Press Releases
Last night, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) that seeks to combat a widespread telephone scam known as spoofing.
Under the scheme, criminals disguise their caller ID to make it appear that they’re calling from a government agency, financial institution, law enforcement agency or other official entity. They then steal large sums of money from those they call by tricking them into wiring cash or providing personal information such as Social Security or bank account numbers.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf urging him to remove potentially harmful colorants from feminine hygiene cosmetics.
Presently, the FDA considers feminine hygiene cosmetics – such as feminine washes – to be “externally applied” products, a designation which allows manufacturers to include colorants that are only approved for external use. But since most women use feminine hygiene cosmetics internally, they risk suffering from negative health effects that the colorants may cause.
Several provisions authored by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) that aim to assist veterans were signed into law this afternoon by President Obama.
Meng’s provisions – part of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations legislation – were attached to the stop-gap spending bill that the President signed to avert a government shutdown. Her measures include:
The House of Representatives passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) that seeks to combat flood damage caused by ice jams.
The measure, an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 5303), would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to pursue new projects and technologies that prevent and mitigate flood damages associated with ice jams.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on Asia, issued the following statement on Sunday’s terrorist attack against an Indian army base which resulted in the deaths of 18 Indian troops.
“I condemn Sunday’s attack on the army base in Kashmir and hope those behind this deadly assault on Indian troops are apprehended and brought to justice. I send my thoughts and prayers to the victims and families, and all who have been impacted by this unacceptable and heinous violence."