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Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) is introducing legislation that would assist small businesses that sell their products abroad.
The measure would instruct the Export-Import Bank to increase the amount of financing it provides to small business from 20 to 25 percent.
"It would help create jobs, stimulate our economy and allow businesses to better compete in foreign markets across the globe," said Meng, a member of the House Small Business Committee, in a statement Tuesday.
Today, Reps. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, and Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, announced that in the wake of Nepal's devastating earthquake, they are leading dozens of House members in a letter urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Secretary of State John Kerry to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Nepali nationals currently residing in the United States, so that they are not forced to return home to harmful and unsafe conditions.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) this evening issued the following statement on comfort women as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to address a joint session of Congress next week. Meng issued her remarks as part of tonight's "special order" in the House of Representatives in which Members of Congress are speaking about the issue on the Floor of the House.
Meng is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, the panel that oversees U.S. foreign policy towards South Korea, Japan and all countries in Asia.
"Queens has lost a great advocate for the borough's business community. Jack Friedman did so much to assist local business owners, and he worked tirelessly to help strengthen the Queens economy. His experience and resourcefulness helped countless entrepreneurs get on their feet and grow their businesses.