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Meng and Colleagues Call for President Biden to Take Further Steps to Comprehensively and Equitably Expand Access to COVID-19 Rapid Testing
January 10, 2022
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Rep.
Meng, Rush and Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Allow SNAP to Cover Hot and Prepared Foods
January 7, 2022
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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.
Meng: Elmhurst Post Office Reopens Following Four Months of Closure Due to Flooding Caused by Hurricane Ida
January 6, 2022
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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.
Meng Issues Statement on One-Year Anniversary of January 6
January 6, 2022
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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.
Meng Leads Bicameral Letter Encouraging City Hall To Deploy COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits By Jan. 2
December 30, 2021
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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.

Meng Calls For Vote on Her Bill to Establish First National Asian Pacific American Museum
December 22, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep.
Meng, Bowman, Espaillat Lead Letter to Biden Requesting COVID-19 Testing Kits Be Steered to NYC
December 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With COVID-19 cases spiking in New York, U.S. Reps.
Meng Joins Bicameral Letter to Biden Administration Requesting Answers to Inconsistent Approach Adopted Toward Afghans Who Have Applied for Humanitarian Parole in the U.S.
December 20, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, joined Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) and U.S. Senator Ed Markey's (D-MA) letter to President Biden, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Director of U.S.
Meng, Joined By Borough President Richards, Highlights Federal Infrastructure Bill and What It Stands to Provide to Queens
December 20, 2021
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QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, today hailed the recent enactment of the federal infrastructure bill, and called for funding from the measure to be directed toward improving local infrastructure in Queens.
Meng Announces LaGuardia Airport to Receive Over $28 Million From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
December 18, 2021
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QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep.