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June 25, 2019

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) called on the head of Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has considered community noise impacts while implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in major metropolitan areas such as Queens and the rest of the New York area. The Congresswoman called for the review in a letter, with 28 other Members of Congress, to Gene Dodaro, the Comptroller General of the United States.


June 24, 2019
QUEENS, NY – Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), hosted by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), visited Elmhurst, Queens for a conversation on immigration as part of her "Speaker in the House" series, which seeks to engage communities across the country and ensure that the voices of the American people are being heard in the halls of Congress.

June 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) spoke at a press conference on Capitol Hill condemning the Trump administration's proposed rule to limit immigrants from using public benefits.
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) proposed public charge rule would have dire consequences for immigrant communities, forcing families to choose between maintaining their legal immigration status and daily necessities such as food, healthcare and housing.

June 11, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern about the State Department's rejection of requests by U.S. Embassies to fly rainbow flags in honor of LGBT Pride Month.

Meng's letter urges the State Department to reverse its position and immediately allow Pride flags to be flown.


June 4, 2019

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) issued the following statement after passage of the American Dream and Promise Act, H.R. 6.

The bill establishes permanent residency and pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, and individuals who either held or were eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) as of January 1, 2017. These populations have been living in the United States for many years, but now face the threat of deportation under the Trump Administration.


May 29, 2019
NEW YORK, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by officials from the U.S. Postal Service and the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), today held a ceremony to unveil new postage stamps that commemorate the 150th anniversary of America's Transcontinental Railroad.

May 28, 2019

WASHINGTON — Rep. Grace Meng is known affectionately around Capitol Hill as "the period lady."

And she's just "fine with that" – at least it means people are talking about what has become the New York Democrat's signature issue and one she has found surprising success pushing during Donald Trump's presidency.

Meng wants women in the U.S. and abroad to have free or affordable access to pads, tampons and other menstrual products. She's already helped secure them in all federal prisons and was key to getting FEMA to allow homeless shelters to buy them using grant money.


May 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) that would make restrooms in refugee camps safer for women and girls has been passed by the House of Representatives.
The measure, entitled the Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act (H.R. 615), would require recipients of U.S. refugee and migration aid to provide safe and secure access to sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women and girls, and vulnerable populations.

May 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS), and Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the Subcommittee, announced today the inclusion of language in the Commerce, Justice, Science spending bill that would prohibit funding for the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. As Chairman, Serrano drafted the legislation and included the language. As a Member of the Subcommittee, Meng has fought for a fair and accurate 2020 Census, and for adding the language.

May 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) helped to open a new display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History that pays tribute to the Chinese immigrant laborers who helped build America's Transcontinental Railroad.
The display, "Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad," as well as its companion display, "The Transcontinental Railroad," mark the 150th anniversary of the railroad's completion which is today, May 10.