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Rep. Gregory W. Meeks

A frank conversation about health care, President Obama, and New York politics

POSTED: September 28, 2009, 11:46 am

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NorthStarNews.com caught up with Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) at the 39th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

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