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Honoring the Service of the More than 1.5 Million Americans Who Served in Iraq and the Memory of the Nearly 4,500 Americans Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

(WASHINGTON, DC)--Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on the Federal Reserve’s recent stress tests:

(WASHINGTON, DC)—Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on his vote in favor of HR 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act:

“I have long supported an extension of a year-long payroll tax cut for American families, as well as the extension of vital unemployment insurance benefits.

This year’s celebration of Black History Month occurs at a pivotal moment for our country in which America will choose either to regain its balance, renew its momentum, and confidently move forward from recession to recovery and rejuvenation, or give in to negative politics, distraction, disunity, restoration of the retrograde policies that caused the crisis in which our nation finds itself, an

WASHINGTON, DC--Thursday, February 09, 2012--Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-06) a senior member of the Foreign Services Committee had a productive meeting today with Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille, who this week led a high-level delegation to the United States.

Today, the House passed H.R. 658, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 by a margin of 248-169. Congressman Meeks joined 157 of his Democratic colleagues in voting against the bill.

The Joint Economic Committee of Congress released a new report earlier this week that underscores exactly what extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits means for tens of thousands of residents of Queens County.