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March 19, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of House Committee on Financial Services and Chairman of its Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, announced specific benefits that health insurance reform will bring to constituents of the Sixth Congressional District.

March 10, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Committee on Financial Services and Chairman of its Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, applauded today’s unanimous passing of H.R. 4573, the Haiti Debt Relief Bill. This bill calls for the U.S.

February 26, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks and his bi-partisan colleagues in the House of Representatives voted in favor of HR 2701, “Intelligence Reauthorization Act of FY 2010”, the House legislation that sets policy and funding levels for various federal intelligence agencies.

February 24, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks of New York welcomed the semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony of the Federal Reserve’s chairman, Ben Bernanke, focusing his questions on the housing sector.

February 24, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks of New York hailed legislation that passed the House of Representatives today repealing the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies. “I believe that this is an important step toward fostering competition in the insurance market thereby reducing costs for consumers,” remarked Meeks.

January 25, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– At a press conference on Friday, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, in response to the earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, announced a series of initiatives to assist Haitians and Haitian Americans living in the Sixth Congressional District.

January 22, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks proposed a resolution to effectively address the crisis in Haiti by establishing a Haiti Marshall Plan Committee. This committee will bring about coordinated efforts to create a successful long term recovery plan to assist Haiti in one of the worst national disasters in over 200 years.

January 15, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement today in response to the Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano’s, announcement to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians in America as of January 12, 2010:

January 13, 2010
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• The Haiti Earthquake Task Force has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about American citizens in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747. Some callers may receive a recording because of the heavy volume of calls.

January 12, 2010
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement today in response to today’s horrific earthquake of 7.0 magnitude in Haiti: