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April 10, 2020
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Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Emanuel Cleaver and Joyce Beatty issued a letter to Chairman Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve calling on the Fed to include minority-owned asset managers and broker deals as partners in the implementation of its capital markets and liquidity programs.

April 9, 2020
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Queens, NY – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks announced $1.2 million in emergency funding for the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in Rockaway, Queens. The funding is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1.3 billion coronavirus emergency funding to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded health centers.

March 24, 2020
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Queens, NY – Today, Congressman Meeks released a policy plan establishing his priorities for coronavirus response legislation:

March 10, 2020
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, chaired a field hearing on modern-day redlining.

February 28, 2020
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(Washington, DC) – Today, Reps. Albio Sires (D-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) released the following statement regarding the March 2nd elections in Guyana:

February 20, 2020
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Queens, NY - Today, Congressman Gregory Meeks issued the following statement regarding the National Credit Union Administration's decision to sell the majority of its taxi medallion loans to Marblegate Asset Management LLC:

February 14, 2020
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Queens, NY - Today, Congressman Gregory Meeks announced the introduction of his Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act, honoring the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman for this Black History Month which comes 200 years after her birth. He issued the following statement:

February 3, 2020
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New York, NY - Today, Congressman Gregory Meeks led a bipartisan letter with the entire New York City Congressional delegation and Members of the Long Island Congressional delegation to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), calling on the regulator to not sell taxi medallion debt the agency has acquired.

January 23, 2020
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Queens, NY - Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Vice Chair of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade Subcommittee, issued the following statement:

January 17, 2020
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New York, NY - Today, Congressman Gregory Meeks unveiled legislation that would help provide some financial relief for taxi medallion owners by not considering debt forgiveness they receive as income.