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Gregory Meeks

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Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, Meeks has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for oversight and accountability in government, often speaking out on matters related to national security and foreign policy. Meeks has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives and has been involved in discussions regarding the War Powers and congressional oversight.

Feb 5, 2024

I strongly oppose this measure. UNRWA is flawed. But prohibiting U.S. funding of UNRWA while the people of Gaza are suffering an acute humanitarian disaster undermines the United States and Israel's interests.

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Feb 5, 2024

If UNRWA collapses, 266,000 West Bank Palestinians lose access to primary health care, 100,000 lose emergency food and cash assistance.

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Feb 5, 2024

I am so glad we are addressing it legislatively here today.

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Feb 5, 2024

This potential chaos in Jordan does not help Israel or the United States.

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Jan 17, 2024

the Securities and Exchange Commission has been hyper-aggressive compared to most agencies.

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Jan 17, 2024

We have a Gary Gensler problem; and we have a structural problem with the SEC.

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Jan 17, 2024

This has been the most-aggressive rulemaking since Dodd-Frank.

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Jan 17, 2024

The cost to the economy is enormous.

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Jan 17, 2024

Mr. Gensler has made a really serious effort at messing them up.

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Jan 16, 2024

Today, what we are doing, we are demonstrating to the United States, to the country, that when it comes to issues of critical importance to American interests, Republicans and Democrats can come together to solve big problems.

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Dec 14, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this year's NDAA. I am pleased that we were able to work in a bipartisan fashion to finalize the Senate's State Department Authorization bill for inclusion in this year's NDAA. In late 2021, during my…

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