Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, DC)– Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Gregory Meeks, Aaron Schock, and Henry Cuellar released the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to act upon the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Diaz-Balart, Meeks, Schock, and Cuellar comment:
(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) released the following statement in regards to today’s announcement of the action plan related to U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement:
(JAMAICA, NY)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) announced that he will host the Sixth Congressional District’s Job Fair & Conference, with nearly 60 employers, on Friday, May 6, 2011, 10:00AM-3:00 P.M at York College.
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) released the following statement in regards to the offer of purchase of the New York Stock Exchange:
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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6) released the following statement today in regards to the passing of Geraldine Ferraro Zaccaro:
(WASHINGTON, DC)– The 111th Congress passed one of the most critical pieces of Health Care Legislation in the history of this country to ensure that all Americans have access to quality and affordable health care. Below are the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for people across the state of New York one year later.
(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Financial Services, released the following statement in regards to today’s bombing in Jerusalem:
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• The unemployment rate declined to 8.9% in February, down from 9.0% in January. The unemployment rate has fallen by 0.9 percent point in the past three months, the largest such decline since 1983, primarily driven by increases in employment. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)