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New York Quiet Skies Caucus Members Secure Provision in Omnibus Bill that Seeks to Reduce Excessive Airplane Noise
This newly enacted measure directs the FAA to look at using more accurate metrics to measure effects of noise -
Reps. Meng, Velázquez, Soto, Gutiérrez, Serrano Introduce Legislation to Permit Waivers to the Jones Act for Humanitarian Relief
In response to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, Rep. Meng introduced the Humanitarian Disaster Relief Act of 2017 to permit waiving the Jones Act for humanitarian relief efforts. -
Meng: Department of Justice to Provide Female Inmates with Tampons, Pads, and Liners
After urging the United States Department of Justice to make tampons, pads and liners available to federal female inmates, Rep. Grace Meng announced that the agency has agreed to do so. -
Meng Sends Letter to President Asking that Foreign-Born Military Recruits be Protected from Deportation
Rep. Meng sent a letter to President Trump in response to a policy change recommendation within the U.S Department of Defense. -
Meng Secures Funds for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Rep. Grace Meng announced during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month that she has obtained more than a quarter-million dollars for the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center in the Omnibus spending bill. She also championed funding for many other vital programs.
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Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng(D-Queens) responded to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) request for public comments on its new proposed regulation seeking to punish immigrants who lawfully use public benefits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) sent a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen calling for her agency to withdraw its proposed public charge rule for non-compliance with federal law. Under federal law, agencies are required to provide public justifications for any newly proposed policy that would harm families.
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On Monday night, at 9:29 p.m., the Commerce Department announced that it will include a citizenship question in the 2020 Census.
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Federal lawmakers from New York and California reintroduced legislation Thursday calling on the Postal Service to issue a stamp that honors the Chinese workers who built the transcontinental railro
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