Grace Meng

We are thrilled that the legislation has passed and it is one of many steps that we will have to take towards addressing this serious issue.

It is time that our government finally walks the walk and sets an example by providing free menstrual products in all public buildings.

It is time that our Government finally walks the walk and sets an example by providing free menstrual products in all public buildings, just like we do with toilet paper, paper towels, and hand soap.

I look forward to submitting for your committee's consideration infrastructure projects that are sure to improve the lives of my constituents in Queens, New York.

Thank you, in particular, to Representative Lee Zeldin, my partner in this effort.

One of my top priorities as a Member of Congress is protecting those who are vulnerable around the world.

I know that our subcommittee, under the leadership of Chairwoman Lee, appropriated almost $11 billion earlier this year.

I appreciate what you just mentioned about some of the transparency standards that have been used.

I wanted to ask, switching gears, a different question, about the climate plan, the directive announcing $20 billion from the administration to develop an Amazon climate financing plan for an important forest region of our world.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Thank you, Mr. Ranking Member. And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for coming here today to testify.

The U.S. must invest in young people who carry unprecedented power to prevent climate change, promote democracy, good government, social justice, and spread American values.

I do want to acknowledge our Chairwoman Lee's efforts and leadership on this issue.

Diversity should be an asset to our national security, not a threat.

They literally represent an entire generation of Asian-American immigrants who came to this country who worked their tails off to be able to provide for their families for their next generation.

I was overwhelmed to see President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both in Georgia acknowledging what happened, acknowledging the human lives, six of whom were Asian women who were lost in Atlanta.

And so when he and when our GOP leader in the House, Kevin McCarthy, used those phrases and continued to use those phrases and then 164 Republican colleagues couldn`t even vote for a symbolic resolution to condemn bigotry against…

Your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want. But you don’t have to do it by putting a bull’s eye on the back of Asian-Americans across this country, on our grandparents on…

A lot of it is as a result of the rhetoric from the former president of the United States.

Your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want, but you don`t have to do it by putting a bullseye on the back of Asian Americans across this country, on our grandparents, on our…

I respectfully urge you not to let these bills languish in Committee but see them through.

That we are perpetually made to feel like foreigners in our own country.

I introduced my resolution to condemn anti-Asian sentiment related to COVID.

Discrimination against Asian Americans is a shameful part of our history.

We are the fastest growing racial demographic in the country.

For Asian Americans, that moment is now.