Press Releases
April 11, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) this afternoon marked Equal Pay Day by calling on Congress to close the wage gap that continues to exist between women and men.
“Women in America earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men,” said Meng.” This is unacceptable and must change. With females making up about half of the workforce, it well past time for women to receive equal pay for equal work.
April 11, 2014
Today, Reps. Joe Crowley (NY-14) and Grace Meng (NY-6) released the statement below in response to the agreement reached by UPS and Teamsters Local 804 to reinstate the workers dismissed by UPS last week:
April 6, 2014
Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, today urged a key House panel to increase funding for Israel’s missile defense systems including the Iron Dome, Arrow, Arrow 3 and David's Sling programs.
In a programmatic request to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Reps.
March 26, 2014
Event to take place at Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center on campus of Queensborough Community College in Bayside
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that she will host a panel discussion in Queens on fostering friendship between the Jewish and Korean-American communities.
The event, entitled “Jewish and Korean-American Intercultural Dialogue,” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m.
March 24, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) hailed Governor Cuomo’s announcement today that he’s moving forward with directing the Port Authority to address airplane noise over Queens.
Last November, Meng, along with Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced that their work to form an airplane noise community roundtable paid off when Cuomo instructed the Port Authority to form this roundtable and conduct noise studies.
March 12, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, today released the following statement condemning today’s rocket attacks from Gaza:
March 12, 2014
Event to include U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena
March 12, 2014
Congresswoman works to obtain visas for victims’ loved ones so they can travel to the borough from China
March 6, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that one her Congressional committees will hold a field hearing in Queens to probe the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) lack of outreach to local small businesses.
The hearing, to be conducted by the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, will be held at Queens College on Tuesday, March 11 at 11 a.m. Meng serves as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee.