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June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) tonight voted to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 7120) to address the systemic inequities and racial injustices that too many, particularly those in the Black community, tragically face.
June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations that has oversight of the U.S. State Department, issued the following statement on the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
"Seventy years ago, on June 25th, millions of Koreans were plunged into a harrowing three-year war that brought misery, death, and destruction to their lives.
June 22, 2020
QUEENS, NY - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement after news and video emerged yesterday that an NYPD officer used a banned chokehold technique to hold an individual down.
"I'm disturbed to see another NYPD officer use an illegal chokehold to hold someone down," said Meng. "It was right to suspend the officer and open an investigation but this must be done in a transparent way and include the officer's history.
June 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she sent a letter to U.S.
June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States—the highest court in the country—ruled against the Trump Administration's effort to end the 2012 Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which protects children who were brought to the U.S. from deportation.
"Today is a day of celebration and hope for the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who live, work, and call America home," said Meng.
June 16, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Fred Upton (R-MI) announced today that they introduced the Farm to Fridge Act (H.R. 7035), a bill which would expand two existing programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to help farmers and merchants pivot from selling to restaurants to selling directly to consumers.
June 13, 2020
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today announced the enactment of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010).
June 12, 2020
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations – which has oversight over the U.S. State Department – spoke with South Korea's Ambassador to the United States Soo-Hyuck Lee.
The two spoke by phone this morning about key issues of mutual interest including the ROK-US alliance and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
June 11, 2020
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that early voting for this year's primary elections in Queens – and throughout New York – will begin this Saturday, June 13.
In Queens, early voting will take place at 18 locations throughout the borough, and run through Sunday, June 21.
Voters can find their early voting site by entering their street address on nyc.pollsitelocator.com.
June 10, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn urging him to reverse his agency's decisionthat permits companies to make minor ingredient changes without having to revise the corresponding food label because of COVID-19. The FDA announced the decision on May 22.