress of.

In January 1993 he founded with Congressman Thomas Downey , the Downey McGrath Group, Inc. in government affairs, a consulting company. In this context, his partner represented Dubai Ports World in Congress, which then approved a controversial port deal. Downey argued his approach with the following statements: "They would have made this country more secure" , because "DP World is one of the few companies that could have worked with us to truly improve security, both at home and abroad" . McGrath is the president of a national brewers' association. He lives in Valley Stream today.

Web links

• Raymond J. McGrath in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bob Dole and Tom Downey, “ Ports would have been more secure, ” March 19, 2006