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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after attending a briefing yesterday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other administration officials:
Issues:Foreign Affairs
ICYMI: Rep. Meeks Fights for Food Stamps and Remembers Hurricane Sandy 13 Years Later
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Africa Subcommittee, today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s threat to cut off all assistance to Nigeria and prepare for possible U.S. military intervention:
Issues:Foreign Affairs
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks and Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement condemning the Rapid Support Forces’ escalation of violence against non-Arab communities in Sudan and urging the safe passage of humanitarian assistance to those in need:
Issues:Foreign Affairs
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after attending a House Armed Services Committee briefing with Department of Defense officials regarding the administration's military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) joined 213 House Democrats in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to use contingency reserve dollars to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP) during the Republican shutdown. SNAP funding is set to lapse on November 1, putting 42 million individuals at risk of experiencing hunger.
Issues:Economy
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, and Yvette D. Clarke issued the following statement ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s expected landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
ICYMI This Week: Rep. Meeks Meets with Health Care Leaders to Address the Republican Health Care Crisis
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Chairman Mast urgently requesting the committee hold a hearing on the Trump administration’s unauthorized military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, which were conducted without Congressional authorization and resulted in at least 37 deaths.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Shaheen Demand Records on State’s Violation of Hatch Act
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Rubio, demanding records related to the Department's violation of the Hatch Act, when internal and external Department communications – including its website – were used to promote partisan, political messaging related to the government shutdown.
Issues:Foreign Affairs