Congressman Meek (D-FL) greets a special forces soldier from Chad.

Congressman Meek (D-FL) meets with local government and tribal leaders in Chad.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (l), Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (c) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (r) held a press conference at the Jesse Trice Economic Opportunity Health Center on October 29th in support of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. (Credit: Opal A. Jones).

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Chairman Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), Democratic House Majority Leader Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Marine Corps Major General Walter E. Gaskin, and Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Congressman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI) met in the United Stated Capitol on October 18th.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) speaks at the dedication of Savannah Monument Project on October 7th in Savannah, Georgia.

(from left to right) Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), Army General William E. (Kip) Ward, Commander of US Africa Command, and Democratic House Majority Whip Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC) on October 3rd.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) (left) and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) (right) spoke at Howard University on September 19th about the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007.

Tatiana Ford (right) receives a book bag and school supplies from Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) at a Back to School Supplies Giveaway in Overtown.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), son Kendrick Jr. and daughter Lauren hand out book bags to community youth at a Back to School Supplies Giveaway in Overtown.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) and Tyler Bacon of Jacksonville, Florida (right) meet before a Congressional hearing on Children Who "Age Out" of the Foster Care System.

Accompanied by her father Jaime (left), Jennifer Suarez (center) receives a certificate of achievement from Congressman Kendrick Meek (right) for winning the 17th Congressional District’s 2007 Congressional Art Competition.

Youth of America volunteer Dr. Gil Raiford (center) and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (standing) talk to Youth of America students from Liberty City and Overtown during a breakfast in the Congressional Dining Room hosted by Meek.

Congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis (D-GA) and Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) speak to Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary School students about public service, education and civil rights.

U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek Hosted Haitian President René Préval on Thursday, May 10th.

President René Préval (left), Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (center) and U.S. Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) (right) in the U.S. Capitol gather before a meeting in the Speaker’s Office.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) meets with children in Cité-Soleil, a neighborhood located on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Meek is the first Member of Congress to travel there in recent months since the U.N. established control of Cité-Soleil.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) meets with Haitian President René Préval in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Monday, April 2nd. Meek and Préval discussed economic, security and immigration issues affecting Haiti.

Members of the Official U.S. Delegation gathered in Ghana’s parliament. (Front row, from left to right) Reps. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI). (Back row, from left to right) Reps. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Danny Davis (D-IL) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY).

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek and Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek standing outside a female slave dungeon in Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) meets with teachers and students from Miami Northwestern High School in the House Committee on Ways and Means hearing room.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) outside the U.S. Capitol with a teacher and students from Miami Country Day School who were visiting Washington, DC on their annual trip to the nation’s capital.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) meeting with Grammy Ward winner Wyclef Jean (on right) in his Capitol Hill Office to discuss Haitian affairs.

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, 15th Sgt. Mjr. John L. Estrada, 16th Sgt. Mjr. Carlton W. Kent, Rep. Kendrick B. Meek.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek meets with Chairman Cypress of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida on February 14, 2007.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek with Mayor Frank C. Ortis of Pembroke Pines, Florida, on February 6, 2007.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (center) welcomes students and teacher from Michael Krop High School.

Rep. Kendrick B. Meek joined 1,800 Miami-Dade County students on Sunday to run the “Final Mile” of the ING Run for Something Better in downtown Miami.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek began his 3rd term in Congress with a ceremonial swearing-in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.