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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.

Jul 18, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.J. Res. 70. For decades, Muammar Qadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist and with a corrupt, self-serving economic policy that stunted Libya's…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-18
Jul 18, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, we welcome Israel's President Herzog to the United States of America. For my entire career of 25 years in the House…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-18
Jul 18, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume for the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, I will be brief because, unfortunately, when we are in this august body, the world is looking at us. As I was scratching my head on the first…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-18
Jul 18, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nunn).

Congressional Record · 2023-07-18
Jul 18, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Miller).

Congressional Record · 2023-07-18
Jul 18, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, there is nothing progressive about racism. Racism is ugly. I know my colleague, my dear friend, Mr…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-18
Jul 13, 2023

As I said, we should not look to reignite some of the disunity and disruption that America First or America only promoted. We don't need to call out in an amendment our strongest of allies. This amendment calls out and criticizes and…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-13
Jul 13, 2023

Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. This is a poorly conceived and ill-intentioned attempt to kill the United States' support for the Defence Innovation Accelerator of the North Atlantic program, otherwise known as…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-13
Jul 13, 2023

Mr. Chairman, this week, NATO leaders held a summit in Lithuania to discuss, address, and prepare for the alliance's future. It was done with the United States at the table, leading the efforts to galvanize ambitions in the face of…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-13
Jul 13, 2023

Mr. Chair, what NATO has done when they have seen the taking of property from a sovereign country is stick together. The one thing that Mr. Putin did think would happen was that we would be divided. That has not happened, and NATO has been…

Congressional Record · 2023-07-13
Jul 12, 2023

When we look at our capital market systems, which I believe to be the envy of the world--everyone looks at it, this is the envy of the world--it seems that for it to work best, we would want our institutional investors to have access to…

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