Tenure
Inaugurated on January 3, 2013, Meng helped form the Bipartisan Freshman Caucus, asserting that "the American people are just sick and tired of blaming each other without getting anything done."
Her district includes the Queens neighborhoods of Auburndale, Bayside, Briarwood, Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Maspeth, Middle Village, and Rego Park.
On February 10, 2014, Meng introduced the Protect Cemeteries Act into the House. The bill amends the findings of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 by including the desecration of cemeteries among the various violations of the right to religious freedom. Meng said that "this legislation would be a new and important tool in our fight against the desecration of cemeteries" because it would "combat religiously-motivated vandalism of cemeteries and also prevent developers from building over cemeteries, a new and emerging threat in places where there are no Jewish communities left to protect burial grounds."
In January 2017, Meng boycotted Donald Trump's inauguration. In February 2017 she became Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Atlanta.
In July 2019, Meng reintroduced the Community College Student Success Act to improve graduation rates at under-resourced public community colleges to have the necessary funding to develop and implement support services for their low-income and minority students. It replicates nationwide the success of the CUNY Accelerated Study in Associate Programs which helps students earn associate degrees within 3 years by offering a range of financial, academic, and personal assistance. The program has been found to double the graduation rates of participants.
On February 23, 2021, Meng introduced House Resolution 151, "Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19," responding to the growth of hate crimes against Asian-Americans, in the wake of Trump's repeated characterization of COVID-19 as "Kung Flu" and the "Chinese virus". It urged education and reporting about harassment. It drew initial support from 140 co-sponsors, and by March 3, 46 more, all Democrats.
Meng voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.
She was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.
Meng voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats.
Meng has accepted campaign contributions from AIPAC, which was the top contributor to her 2023-2024 re-election campaign. She traveled to Israel as part of an American Israel Education Foundation-funded Congressional delegation in 2013, and spoke at AIPAC's annual policy conference in 2018.
Meng was given a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America for 2021, as well as for 2024.
Meng introduced the Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2019, which would require manufacturers of menstrual products to label their ingredients and components. In response to an "epidemic" of mail theft, Meng asked the U.S. Postal Service to investigate; USPS found deficiencies in its operations and began work to mitigate them.
In 2015, Meng opposed the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action supported by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. A press release issued by Meng stated that she didn't support immediate sanctions relief, and believed that the inspections procedure laid out in the deal were flawed. She called for a new deal to be negotiated. In 2023, Meng said she had been dismayed when President Trump withdrew from the deal, as "I thought that reflected poorly on the credibility of our country."
In 2023, Meng was among 56 Democrats to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.
In January 2024, Meng said that she supported "humanitarian pauses and increased humanitarian aid in Gaza." She co-signed a letter urging Secretary of State Blinken to call on Hamas to surrender, rather than call for a ceasefire. In July 2025, Meng said in a statement about the famine caused by the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip: "It is important to recognize that Israel has facilitated the entry of over 1.8 million tons and over 96,000 trucks into Gaza, while Hamas continues to hold hostages, extort the aid system, and refuse ceasefire deals to stay in power and prolong the war."
In July 2025, Meng introduced a resolution to require ICE agents and officers to display badge numbers. In January 2026, Meng cosponsored a resolution to impeach Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem. Meng does not aim to abolish ICE, saying that addressing problems with accountability, transparency, and safety requires more than a "two-word slogan".
