Press Releases
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Meng Announces Construction of Elevators and Other Improvements at Flushing-Main Street LIRR Station
September 13, 2017
Upgrades are part of station overhaul
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September 12, 2017
Facility’s old flag was stolen
September 8, 2017
Presently no universal requirements exist
Congresswoman sponsors the bill as students head back to school
September 7, 2017
Congresswoman’s bill would establish safeguards for kids in the television, film and modeling industries
September 5, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today issued the following statement on President Trump ending the DACA program.
"Today, my thoughts are with the thousands of young people across this country who have had their dreams for a better future dashed. President Trump's decision to eliminate DACA places hundreds of thousands of young people at risk of being deported through no fault of their own. Let's be clear, DACA protected individuals who were brought to this country as children and who subsequently obeyed the law.
August 17, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After urging the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to make tampons, pads and liners available to federal female inmates, U.S. Rep.
August 16, 2017
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today issued the following statement on the vandalism of headstones at Cypress Hills Cemetery which included anti-Asian graffiti.
"I am disgusted and horrified by the anti-Asian vandalism that took place early yesterday morning at Cypress Hills Cemetery, which is located partly in my district in Glendale, Queens. Headstones were knocked over, burial vaults were attacked, and anti-Asian graffiti was smeared over the desecrated graves.
July 27, 2017
Measure expected to soon be voted on in the Senate
July 27, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a first-term member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted against the "minibus," a package of four appropriations bills that included Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies; Defense; and Legislative Branch Appropriations bills.
"H.R. 3219, the so-called ‘security minibus,' far from keeping us secure, abandons our morals and priorities," said Meng.