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Grace Meng was born to a Taiwanese American family on October 1, 1975, in Queens, New York, [3] and was raised in the Bayside and Flushing sections of that borough. [4] She is of waishengren Taiwanese descent, [5] and is the daughter of Jimmy Meng, the first Asian to serve in the New York State Assembly, [6] and Shiao-Mei Meng. [7]
Grace Meng is the first and only Asian American Member of Congress to represent New York State.
In 2018, Chinese Americans made up 21.9% of the 6th district's population, the highest of any district in New York, and its Asian American population of 39.4% was similarly the highest out of New York's congressional districts, and the only district in New York where Asians formed the largest ethnic group.
The ASPIRE PAC (short for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Rising and Empowering Political Action Committee), formerly known as the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Leadership PAC (CAPAC Leadership PAC), is a United States political action committee established in 2011 by Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27). [1]
He’ll “strengthen our coalitions and make sure that our city comes back stronger than ever,” the fifth-term congresswoman said at a press conference outside a Flushing, Queens, elementary ...
Meng grew emotional as she criticized Republicans' rhetoric about COVID-19 amid a sharp rise in anti-Asian violence. Rep. Grace Meng accuses Trump and Republicans of 'putting a bull's-eye on the ...
The association credits itself with helping elect Jimmy Meng [2] and his daughter Grace Meng, New York's first Asian-American congresswoman, in 2008, describing Meng as a "daughter of Henan". [1] Early April 2019, two members of the association delivered a letter of appreciation from Meng to a Chinese Communist Party influence group in Henan ...
Jimmy Meng, U.S. Representative (D-NY) and father of Grace Meng; Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Timothy Tau Hsieh, Law Professor & Attorney; Katy Tang, San Francisco Supervisor, District 4; Chiling Tong, president and CEO of The National Asian Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship