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ICYMI This Week: Rep. Meeks Calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Resign and Meets with Local Advocacy Groups

March 28, 2025

ICYMI This Week: Rep. Meeks Calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Resign and Meets with Local Advocacy Groups Congressman Meeks Discusses the Signal Security Breach on CNN.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks Statement on Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Abolishing of USAID

March 28, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement condemning the Trump administration for unilaterally shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) without Congressional approval.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks Calls for Hegseth to Resign After Revelation He Shared Classified War Plans Over Signal

March 26, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today called for the immediate resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth following revelations that he shared classified U.S. military plans in a Signal group chat with several members of Trump’s Cabinet and the Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

ICYMI This Week: Rep. Meeks Defends Medicaid and Honors Political Legend

March 25, 2025

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ICYMI This Week: Rep. Meeks Defends Medicaid and Honors Political Legend

Issues:Congressional IssuesEducationHealthSeniors, Social Security and Retirement Security

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Members Meeks, Connolly Sound the Alarm on Rubio’s “Triple-Hatted” Appointment and Suspicious, Potentially Unlawful, Disposal of Agency Documents

March 24, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks Calls for Hearing on Security Breach of U.S. War Plans in Yemen

March 24, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today called on Chairman Mast to hold a public committee hearing on the bombshell reporting of senior Trump administration officials communicating U.S. military operations in Yemen in a Signal messaging app group chat.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Connolly, Himes Demand Answers to Reports that Trump Nat Sec Team Leaked Military Plans

March 24, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Representatives Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; and Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to President Trump’s National Security team demanding answers to questions.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes, Krishnamoorthi Release Joint Statement on President Trump’s Repeated Annexation Threats

March 24, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Smith; Himes; and Krishnamoorth issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s repeated annexation threats:

Issues:Foreign Affairs

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Republican Attack on the U.S. Department of Education

March 20, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Today Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) released the following statement on President Trump signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education:

Issues:Congressional IssuesEducation

Meeks and Meng Hold Press Conference on Medicaid Cuts Impacting Thousands of Queens Residents

March 19, 2025

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Queens, N.Y. – U.S. Reps. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) and Grace Meng (NY-06) held a Medicaid Day of Action press conference on Tuesday on the Republican plan to cut Medicaid, which would impact hundreds of thousands of Queens Residents.

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