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January 13, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today spoke on the floor of the House in honor of Korean American Day. The following are the remarks she delivered.


January 12, 2016

Months after a hearing on sexual harassment at the Environmental Protection Agency, one of the House’s top government watchdogs has delivered on his promise to protect the youngest members of the federal workforce.


January 11, 2016

New York Democrat Congresswoman Grace Meng has found a unique way to support Muslims in America and rebuff the Republican presidential front-runner and businessman Donald Trump’s vicious invective against Muslims: she has invited as her guest a Pakistani American New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, Lt.


January 11, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that a Muslim New York City Police (NYPD) lieutenant will be her guest at President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday in an effort to combat rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.


January 8, 2016

Queens Democrats came out in uniform support Tuesday for President Barack Obama’s executive actions to try and curb gun violence throughout the country.

Speaking at the East Room at the White House and flanked by victims of gun violence and their families, the president became visibly emotional as he spoke of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.


January 5, 2016

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on Asia, today issued the following statement condemning the terrorist attacks against India.

"I condemn the terrorist attacks on the Pathankot Air Force base in India as well as on the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.


January 5, 2016
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today issued the following statement commending President Obama’s move to curb gun violence.

December 27, 2015

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) praised the passage of tax breaks that she said will benefit individuals and small businesses in Queens, including a commuter tax credit for mass transit commuters and increasing expense limits for businesses for equipment costs. These were part of a $1.1 trillion spending package approved in Washington last week.


December 19, 2015

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today hailed the passage of critical tax breaks that will benefit individuals and small businesses in Queens.

The tax measures, passed by the House, Senate and signed into law by President Obama on Friday, will make permanent several tax breaks that Congress has traditionally only renewed on a temporary basis.