Posts Tagged ‘meeks’

GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks: Schools Should Be Able to Use Billions in Unused COVID Money for Security

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) argued that schools should be allowed to use the billions of dollars in COVID relief money that Congress has already allocated to schools but

GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks: Fauci Is ‘Silent on the Border’ While He Floats Air Travel Vaccine Mandate

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) criticized White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci for being “silent on the border” while saying a vaccine mandate for air travel should be considered. Miller-Meeks stated, “[Y]ou mentioned Dr. Fauci now favoring mandates for air travel, but is silent […]

Rep. Meeks: The way you deal with Iran is with our allies

WASHINGTON – Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-New York), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called on Wednesday to work in a bipartisan way to build on the Abraham Accords and to find a common ground between the US and its allies regarding Iran.“One of the few things that I agree with the outcome of the […]

Meeks says Israel has ‘right to defend themselves’ — days after it kills 14-year-old protester

Three days ago, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, Ali Abu Alia, who was protesting illegal Israeli settlement on his village’s lands. The killing has drawn international outrage. Today the newly-anointed chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Gregory Meeks (D-NY), said that Israel has a “right to defend themselves” and Palestinians […]

U.S. Democrats elect Meeks as first Black House foreign affairs chairman

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Jewish Democrats welcome Meeks’ appt. as chair of Foreign Affairs Cmte.

WASHINGTON – Jewish Democrats congratulated Gregory Meeks of New York on Thursday after being elected as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Meeks will replace Eliot Engel, a staunch supporter of Israel, who lost his primary reelection bid and will not serve in the next Congress. “I congratulate my dear friend Greg […]

Meeks beats out Castro for chair of Foreign Relations Committee

On Thursday, Democrats elected Rep. Gregory Meeks to chair the House Foreign Relations Committee. Meeks will be replacing Rep. Eliot Engel, who was upset by progressive Jamaal Bowman in his primary earlier this year. Meeks ended up beating Texas’ Joaquin Castro by a vote of 148-78. He will become the first African-American lawmaker to hold […]

Rep. Meeks’ Ties To Colombian Paramilitaries Exposed

Rep. Meeks’ Ties To Colombian Paramilitaries Exposed Above photo: U.S. Congressman Gregory Meeks pictured in Berlin on November 25, 2013. John MacDougal/AFP via Getty Images. Ties To Right-Wing Groups in Colombia Could Haunt Democrat Vying for a Powerful Foreign Affairs Role. Rep. Gregory Meeks worked with Colombian politicians tied to right-wing paramilitaries to help push […]

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