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Meng to Bring LaGuardia Airport Security Officer from Flushing, Queens to State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C.
February 3, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – In an effort to stand with working men and women and their fight for improved protections such as health care, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that Abdul Quddus Chaudhry of Flushing, Queens, a security officer at LaGuardia Airport and member of the 32BJ SEIU union, will be her guest for this year's State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Meng Introduces Resolution to Recognize Lunar New Year
January 24, 2020
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Asian American community preparing to celebrate Lunar New Year on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives that seeks to recognize the cultural and historical significance of the holiday in 2020.
Meng, Deutch and Zeldin to Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Commemorating 75 Years Since Auschwitz Liberation
January 23, 2020
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Ted Deutch (D-FL), and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) announced that they will introduce a bipartisan resolution in the House of Representatives to commemorate 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz next Monday.

Queens Elected Officials Demand Answers About Harassment and Sexual Assault of Students at Marie Curie Middle School (M.S. 158) in Bayside
January 16, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – Today, Queens elected officials – U.S. Rep.
Meng Issues Statement Ahead of Korean American Day
January 12, 2020
Press Release

QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued the following statement ahead of Korean American Day, which falls on Monday, January 13, 2020.

Queens lawmaker marches against anti-Semitism amid recent attacks on the Jewish community
January 6, 2020
In The News

By Carlotta Mohamed

Queens lawmaker marches against anti-Semitism amid recent attacks on the Jewish…

Congresswoman Grace Meng joined over 25,000 participants this past weekend in the "No Hate, No Fear" Solidarity March in New York City standing with the Jewish community against anti-Semitism and hate.

Meng Statement on Killing of Qasem Suleimani
January 3, 2020
Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, issued the following statement after the U.S. drone strike that killed Major General Qasem Suleimani of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force.

Meng Issues Statement on Impeachment Vote
December 18, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today issued the following statement on the House of Representatives' vote to impeach President Trump.
"I did not come to Congress to impeach the President of the United States.
Meng Statement on Government Spending Package
December 17, 2019
Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee—which funds the federal government—issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed two spending packages that total $1.4 trillion.

Meng Hails House Passage of Legislation to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans
December 12, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today hailed the House of Representatives' passage of the transformative Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), a bill that makes major efforts to lower prescription drug prices for Americans.