Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats subcommittee, issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s nomination of Heather Nauert as U.N. ambassador:
New York –U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-5), National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, and New York Urban League President and CEO Arva Rice issued a today letter urging CEO Jeff Bezos to commit to a comprehensive and specific diversity and inclusion plan for its New York headquarters
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Washington D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory Meeks (NY-05) and Jim Himes (CT-04), together with fellow members of the New Democrat Coalition who serve on the Financial Services Committee submitted a comment letter urging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to avoid potential pitfalls and incorporate their principles for modernizing the Community Reinvestme
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.