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August 20, 2021
REPRESENTATIVES GRACE MENG AND CHRISSY HOULAHAN LEAD 75 MEMBERS IN BIPARTISAN LETTER TO SECRETARIES MAYORKAS AND BLINKEN URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO SUPPORT THE RELOCATION OF OUR AFGHAN ALLIES
August 13, 2021
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) urged families with children to make sure that they receive the second installment of their expanded Child Tax Credit payment, a crucial tax cut to help working families with expenses as the nation works to rebound from the COVID-19 crisis.
August 6, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), John Curtis (R-UT), Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Youth, Peace, and Security Act (H.R. 4838), the first comprehensive, national legislation that would prioritize the inclusion of youth in conflict resolution.
The legislation would direct the President to create a Youth Coordinator position at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which is an independent agency of the U.S.
August 3, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, after the release of a state investigation report that found Governor Andrew Cuomo had fostered a culture of workplace misconduct and had sexually harassed numerous women, Reps.
July 30, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she introduced legislation which aims to promote family-friendly policies in the workplace to help parents who left their jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis, return to the workforce following the pandemic.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, many parents have been forced to leave the workforce in order to meet the unprecedented demands of caregiving, remote schooling, housework and other family responsibilities.
July 22, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Senator Edward J.
July 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she secured $30 million in a key spending bill to expand provisions in her COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which President Biden signed into law on May 20th to help combat the ongoing hate and violence against Asian Americans and other impacted communities.
Meng attached the funding to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. The measure now heads to the House floor where it is expected to pass later this month.
July 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, announced tonight that the U.S. House of Representatives passed her Divided Families Reunification Act (H.R. 826), a bipartisan bill that seeks to help Korean American families reunite with their loved ones in North Korea.
The measure, which Meng reintroduced in February with Rep.
July 15, 2021
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) urged families in Queens and throughout New York to check for the expanded Child Tax Credit payments that will start hitting their bank accounts and mailboxes today.
This expanded Child Tax Credit, which is the largest-ever Child Tax Credit, was recently established by Congressional Democrats and President Biden as part of the American Rescue Plan – the COVID-19 relief package that Meng helped to pass through Congress in March.
July 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security – which has oversight of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) budget and policies – announced today that her provisions to rollover unused family-sponsored visas, employment-based visas, and diversity visas was included in the Homeland Security spending bill, a key measure that funds the U.S. Department Homeland Security.