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May 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng’s (D-NY) bipartisan provision to help small business owners access tariff refunds unanimously passed the House Appropriations Committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

 


May 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche opposing the Trump Administration’s plan to potentially give $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars to people who have broken federal law, including violent insurrectionists and those who assaulted police officers.

 


May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng’s (D-NY) bipartisan provision holding the Food and Drug Administration accountable for phasing out toxic petroleum-based food dyes passed the House Appropriations Committee as part of the FY 2027 Agriculture Appropriations Bill.


May 14, 2026

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), in conjunction with New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, Assembly Member Steven Raga and Council Member Julie Won will hold a local Passport Day to help constituents apply for or renew a passport.


May 11, 2026

Legislation Would Allow Immigrants to Attend ICE Check-ins virtually instead of appearing in-person


April 13, 2026

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), in conjunction with New York State Senator John Liu, Assembly Members Ron Kim and Nily Rozic, and Council Member Sandra Ung will hold a local Passport Day to help constituents apply for or renew a passport.


March 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) released the following statement following yesterday’s antisemitic terrorist attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan:
"As millions of Jewish people around the United States and the world gather for Shabbat, I join them in prayer for peace and safety.
Yesterday’s attempted attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was more than an antisemitic act of terror.

March 13, 2026

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she visited the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn where she toured the facility and met with two New Yorkers currently detained there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) including New York City Council employee Rafael Rubio. 


March 6, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel raising concerns about his decision to fire several agents from the Bureau’s top Middle East counterintelligence unit just days before U.S. military operations began against the Islamic Republic of Iran.