Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus International Women’s Rights Taskforce and a member of the Stop Project 2025 Taskforce, today unveiled a fact sheet she compiled detailing the disastrous impact that Project 2025 would have on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After recently announcing a pilot program to allow travelers from Queens and throughout the nation to renew their passports online, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) said today that the initiative has become permanent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she arranged for a Korean American Youth Choir from Queens to perform this week at the White House in Washington, D.C.
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Vice Raking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that a federal grant totaling $3.8 million has been awarded to the Education and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electric City in Flushing, Queens. Allocated by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) – which Meng helped to fund in Congress – the grant will support building renovations as well as clean energy workforce development in the region.
Washington D.C. – Representative Grace Meng (NY-06), Senator Edward J.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced the House of Representatives’ passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which includes their provision that authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers – in working with the City of New York – to spend nearly $190 million to help combat flooding in Queens.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to modernize a key program that will allow schools and libraries to loan out Wi-Fi hotspots to students and educators in Queens and across New York and the nation.
“Throughout his career in public service, President Joe Biden has always put his country first. Under his leadership as President, we have made historic progress and passed once-in-a-generation legislation expanding healthcare access, reducing the cost of prescription drugs, addressing gun violence, creating millions of jobs, rebuilding our economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, defending democracy around the world, and so much more.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today a new pilot program launched by the U.S. State Department that allows travelers from Queens and throughout New York and the nation to renew their passports online.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the U.S. Postal Service has agreed to implement the recommendations outlined in a new federal probe that revealedmajor mismanagement in how the agency is addressing the rise of mail theft in Queens.