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July 21, 2026
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Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concerns that the State Department may be illegally impeding the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) from conducting statutorily mandated oversight of U.S. foreign assistance.
July 21, 2026
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Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared:
July 16, 2026
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Washington, D.C, - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Bill Keating led Democrats today in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concerns that the State Department is politicizing counterterrorism work at the expense of American national security.
July 16, 2026
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Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks, Congressman Don Beyer, Congresswoman Dina Titus and Congressman James Walkinshaw today introduced the Foreign Service Test-Free Reentry Act to help rebuild America’s diplomatic corps by eliminating unnecessary and unprecedented barriers for experienced Foreign Service Officers.
July 14, 2026
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Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement raising serious concerns with the Senate’s Russia sanctions bill:
July 13, 2026
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Queens, NY – U.S. Reps. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) and Grace Meng (NY-06) sent a letter to Con Edison asking to compensate Queens residents who lost power during this month's dangerous heatwave in New York City.

July 11, 2026
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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement on the 1-year anniversary of the Trump administration’s firing of 1,350 civil and foreign service employees without cause:
July 8, 2026
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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey: 
June 30, 2026
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Washington, D.C– Today, U.S. Reps. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-05) and Zach Nunn (R-IA-03) secured unanimous passage of their bipartisan Clarity for Compensation Act during a House Financial Services Committee markup.

June 30, 2026
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Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks issued a statement following yesterday’s briefing by Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff on the administration’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran: