113th Congress
November 20, 2014
Congresswoman seeks answers about why summonses were tossed out
November 18, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, today released the following statement on the terrorist attack at a Jerusalem synagogue:
"I am horrified and appalled by the barbaric murders of innocent civilians - which included three Americans - who were killed while praying at a synagogue in Jerusalem, and I denounce this unconscionable and cowardly attack in the strongest possible terms.
This brutal crime was pure evil.
November 7, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) dismissing tickets against the driver who struck and killed three-year-old Allison Liao in Flushing, Queens last year.
"After watching the video of this tragedy, I find the decision to dismiss these tickets very troubling. As the mother of young children, I cannot imagine what the Liaos went through last year, and I cannot imagine what they're going through now. This accident was a horrible tragedy and the driver must be held accountable.
November 6, 2014
Approximately 12,000 Chinese immigrant laborers helped build the railroad from 1865 to 1869 which connected the nation from coast-to-coast.
October 31, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Queens), Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens) and Councilman Peter Koo (D-Queens) today received answers to their letter asking for an update on the status of planned improvements to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station in Flushing.
In the response to the four lawmakers, LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski said that progress continues to be made on the design and property acquisition for the project. Construction is set to begin late next year.
October 28, 2014
Two weeks after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program Review Board rejected the agency's five-year budget proposal, three Queens elected officials are pressing for one of the program's smaller items to make it into the final draft of the financial plan.
October 6, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she will hold her first "U.S. Service Academy Information Forum" for high school students interested in attending the nation's prestigious service academies. The freshman Congresswoman had scheduled her first academy forum in October of last year, but the event had to be cancelled due to the 2013 shutdown of the federal government.
October 2, 2014
Money awarded as Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins
October 1, 2014
Congressional group will work to raise awareness of and reduce aircraft noise