Representative Quotes by Grace Meng

I want to see America thrive. I want to see all different families here succeed.

— Grace Meng

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Grace Meng

As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.

— Grace Meng

I'm just going to let my record in Congress speak for itself.

— Grace Meng

Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle.

— 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…

— Grace Meng

There are many Asian-Americans who are living in poverty, especially our senior citizens.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Grace Meng

Oftentimes, the only evidence left behind at the scene of a shooting are bullet shell casings.

— Grace Meng

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. Thats what I will be above and beyond everything else.

— Grace Meng