Press Releases
February 26, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) reintroduced the bipartisan Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act which would bring critical health care benefits to "Atomic Veterans" who were exposed to high levels of deadly radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites in Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands during the late 1970s.
February 22, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to prioritize reuniting Korean American families with their relatives in North Korea. The letter comes before the second U.S.-North Korea Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 27-28, 2019.
February 15, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump declared a national emergency to divert $8 billion—including defense funds—to build his medieval border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
February 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), joined by 34 other members of Congress including seven senators, sent a letter to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Chinese immigrant laborers who helped build America's first Transcontinental Railroad from 1865-1869. Meng sent the letter for the upcoming 150th anniversary of the railroad's completion which will be on May 10, 2019.
February 11, 2019
WASHINGTON – Representatives Grace Meng (NY-6), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) have asked House Administration Committee Chairperson Zoe Lofgren to issue guidance on the House's policy regarding the use of official funds to purchase feminine hygiene products in a letter. The letter also asks the committee to make these products available in the House Office Supple Store, which already offers stain removal pens and rubber gloves. In June, Rep.
February 5, 2019
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's State of the Union address.
February 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) reintroduced a resolution today that seeks the House of Representatives' recognition of Lunar New Year, as the Asian American community prepares to celebrate the holiday on Tuesday.
"Each year, more and more Americans, and more communities throughout the U.S., recognize and celebrate Lunar New Year," said Meng.
January 31, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to stand against President Trump's cruel immigration policies, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that Jin Park of Flushing, Queens, the first Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient to be awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, will be the Congresswoman's guest for this year's State of the Union address next week.
Park, 22, is a recent Harvard graduate and Define American Chapter Leader who won a Rhodes Scholarship for this fall at the University of Oxford in England.
January 29, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced today that she has secured a seat on the panel's Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
TheAppropriations Committee is responsible for funding every federal agency, program, and project within the United States government, and the Homeland Security Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the U.S.
January 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today issued the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"Today, we remember the lives of the six million Jews and the millions of others who were murdered during the Holocaust. As we honor their memories, it is critical to continue to tell the stories of so many survivors who have now passed away, and to stand firm against those who continue to commit hate crimes and discriminate in the name of anti-Semitism.