Gregory Weldon Meeks was born on September 25,1953 and is an American lawyer and politician who has been a US representative from New York since 1998.
18 Facts About Gregory Meeks
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Gregory Meeks is a member of the Democratic Party and chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2023.
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Gregory Meeks still sits on the committee as ranking member.
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Gregory Meeks represented much of Kew Gardens and northern Richmond Hill, as well as the largely Irish American western part of Rockaway Peninsula.
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Gregory Meeks is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Gregory Meeks worked as an Assistant District Attorney and for the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York before joining the Investigations Commission on official misconduct and organized crime.
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Gregory Meeks then was Supervising Judge for the New York State Workers Compensation System.
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Gregory Meeks was criticized for initially supporting Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama for president.
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On March 3,2015, Gregory Meeks participated with fellow Democrats in a boycott of the speech delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Congress.
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In July 2020, after the primary defeat of House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel, Gregory Meeks declared his candidacy for chair.
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In November 2021, Gregory Meeks called for increasing the cap on SALT deductions, which would entail tax cuts for the wealthy.
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The New York Times reported that Gregory Meeks utilizes the option to use tax dollars to lease a car for use as a member of Congress.
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The lease is forgone by many members of Congress, but Gregory Meeks has held the most-expensive lease among all members.
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Gregory Meeks has used tax dollars to lease a 2007 Lexus LS 460 for $998 per month.
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On October 6,2022, The United States embassy at Jakarta stated that Gregory Meeks represented Pelosi and would deliver the keynote address at the P20 Bali summit's plenary session on "Effective Parliament, Dynamic Democracy".
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Gregory Meeks's speech discussed the importance of defending democratic values, combating climate change, strengthening food and energy security, advancing sustainable development and recovery from COVID-19, and deepening inter-parliamentary coordination to address these challenges.
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Gregory Meeks has African-American heritage, and according to DNA analysis, he descends mainly from people of Sierra Leone.
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Gregory Meeks's great-grandparents lived in South Carolina when slavery was abolished.