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May 26, 2020
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) yesterday to constituents in Elmhurst and Glendale.
The Congresswoman teamed up with Community Board 4 to hand out 1000 face masks in front of Elmhurst's St. James Episcopal Church at 84-07 Broadway.

May 19, 2020
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has established a special telephone line for taxpayers who have questions about their coronavirus relief payments. The number is 800-919-9835.

May 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement tonight after passage of the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) in the House of Representatives.
"This is an unprecedented moment in history and it requires an unprecedented response by Congress.

May 14, 2020
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she sent a letter to U.S.

May 12, 2020
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced the awarding of $50.7 million in federal funding for health-related providers located in her congressional district in Queens. The funds, which are allocated under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will help 1,485 local providers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 11, 2020

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she led 103 Members of Congress in a letter to House and Senate Leadership calling for her Emergency Educational Connections Act (H.R. 6563) to be included in the next coronavirus stimulus package.


May 10, 2020
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service approved New York State's plan to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program.

May 8, 2020
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today called for ALL essential workers to be made eligible for hazard pay in any proposed legislation that seeks to provide such wages or benefits during the COVID-19 crisis.