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Press Releases

April 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she called on the Department of Homeland Security to restore the millions of dollars it is holding back from local food pantries in Queens and across New York City.


March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, today issued the following statement on the March 14 executive order to shut down the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA).


March 19, 2025

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (NY-06) and Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) held a Medicaid Day of Action press conference on Tuesday on the Republican plan to cut Medicaid, which would impact hundreds of thousands of Queens Residents.


March 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, State Department, and Other Related Programs, announced that she sent a bipartisan letter urging the President to nominate a qualified Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.


March 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today called for the halting of any plan that seeks to gut Social Security including the closing of Social Security offices such as those in her congressional district in Queens.


March 1, 2025

QUEENS, NY – In an effort to stand against the ongoing mass firings of federal employees, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that Luke Graziani from Woodside, Queens, a veteran terminated from his job at a New York City veterans hospital, will be her guest for President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night (March 4th).


February 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following statement on the firing of weather forecasters and other employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):


February 26, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), New York’s senior member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, took part in her first hearing as the Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), a key panel that determines funding for critical parts of the federal government.