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Meng Introduces Legislation to Modernize Voting and Make Election Day a National Holiday
February 8, 2017
Press Release
Measure would finally bring U.S. voting system into the 21st Century
Congresswoman Meng, Senator Franken Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bring “Atomic Cleanup Veterans” The Health Care They Need
February 3, 2017
Press Release
Bipartisan Measure Would Support Veterans Who Cleaned Up Nuclear Testing Sites in Marshall Islands; Bill Named After Late Rep. Mark Takai Who Previously Sponsored Measure in House of Representatives
Meng Helps Introduce Legislation to Award Late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat with Congressional Gold Medal
February 1, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep.
Democrats Do What They Can With What They Have
January 30, 2017
In The News

By Rema Rahman

Democrats Do What They Can With What They Have

House Democrats want to keep pressure on Republicans amid the fallout over the Trump administration's executive order banning refugees and legal travelers from several majority-Muslim countries.

Congressional Democrats Seek to Repeal Trump's Refugee Travel Ban
January 30, 2017
In The News

By Erin Kelly

Congressional Democrats Seek to Repeal Trump's Refugee Travel Ban

WASHINGTON — Democrats offered legislation and protests Monday to try to force a repeal of President Trump 's executive order banning most Syrian refugees and citizens from six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.

Congresswoman Meng to Introduce Legislation to Stop President Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees
January 29, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep.
Meng Introduces Resolution Calling on Congress to Recognize Lunar New Year
January 24, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she has introduced a resolution calling on the House of Representatives to officially recognize Lunar New Year in 2017.
The measure (H. Res. 63) encourages the House to recognize the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in the year 2017.
Meng to Not Attend Trump Inauguration
January 18, 2017
Press Release

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she will not attend President-elect Trump's inauguration on Friday. The Congresswoman issued the following statement:

"With just days before his inauguration, I had hoped that President-elect Trump would put an end to his inflammatory rhetoric. But obviously that pivot has not occurred.

Meng Secures Seat on House Appropriations Committee
January 6, 2017
Press Release
U.S. Rep.
Meng Applauds Passage of House Resolution That Denounces U.N. Vote on Israel
January 5, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on the Middle East, today applauded the passage of a House resolution (H.