Gregory W. Meeks
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 5th District (in Congress since 1998)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; lawyer
Background
- U.S. representative since February 1998; represented the 6th District from 1998 to 2013 and the 5th District since 2013. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 2021 to 2023 and ranking member since January 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Member of the New York State Assembly, 31st District, 1993 to 1998. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earlier worked as an assistant district attorney, with the city's Special Narcotics Prosecutor and the state Investigations Commission, and as a supervising judge in the state workers' compensation system. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A., Adelphi University; J.D., Howard University School of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Opposes tariffs that raise costs for working people and small businesses source: branch.vote
- Policies that limit access to guns source: branch.vote
- Protect the Affordable Care Act and health-insurance tax credits source: branch.vote
- Comprehensive global action on climate change source: branch.vote
- Diplomacy and multilateral engagement source: branch.vote
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