MEEKS, GREGORY W.

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MEEKS, GREGORY W.
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: Experience: House: District 5, 1997-Present; Home State: New York; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $754,683Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Gregory W. Meeks

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Simone-Marie; 3 Children: Ebony, Aja, Nia-Aiyana

Birth Date: 09/25/1953

Birth Place: New York City

Home City: Far Rockaway, NY

Religion: African Methodist Episcopal

Education

JD, Howard University Law School, 1978

BA, History, Adelphi University, 1975

BA, Political Science, Adelphi University, 1975

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1992-1998

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, February 3, 1998

Current Legislative Committees

Financial Services, Member

Foreign Affairs, Member

Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member

Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Co-Chair, Caucus on US-Russian Trade and Economic Relations

Member, Dialogue Caucus

Member, Malaysia Caucus

Member, Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus

Member, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Incorporated

Chair, New Democrat Task Force

Chair, New Markets Initiative, Congressional Black Caucus

Co-Chair, Organization of American States Caucus

Co-Chair, Services Caucus

Professional Experience

Special Narcotics Prosecutor, State of New York

Supervising Judge, New York State Worker's Compensation Board, 1984-1992

Counsel, New York State Investigation Commission, 1982-1984

Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, 1978-1982

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Alpha Phi Alpha

Member, Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church

Member, Coalition of 100 Black Men

Member, Council of Black Elected Democrats

Former Chair, Council of Black Elected Democrats

Member, Democratic Leadership Council

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Bar Association

Member, New Democrat Coalition

Deacon, Saint John's Baptist Church

Founder, Thurgood Marshall Regular Democratic Club

Member, United Black Men of Queens

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Oppose Faith-based origanizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Oppose Social Security should remain under federal control, but you also want reforms on how the Trust Fund is handled.

Total: 104

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/30/2009	H.R.1797	Compete Act of 2009	03/30/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/10/2009	H.R.1418	To eliminate the exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges.	03/10/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/24/2009	H.R.1160	Money Market Fund Parity Act of 2009	02/24/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
06/23/2008	H.Res.1229	Recognizing the achievements of America's high school valedictorians of the graduating class of 2008, promoting the importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and rewarding academic excellence of all American high school students.	06/23/2008 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
06/19/2008	H.R.6299	To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.	06/19/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
12/18/2007	H.R.4826	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 88-40 164th Street in Jamaica, New York, as the "Clarence L. Irving, Sr., Post Office Building".	12/18/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
12/17/2007	H.R.4752	Working American Competitiveness Act	12/17/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
10/24/2007	H.R.2868	To eliminate the exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges.	10/24/2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
09/25/2007	H.Con.Res.140	Financial Services Diversity Initiative	09/25/2007 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
09/17/2007	H.Res.518	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.	09/17/2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
07/13/2007	H.Res.546	Recognizing Mukhtar Mai for her courage and her humanitarian work.	07/13/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
07/11/2007	H.Res.538	Recognizing Mukhtar Mai for her courage and her humanitarian work.	07/11/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
06/06/2007	H.Res.466	Honoring and recognizing the achievements of Barbara Hillary, the first African-American woman on record to reach the North Pole.	06/06/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
04/11/2007	H.R.1171	Money Market Fund Parity Act of 2007	04/11/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. (All Actions)
03/30/2007	H.Res.288	Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African-American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating additional funds for research, education, awareness outreach, and early detection.	03/30/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/13/2007	H.R.1508	Compete Act of 2007	03/13/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/01/2007	H.R.888	Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007	03/01/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. (All Actions)
10/02/2006	H.Res.1073	Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men.	10/02/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
09/21/2006	H.Res.1035	Congratulating Commissioner Paul Tagliabue on his retirement from the National Football League.	09/21/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. (All Actions)
07/24/2006	H.Con.Res.429	Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.	07/24/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. (All Actions)

Total: 3896

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/12/2017	H.R.2884	COVFEFE Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.R.2527	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.
05/18/2017	H.R.2525	To improve the financial literacy of students.
05/18/2017	H.Res.316	Celebrating the success of the Marshall Plan in fostering peace and prosperity in the seven decades since its conception and affirming the continued relevance of the Marshall Plan for the United States and its global allies and the values for which it stood.
05/18/2017	H.Res.311	Recognizing that for 50 years the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has worked toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia.
05/18/2017	H.Res.256	Expressing support for the countries of Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
05/18/2017	H.Res.239	Supporting ongoing efforts by the United States Government, in concert with the United Nations and the donor community, to respond to drought and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa.
05/18/2017	H.R.1677	Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Res.207	Expressing the continued support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement (the Belfast Agreement).
05/18/2017	H.Res.172	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
05/18/2017	H.Res.128	Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.
05/17/2017	H.R.2499	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet standards for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for Federal office, including a standard requiring States to ensure that no individual waits for longer than one hour to cast a vote at a polling place, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.Res.332	Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/12/2017	H.Res.320	Expressing support for the designation of May 2017 as "Mental Health Month".
05/08/2017	H.R.2403	Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.2380	Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2017

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