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title: "1 Borough Quotes By Grace Meng"
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> [Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more attention to what we need, and what the federal government needs to do to improve the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/queens-is-so-often-treated-as-a-stepchild-and-labeled-as-an-outer/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

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## More by Grace Meng

> [I want to see America thrive. I want to see all different families here succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/i-want-to-see-america-thrive-i-want-to-see-all-different-families/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/i-take-the-definition-and-title-of-my-job-representative-seriously/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They see someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/when-people-see-barack-obama-they-don-t-necessarily-see-an-african/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/queens-is-famous-throughout-the-world-for-diversity-and-tolerance-but/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [It's nice to be a woman, and it's nice to be an Asian. But what's more important is what I can bring back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/it-s-nice-to-be-a-woman-and-it-s-nice-to-be-an-asian-but-what-s-more/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/as-the-daughter-of-immigrants-growing-up-in-new-york-city-you-are/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [I'm just going to let my record in Congress speak for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/i-m-just-going-to-let-my-record-in-congress-speak-for-itself/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/being-the-only-asian-american-in-the-state-legislature-i-ve-had-no/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [I've loved being in legislative office on a state level, and I think on a federal level there are so many more opportunities. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/i-ve-loved-being-in-legislative-office-on-a-state-level-and-i-think/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [There are many Asian-Americans who are living in poverty, especially our senior citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/there-are-many-asian-americans-who-are-living-in-poverty-especially/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [I was raised as a Christian, where all you're taught is to be humble, even if you did something right. Politics is the complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/i-was-raised-as-a-christian-where-all-you-re-taught-is-to-be-humble/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/queens-is-so-often-treated-as-a-stepchild-and-labeled-as-an-outer/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [That's the one thing I probably don't like about politics - the focus on the individual. To me, it's more important to get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/that-s-the-one-thing-i-probably-don-t-like-about-politics-the-focus/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [Oftentimes, the only evidence left behind at the scene of a shooting are bullet shell casings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/oftentimes-the-only-evidence-left-behind-at-the-scene-of-a-shooting/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

> [I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. Thats what I will be above and beyond everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-meng/i-take-the-definition-and-title-of-my-job-representative-seriously-2/)

[Grace Meng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-meng/)

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