Press Releases
January 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan SNAP PLUS Act (H.R. 6338), a bill that would allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to be used to purchase hot foods and certain prepared foods, which are currently not covered by SNAP. Approximately 40.8 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits, according to the most recent public data.
"Like so many issues, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing inequalities – but especially food insecurity," said Rep.
January 6, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the U.S. Post Office in Elmhurst, Queens reopened this week on Monday (January 3) after being closed since September due to flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. All repairs to the Elmhurst A Post Office have been completed and the facility will now be functioning at normal capacity.
January 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of January 6.
"The January 6 insurrection was an assault on our democracy. It shook our country to the core, and we continue to reel from the violence and bloodshed that rioters unleashed on the sacred grounds of the U.S.
December 30, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she led a bicameral letter with New York Members of Congress to City Hall encouraging them to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits to public schools by January 2nd. The letter comes as nearly one million students and hundreds of thousands of educators are set to return to in-person classes on January 3rd.
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.