Meeks Leads Bipartisan CODEL to Ukraine Border in Poland
March 4, 2022
Washington, DC – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today led a bipartisan delegation to the border of Poland and Ukraine.
Chairman Meeks’ delegation includes Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), David Cicilline (D-RI), Brian Fitzpatrick, (R-PA), Susan Wild (D-PA), and Raul Ruiz (D-CA).
The delegation will meet with Secretary Blinken, Ambassador Mark Brzezinski, national and local and Polish officials, USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team, and Ukrainian civil society activists. They will receive briefings from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, meet with U.S. service members, and assess the needs at the Polish border which has received the largest influx of refugees fleeing Ukraine.