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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) announced the introduction of the Strategic Lebanon Security Reporting Act, a bipartisan bill that would aid in addressing security threats in Lebanon.

The bill would direct the Secretary of State to submit a report to the appropriate Congressional committee (House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs) that:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), and María Salazar (R-FL) announced the reintroduction of the Youth, Peace, and Security Act.

QUEENS, NY – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) brought the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, to Queens to address increased attacks on the Jewish community around the world and in New York City, as well as to meet with local Jewish community leaders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Mom Economy Resolution, bicameral legislation that lays out a plan to promote and empower mothers in the workforce and highlight the need for the United States to prioritize mom-nomics.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) brought two New York City Jewish community leaders to Washington, D.C. for the historic address that Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivered to a joint session of Congress.

Meng’s guests were the CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council) David Greenfield, who previously served as a member of the New York City Council, and Jason Koppel, Political Director for the Northeast Region at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Susan Wild (D-PA), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), David Kustoff (R-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Don Bacon (R-NE) announced a historic $2.5 million for the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, an increase of $1 million over the amount it received last year. 

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she recently sent a letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service (USPS), urging the agency to prioritize Queens in its newly announced effort to combat mail theft, and further secure green relay boxes throughout the borough. 

QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision.