An Extraordinary Night with US Congressman Gregory Meeks
Join us on Tuesday, October 13 for an extraordinary evening with one of the most influential voices shaping America’s role in the world today.
At a moment when the world feels, in a word, upside down, when alliances are being renegotiated in public, tariffs and sanctions shift by the week, wars rage on multiple continents, and even the most basic assumptions about American leadership are being contested at the highest levels of government, understanding how and why Congress shapes foreign policy has never mattered more.
Who checks the executive branch on matters of war and diplomacy? How does Congress use oversight, appropriations, and legislation to influence America’s posture abroad? And in a moment of deep disagreement over the direction of US foreign policy, what role should the US Congress play in restoring coherence and credibility to America’s place in the world?
There is no one better positioned to answer these questions than our special guest of the evening, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks.
Don’t miss this opportunity. Evenings like this are what our community is built for.
Seating is limited – early registration is strongly encouraged!
Dinner and the program will be held at The Literary Club, 500 East Fourth Street, America’s oldest continuously operating literary club. Doors open at 5:30PM, dinner at 6PM, event program from 7:00PM-7:45PM, Q&A 7:45PM-8PM.
OUR EVENT SPEAKER
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks represents New York’s Fifth Congressional District and currently serves as Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, one of the most consequential positions in American foreign policy, and a role from which he previously served as Chairman, becoming the first black member of Congress to lead that committee. Now in his thirteenth term, Congressman Meeks is widely regarded as one of the most experienced and respected voices on foreign affairs in the United States Congress.
A committed multilateralist, Congressman Meeks has spent decades building the case that American strength abroad comes from coalitions, alliances, and steady engagement with the rest of the world. He also serves as a Senior Member of the House Financial Services Committee, where his work has touched the intersection of global finance, national security, and economic policy, including key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law.
Raised in a public housing project in East Harlem after his family’s journey north during the Great Migration, he built his career as a Queens County Prosecutor and New York State Assemblymanbefore winning election to the House in 1998. That journey from public housing to the Capitol has shaped a leadership style defined by coalition-building, pragmatism, and an unwavering belief in America’s obligation to lead responsibly on the world stage.
With deep and often public disagreement over the direction of US engagement abroad – from the use of war powers, to sanctions and export controls, to the future of American alliances – this is precisely the kind of evening our organization, the FPLC, exists to create and offer, a chance to hear directly, and candidly, from one of the people actually making these decisions.
We anticipate a compelling and timely program for all members who want to understand not just what Washington is deciding about America’s role in the world, but how those decisions get made, and who is fighting to shape them.
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