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QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the passage of legislation pushed by the President and Congressional Republicans that makes extreme cuts to health care, food assistance and more. 

“I stayed in the Capitol all night to vote NO on the GOP's bad budget bill that will slash health care and food assistance for millions of children, seniors and families – just to put more money in the pockets of billionaires.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) released the following statement on the murder of two Israeli diplomats, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside a Jewish community event in Washington, D.C. last night:

QUEENS, NY – With the summer travel season kicking off later this month, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), in conjunction with New York State Senators Joseph Addabbo and Leroy Comrie, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and Councilwoman Lynn Schulman, will hold a local Passport Day to help constituents apply for or renew a passport.

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Mike Lawler (R-NY), along with U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), introduced the Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act, a bipartisan bill to make sure that people don’t go hungry if criminals and fraudsters steal their SNAP benefits. This legislation would allow state SNAP agencies to reimburse SNAP recipients for benefits stolen through skimming or other methods. 

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi opposing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to terminate federal grants awarded through the agency’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and urging the Administration to restore funding for critical programs supporting law enforcement and violence prevention.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) announced today that they wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins praising recent state-led efforts to expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to include certain hot food purchases. 

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following statement on the Administration’s decision to cut more than 400 grants funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF):

QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and other elected officials from Queens issued the following joint statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to revoke federal money to address flooding in Queens, in particular cuts to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The elected officials include Rep.