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(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6) lauded the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the economic, mortgage and housing rescue plan announced by the Committee’s Democratic Majority last week.

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Rep. Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement on today’s testimony by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the war in Iraq:

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement on the resignation of Governor Eliot Spitzer today:

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks announces his support of David Patterson’s succession to the Office of the New York State Governor.

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Yesterday, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks voted along with fellow Democrats and Republicans to approve a bipartisan economic stimulus package that will give a much needed boost to the struggling economy and provide some assistance to senior citizens, and lower and middle income families.

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks joined the majority of his colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (H.R. 4137). This legislation strengthens and reauthorizes our nation's higher education programs by expanding college access and support for low and middle income students.

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks voted to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). House Republicans were able to sustain the President’s veto for the third time in the 110th Congress. The vetoed bill would have extended coverage to an additional 3.8 million children in the United States.

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks and his colleagues in the House of Representatives passed the HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3524). The bill reauthorizes HOPE VI for the next eight years with an authorization level of up to $800 million a year. In addition, to reauthorizing the program the bill makes several changes to the program.