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March 30, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, thanked Secretary of State John Kerry for decreasing the widespread denial of U.S. visas to Israeli citizens.


March 30, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she is working on securing military honors for the funeral of Martin Devereux, the 71-year-old who was killed in last week’s house fire in Elmhurst.


March 28, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on Asia, today issued the following statement condemning the terrorist attack in Pakistan:

“The barbaric attack in Pakistan is an outrage and I condemn this heinous act of terror in the strongest possible terms.


March 23, 2016

U.S. Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY) and Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) called on a key House Committee to continue funding for U.S.-Israel defense cooperation programs.

In a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, the lawmakers urged the panel to robustly support critical cooperative programs for fiscal year 2017, including:


March 21, 2016

U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to renew and broaden a key U.S. law which monitors certain ships and airlines that travel in and out of Iran.


March 21, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced bi-partisan legislation that seeks to help Nepal recover from the massive earthquakes that devastated the country in April and May of 2015. The two earthquakes struck the capital of Kathmandu and the surrounding areas. More than 8,700 people were killed and hundreds of thousands were injured.


March 15, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today applauded the New York State Assembly for passing legislation to eliminate the sales tax on tampons and pads. The vote comes a week-and-a-half after Meng called on the chamber to repeal it.


March 15, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today expressed disappointment over passage of a short-term Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill that contains no provisions to combat airplane noise.


March 11, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and area elected officials, today held a photo-op at the Flushing-Main Street LIRR station to unveil new platform railings and signs that will improve passenger safety and enhance the appearance of the station.


March 10, 2016
Lawmakers send letter to EU Ambassador to U.S.; Correspondence comes in wake of Gulf Cooperation Council’s designation of Hezbollah