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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) announced the introduction of their bipartisan Hot Foods Act.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contains an outdated provision that limits SNAP purchases to foods designed for take-home preparation and consumption, or cold prepared foods. The bipartisan Hot Foods Act would remove this prohibition allowing families to use SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods such as prepared rotisserie chickens, hot sandwiches, and soups.

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been awarded federal funding from the National Science Foundation to participate in a project on artificial and natural intelligence.

QUEENS, NY – After calling on the United States Postal Service to do more to address the rise in mail theft, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the agency has agreed to do so.

WASHINGTON D.C. – In advance of the one-year anniversary of the Tops Friendly Market grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Brain Higgins (D-NY) announced the reintroduction of the Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As New York and the nation continue to mark Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) announced today that they introduced legislation to promote the teaching of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in schools.

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the federal infrastructure bill has provided Queens with millions of dollars to help pay for crucial highway improvements throughout the borough.

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she visited Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy in Bayside for the unveiling of a lockdown system and new fortified infrastructure that the school installed with funds the Congresswoman helped secure to better protect those in the building.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY), introduced a resolution recognizing May as National Menstrual Health Awareness Month.

The resolution recognizes the impact that the stigmatization of menstruation has on the lives of women, girls, and people who menstruate, and expresses support for the designation of May as National Menstrual Health Awareness Month.