15 Quotes by Grace Meng

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

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 my district.

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 students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can.

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 quality of life of people right here in Queens - any way that I can do that, I'm very happy to do that.

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 done, whether I get the credit for it or not.

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