Representative Meng Is Mugged on Capitol Hill Representative Grace Meng was robbed this week in Washington by a person who hit her in the back of the head and stole her purse as she fell, she said on Wednesday. The attack happened at 8:34 p.m. on Tuesday near Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE after Ms. Meng had dinner with a friend at a restaurant, she said. "I remember walking and getting hit on the head and falling to the ground," Ms. Meng, 38, recalled on Wednesday night in a phone interview. Then I don't remember anything until I saw I was in the ambulance. She sustained a bruised chin and was examined at George Washington University Hospital, where she was given a CT scan. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday night, according to the United States Capitol Police. Ms. Meng, a Democrat who was elected last year and represents the Flushing area of Queens, said she did not think the robber knew who she was. She returned to her normal duties on Wednesday, though she said she was "taking it slow." "It's a great reminder for all of us to be extra vigilant," she said. The representative expressed gratitude to the many constituents who called with concern, as well as a measure of surprise about the robbery. "I'm a tough girl from Queens and I've never gotten mugged," she said, "and I come to Capitol Hill and I get attacked."