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New York – Today Congressman Meeks issued the following statement regarding the exhaustion of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds:
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks addressed a letter to the Facility Administrator of the GEO Queens Detention Facility regarding its coronavirus outbreak, where 25 inmates and 10 facility staff were tested positive.
Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Scott Tipton addressed a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asking the Treasury to consider issuing debit cards to Americans, creating low/no-cost bank accounts where they'd be able to immediately access funds such as stimulus checks.
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.
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.
Queens, NY – Today, Congressman Meeks released a policy plan establishing his priorities for coronavirus response legislation:
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.
(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:
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:
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: