Press Releases
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) yesterday reintroduced the bipartisan Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act, a bill that would increase language access for mental health services at community health centers.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), announced that she reintroduced her Menstrual Equity for All Act, a whole-of-government approach to eradicate period poverty and achieve menstrual equity. The Congresswoman announced the measure following Menstrual Hygiene Day which was observed this past weekend.
Menstrual Hygiene Day is a global advocacy day to promote good menstrual health and hygiene. Meng first introduced the legislation in 2017.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), First Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, announced today that she introduced the Diwali Day Act, a bill to make Diwali a federal holiday.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Taskforce for Combatting Antisemitism, released the following statement on the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), First Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, today issued the following statement about plans for the New York State Assembly to vote on Lunar New Year and Diwali holiday bills.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) announced the introduction of their bipartisan Hot Foods Act.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contains an outdated provision that limits SNAP purchases to foods designed for take-home preparation and consumption, or cold prepared foods. The bipartisan Hot Foods Act would remove this prohibition allowing families to use SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods such as prepared rotisserie chickens, hot sandwiches, and soups.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been awarded federal funding from the National Science Foundation to participate in a project on artificial and natural intelligence.
QUEENS, NY – After calling on the United States Postal Service to do more to address the rise in mail theft, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the agency has agreed to do so.
WASHINGTON D.C. – In advance of the one-year anniversary of the Tops Friendly Market grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Brain Higgins (D-NY) announced the reintroduction of the Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As New York and the nation continue to mark Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) announced today that they introduced legislation to promote the teaching of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in schools.