Press Releases

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking if Iran – in the wake of the Iranian Nuclear deal – may now be provided access to the U.S. financial system.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she has called on a key Congressional committee to do everything in its power to help combat increased airplane noise over Queens.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.