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Biographical

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Education

• Howard University School of Law - JD (1978)

• Adelphi University - BA (1975)

• Julia Richman High School (Manhattan, N.Y.) - Diploma (1971)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  5th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 99.30%

  Democrat

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  5th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 100.00%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  5th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 85.44%

  Democrat, Women's Equality Party
  Michael A. O'Reilly, 12.96%

  Republican, Conservative
  Frank Francois, 1.53%

  Green

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  5th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 80.20%

  Democrat
  Allen F Steinhardt, 4.10%

  Undetermined

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  5th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 74.76%

  Democrat
  Allan W Jennings, 7.96%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 76.27%

  Democrat
  Asher E Taub, 10.60%

  Republican

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 67.12%

  Democrat

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 70.03%

  Democrat

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 70.12%

  Democrat

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 65.10%

  Democrat
  Rey Clarke, 2.35%

  Independence Party

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 68.79%

  Democrat

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  6th Congressional District of New York
  Gregory Weldon Meeks, 66.18%

  Democrat

Associated Organizations

• 100 Black Men of America

  New York Chapter Board Member

• Build America PAC

• Friends for Gregory Meeks (New York)

Awards

• Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) (Oct. 2020)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2310 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-3205
Phone:	202-225-3461
Fax:	202-226-4169

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Privately Financed Travel

63 trips taken between 2000 - 2018 costing $297,899

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Financial Services Committee
House Financial Services Committee Capital Markets Subcommittee
House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee
• House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ranking Member

Caucuses

• Americans Abroad Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Black Maternal Health Caucus
• Caucus for the Humane Bond
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Adult Literacy Caucus
• Congressional Afterschool Caucus
• Congressional Air Medical Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Argentina Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus
• Congressional Bangladesh Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus Foreign Affairs and Immigration Task Force, Co-Chair
• Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus
• Congressional Caribbean Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention
• Congressional Caucus on the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Colombia Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Direct Selling Caucus
• Congressional EMS Caucus
• Congressional Entertainment Industries Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional FinTech and Payments Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Ecuador Caucus
• Congressional Friends of New Zealand Caucus
• Congressional Friends of the Irish National Caucus
• Congressional Full Employment Caucus
• Congressional Golf Caucus
• Congressional Hellenic Caucus
• Congressional Horse Caucus
• Congressional Internet Caucus
• Congressional Investment in American Jobs
• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Lupus Caucus
• Congressional Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Pakistan Caucus
• Congressional Peace Corps Caucus
• Congressional Peripheral Artery Disease Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional Services Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Social Work Caucus
• Congressional STEM Education Caucus
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Urban Caucus
• Congressional Voting Rights Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Congressional World Bank Caucus
• Diversity and Innovation Caucus
• European Union Caucus
• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Friends of Australia Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• House Aerospace Caucus
• House Baltic Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
• House Dialogue Caucus, Chair
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Tech Accountability Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus
• Kurdish-American Congressional Caucus
• New Democrat Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition Action Fund
• New Democrat Coalition Affordable Housing Task Force
• New Democrat Coalition Trade Task Force
• Quiet Skies Caucus
• SALT Caucus
• United Service Organizations Congressional Caucus
• U.S. Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Democrats are spending more of their 2023 MRA, LegiStorm data shows

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 12, 2023
  Democrats are leading the House in actually using their 2023 Members' Representational Allowances, according to a LegiStorm analysis. read more

• Banking lobbyist returns to his old boss on the Hill

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 14, 2021
  A lobbying stint later, an old aide to Rep. Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.) is back with the congressman, this time as chief of staff. read more

• GOP House members top Dems in 2016 official spending

  Posted by Jock Friedly on Sept. 28, 2016
  Eight of the top 10 spenders of taxpayer funds in the House of Representatives this year are Republicans, as GOP lawmakers spend disproportionate amounts of their office budgets on mass mailings ahead of the elections. read more

• Lawmakers brag about millions sent home for special projects

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Sept. 29, 2014
  Though earmarks may be out of fashion for today's lawmakers, they still find ways to brag that federal dollars are being steered to their constituents - to the tune of $722 million in the last week alone.In the midst of a bitter election year with majority control of the Senate in play, Democrats far outstripped Republicans in bragging about new federal contracts and grants being awarded to their districts. Democrats announced $692.1 million in new funding last week alone, compared to $22.5 million announced by Republicans. read more

• Posted by Chip Slawson on June 21, 2013
  One congressman tardily reported a privately financed visit in 2012 to the Republic of Georgia, but his error-riddled explanation left much to be desired. read more

• Posted by Nick Bailey on June 19, 2013
  For one week at the end of May, Azerbaijan was the place to be, so much so that one freshman congressman made it the destination for his first privately financed trip. read more

• More member financial disclosures added

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 18, 2012
  LegiStorm today added the financial disclsoures of twelve more House of Representatives members who filed annual financial disclosures since the initial batch was released by the House last week. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Top House leadership aide fails to file accurate disclosures (Corrected)

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 5, 2011
  The House Ethics Committee rarely announces it is investigating congressional staff, but the committee announced Friday it is doing just that with two staffers.One was Michael Collins, chief of staff to Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who serves as senior chief deputy whip for the Democrats and is an iconic leader of the civil rights movement. The ethics committee did not announce what it was investigating but LegiStorm's analysis of his financial disclosures suggests several areas of weakness in his filings: read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more

• House ethics panel investigating Rep. Meeks' disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on Jan. 31, 2011
  The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) for failing to report required information on his personal financial disclosure forms, according to the New York Post. read more

• Meeks amends financial disclosures for "oversight"

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 22, 2010
  Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) has filed an amendment to years worth of financial disclosures, newly revealing $55,000 in personal loans he received. read more