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Washington, DC - Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), together with Representatives Mia Love and Wm. Lacy Clay of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Senator Cory Booker of the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, addressed the following bipartisan letter this week to the Chair Jelena McWilliams of the Federal Insurance Deposit Commission (FDIC).

Washington, DC – Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), together with the Members of the New York City Congressional Delegation and Members of the New York City Council's Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus, addressed the following letter to Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Mick Mulvaney.

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement regarding Dr. Ford and Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Senior Member of the House Financial Services Committee, provided the following remarks during the "Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's role as conservator and regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises" Hearing.

"The pain and suffering felt by Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after Hurricane Maria may not be quantifiable, but the death toll is. Facts are facts, and though we've grown accustomed to President Trump's tenuous relationship with the truth and his flagrant lies, his denying 3,000 Puerto Ricans died under his watch is repulsive - even by his own standards.

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, a senior member of the House Committee on Financial Services, sent the following letter to Chairman Jay Clayton of the Securities and Exchange Commission urging him to study and report on the challenges faced by minority entrepreneurs in accessing capital through the private markets.

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement regarding considerations by Betsy DeVos' Education Department to allow states to purchase guns for arming educators through Every Student Succeeds Act funding:

Washington, DC - Yesterday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) clarified its position on nonbank financial institutions obtaining national charters. Nonbank firms that are eligible for OCC charters include those engaged in the business of banking, including "fintech" firms that either receive deposits, pay checks, or lend money.