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December 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kay Granger (R-TX), and Randy Weber (R-TX), co-Chairs of the House Bipartisan Taskforce for Combatting Antisemitism, released the following statement condemning recent antisemitic rhetoric by public figures.

December 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today issued the following statement condemning the Senate's failure to pass a resolution, H. Con. Res. 119, to provide rail workers with seven paid sick days. The resolution passed the House with a 221-207 bipartisan vote on Wednesday, November 30.

November 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), New York's senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement hailing the election of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) as the new Democratic Leader in the United States House of Representatives.
"I have known Hakeem since I entered the New York State Legislature in 2009.

November 23, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, today issued the following statement on the two deadly terror attacks in Jerusalem.

October 31, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, today issued the following statement on the tragic bridge collapse in the western Indian State of Gujarat.

October 31, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), New York's senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced today that she recently visited Ohel Children's Home and Family Services' residence for the developmentally disabled in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens to commemorate the $233,000 she secured for upgrading the site.

October 25, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she partnered with United States Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in holding a roundtable conversation in New York City about combating crime on New York's public transit system.