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January 21, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the hostage standoff at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), New York’s senior appropriator on the House Appropriations Committee, renewed her commitment to seek additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, the federal initiative that provides houses of worship and nonprofit organizations with federal grants to improve the safety and security of their properties.
January 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she urged the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reduce the large backlog of tax returns that have affected millions of people including residents in Queens.
January 15, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement regarding the Asian woman who was pushed to her death at the Times Square subway station.
January 13, 2022
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January 10, 2022
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January 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan SNAP PLUS Act (H.R. 6338), a bill that would allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to be used to purchase hot foods and certain prepared foods, which are currently not covered by SNAP.
January 6, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the U.S. Post Office in Elmhurst, Queens reopened this week on Monday (January 3) after being closed since September due to flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. All repairs to the Elmhurst A Post Office have been completed and the facility will now be functioning at normal capacity.
January 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of January 6.
"The January 6 insurrection was an assault on our democracy.
December 30, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she led a bicameral letter with New York Members of Congress to City Hall encouraging them to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits to public schools by January 2nd. The letter comes as nearly one million students and hundreds of thousands of educators are set to return to in-person classes on January 3rd.
December 22, 2021
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