Press Releases
Feb 10, 2021
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Lee, who was from Queens, New York, spent decades chronicling Asian American Community
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), First Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, announced today that she led a letter to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. urging officials there to create a special exhibit honoring the late photographer Corky Lee.
Feb 8, 2021
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QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement after Governor Cuomo announced that indoor dining will resume this Friday on Lunar New Year.
Feb 8, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), the new Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Rep. Van Taylor (TX-03) introduced the bipartisan Divided Families Reunification Act that seeks to help Korean American families reunite with their loved ones in North Korea.
Feb 5, 2021
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Agriculture Subcommittee is critical to combating food insecurity particularly during COVID-19, promoting medical product and food safety, and overseeing the USDA and FDA; State and Foreign Operations panel is essential to advancing U.S. foreign policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced today that she has secured a seat on the panel’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, and has been selected as the Vice Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations.
Feb 4, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, today led a bipartisan letter urging President Biden to swiftly nominate an Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Feb 4, 2021
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Congresswoman’s measure proposes constitutional amendment that would provide 16- and 17-year-olds with the right to vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives to lower the voting age in America to 16 years old.
Meng’s measure seeks to replace the 26th amendment to the United States Constitution with a new amendment that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote.
Feb 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Chris Stewart (R-UT), and Lois Frankel (D-FL) announced they introduced the bipartisan Safe from the Start Act (H.R. 571) that would help improve U.S.
Jan 31, 2021
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Presently no demographic breakdown on coronavirus vaccines exist; would help ensure that all communities have access to the vaccine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she is leading a letter urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra to collect, disseminate, and make publicly available a national demographic breakdown of already administered and the future administration of COVID-19 vaccines.
Jan 28, 2021
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Legislation would help welcome and support immigrants and refugees as they adapt to life in the United States; Measure comes as President Biden aims to overhaul the U.S. immigration system
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) introduced the National Office of New Americans Act in the House of Representatives. U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) will introduce the same measure in the Senate.
Jan 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after she and fellow members of the Appropriations Committee held a briefing with heads of multiple agencies involved in the security failures that permitted pro-Trump insurrectionists to attack the Capitol on January 6. Agencies included the U.S.