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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government issued the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed expanding the E-Rate program to allow schools and libraries to loan out Wi-Fi hotspots to students and educators:

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today condemned the vandalism of the Blessed Mother statue at the St. Andrew Avellino parish in Flushing, Queens.

The nearly 110-year-old statue had its right hand broken off and an attempt to remove the left hand was made as well. The statue has been a part of the parish since 1914. 

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that $900,000 in federal funds has been awarded to two key immigration advocacy organizations in Queens: Women for Afghan Women in Fresh Meadows and the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in Woodside. Both organizations each received $450,000.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) reintroduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to help increase federal support for female entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses. The legislation was also reintroduced in the Senate by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).

The Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act would reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise (ICWBE) by making sure a chairperson is appointed to operate the panel.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Toady U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced the introduction of the Robin Danielson Menstrual Product and Intimate Care Product Safety Act of 2023. The bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the make up of menstrual and intimate care products, increasing research into fragrance ingredients, colorants, dyes, and the potential impacts they may have on consumers.  

QUEENS, NEW – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) issued the following statement on the attack of a Queens Sikh resident. The assault is being investigated as a hate crime by the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit.

“Over the past few days, we have seen a devastating up-tick in discrimination and violence against religious minorities that have now hit our home here in Queens. I was horrified to learn that one of our young residents, who was going about their day on a MTA bus, was a victim of a verbal and physical assault that left them bleeding.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, today thanked the State Department and President Biden for agreeing to arrange charter flights to help U.S. citizens leave Israel.

Since the unprecedented, heinous attack by Hamas, Meng has spearheaded two letters to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking him to use all resources at the Department’s disposal to help Americans seeking to return from Israel, including the use of charter flights.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to use all tools at its disposal help get Americans out of Israel and back home to the United States.