Press Releases
December 22, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, announced today that she led a letter to the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee requesting that he hold a committee vote on her legislation that seeks to create the first national museum dedicated to preserving the history, culture, and accomplishments of Asian Pacific Americans (APA).
December 21, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With COVID-19 cases spiking in New York, U.S. Reps.
December 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, joined Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) and U.S. Senator Ed Markey's (D-MA) letter to President Biden, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Director of U.S.
December 20, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, today hailed the recent enactment of the federal infrastructure bill, and called for funding from the measure to be directed toward improving local infrastructure in Queens.
December 18, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep.
December 15, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today led a letter to the Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health Mary Bassett and the department's Director of the Center for Environmental Health Gary Ginsberg, encouraging them work with public water systems and local stakeholders to expeditiously create an inventory of all lead service lines (LSLs) in New York State.
December 14, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, announced today that she is pleading with the U.S. State Department to bring a Queens constituent back home with his family after they all left Afghanistan.
Bilal Ahmad is a U.S. citizen who resides in Fresh Meadows.
December 8, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), alongside journalist Lisa Ling and Stop AAPI Hate Co-Founder Dr. Russell Jeung, testified before Congress in support of Meng's legislation that seeks to create the first national museum dedicated to preserving the history, culture, and accomplishments of Asian Pacific Americans (APA).
December 6, 2021
QUEENS, NY – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) joined local advocates to highlight the importance of keeping paid leave in the House-passed Build Back Better Act.
December 1, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (NY-06), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15), as well as 46 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to either rescind or amend the Diversity Visa Program and remove the unnecessary restrictions of the Passport Rule: