Congressional Issues
Information related to Issues concerning Congress itself.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) will be joined by federal contractor Adam Whiteman, as his guest to Donald Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) voted in favor of the 2023 omnibus government funding package that delivers $1.7 trillion in historic investments in working families and New York communities.
QUEENS, NY– Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) honored the Springfield Gardens Highschool Football Team for winning the NYC Public School Athletic League's (PSAL) Citywide Championship.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) and the USPS held a ceremony to unveil the stamp of Rep. John Lewis and commemorate Black History Month.
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) held a celebration for Juneteenth and presented Southern Queens Park Association, Inc., (SQPA), a community project funding check for $3.5 million.
QUEENS, NY - Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) applauds the United States Mint for starting the preorder of the commemorative coins honoring abolitionist and human rights activist Harriet Tubman.
Rep. Meeks served as the lead sponsor of the 2024 Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) led a letter to President Biden to respectfully request that he invite the surviving members of the 1957-1959 Tennessee A&I Tigers Men’s Basketball Team, now called Tennessee State, to the White House for a long overdue celebration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) Senior Member of the House Financial Services Committee reintroduced the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act. This bill passed the House in the two previous Congresses.
Queens, N.Y. – Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) joined 18 Democratic colleagues in signing a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to urge the immediate reversal of President Trump’s rash staffing terminations and funding cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).