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Meeks Message from Capitol Hill
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Congress has been in recess for about a month. With the exception of a handful of members of Congress who are retiring or running for higher offices, most senators and representatives on both sides of the aisle are either vigorously defending their own seats or actively campaigning for candidates in other districts and states.
(WASHINGTON, DC)-September 29, 2006-Last night, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), along with the entire New York delegation, voted against the bill that reauthorizes the Ryan White Care Act, which provides federal funding for HIV/AIDS related primary health care programs and services.
(WASHINGTON, DC)People are being massacred in Darfur, Sudan by the Sudanese government's proxy militia called the Janjaweed. The Janjaweed have been unleashed to carry out a scorched earth campaign against innocent civilians from three African communities in Darfur causing death, destruction and displacement.
Meeks Message from Capitol Hill
The Wave
This Monday past America and the world commemorated the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Like most people, I still have a hard time absorbing those events.
Meeks Message from Capitol Hill
The Wave
My colleagues and I in the House and Senate have recessed for the month of August. Ordinarily, most of us spend part of the recess working in our respective districts or states, and part of it taking long-deserved vacations or getaways with our families who see far too little of us.
(JAMAICA, NY)Saturday, June 10, 2006 - Today Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) of the 6th Congressional District convened a Prostate Cancer Town Hall at Queens Hospital Center to discuss the alarming disparity rates of Prostate Cancer in African American Men as part of the kick off of National Men's Health Week.
(WASHINGTON, DC)Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) joined with Representatives Tom Feeney (R-Florida) and Pete Sessions (R- Texas) to introduce the COMPETE Act. The purpose of the bill is to make improvements to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that was passed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals.
(ST. ALBANS, N. Y.) - Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) met with Arye Mekel, Consul General of Israel on Monday, February 13, 2006 to discuss the latest events in the Middle East, including the recent Palestinian elections..
(WASHINGTON, DC) In an unprecedented visit to Colombia, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks recently led a congressional delegation to meet with African-Colombian leaders, their community members and internally displaced persons.