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Gregory Meeks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  February 3, 1998
Preceded by	Floyd Flake
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	September 25, 1953 (1953-09-25) (age 54) New York City, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Simone Marie Meeks
Religion	African Methodist Episcopal

Gregory Weldon Meeks (born September 25, 1953), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing New York's 6th congressional district, which includes most of Southeastern Queens including Jamaica, Laurelton, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and Far Rockaway, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. His district is made up mainly of middle-class minority communities, but also includes a small part of Ozone Park and part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach, both of which are mainly made up of middle-class Italian-Americans.

Born in East Harlem, New York City and raised in a housing project, he attended Adelphi University and obtained a degree in Law from Howard University. He worked as an Assistant District Attorney and Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York before joining the Investigations Commission to investigate official misconduct and organized crime. He was Supervising Judge for the New York State Workers Compensation System before being elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992. He was elected to Congress in a special election to replace Floyd Flake, a congressman and reverend who was retiring to focus on his church. Meeks currently serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the House International Relations Committee. He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and of the New Democrat Coalition.

Meeks received a "C" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.

Meeks is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. [1]

On August 25, 2007, Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the permanent select committee on intelligence and the armed services committee and 4 other US Congressmen visited American troops deployed in the southern Philippines to overview the US-Philippines relationship. Reyes headed the bipartisan delegation which included New Jersey Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen , member of appropriations committee and the select intelligence oversight panel; New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson of the committee on energy and the intelligence committee; New York Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, a Democrat, of the financial services and international relations committees; and Maryland Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of the appropriations and intelligence committees. They drove to the base of the Joint Special Operation Task Force Philippines (JSOTFP), a US-led body, which trains Filipino soldiers against terror, in Barangay Upper Calarian.^[1]

• U.S. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks official House site
• Gregory W. Meeks at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Gregory Weldon Meeks campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Gregory Meeks issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Gregory W. Meeks campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Gregory W. Meeks (NY) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Greg Meeks profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Gregory Meeks voting record