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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration's immigration related executive orders:

Queens, New York - Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement regarding allegations made against Milan Taylor by multiple women from the Rockaway Youth Task Force:

WASHINGTON – Chairman-elect of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade Subcommittee Albio Sires and Congressman Andy Levin released the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY) thanked his colleagues and bipartisan leadership across both the House of Representatives and US Senate for including key provisions of the Jobs and Neighborhood Investment Act in the year-end COVID19 stimulus package, which will bring desperately needed relief to the hardest hit communities.

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was elected to Chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee, becoming the first African-American Chair in the committee's history. He released the following statement:

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, successfully passed his bill (H.R. 8259) prohibiting the federal use of funds for the purpose of admitting Russia into the G7. Russia, which joined the forum in 1997, expanding it into the G8, was expelled after its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.

NEW YORK—On the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Matthew W. Luzzatto today announced the start of construction on the Rockaways – Atlantic Shorefront Project, which will protect communities and strengthen the shoreline along six miles of the Rockaway Peninsula.

Washington, DC – Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions and senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was presented today with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.