'I'm a Member of Congress!'

Since he's a member of the Nancy Pelosi Congress, the most pathetically corrupt Congress ever, the shady behavior of New York Democrat Gregory Meeks should come as no surprise. Considering how scandal-ridden these Democrats are, declaring yourself one of them may not be the road you want to go down.

Embattled Rep. Gregory Meeks ended weeks of dodging yesterday, taking to TV to insist he's in the dark about the gone-missing money from a Hurricane Katrina charity fund he championed.

In his most extensive remarks since a series of Post stories investigating New Yorkers Organized to Assist Hurricane Families (NOAH-F) -- the Katrina fund-raising arm of a local development corporation he helped create -- Meeks was adamant that poring over the books was not his job.

"There is no connection," Meeks said on NY1's "Inside City Hall."

"I was not in charge of administering the funds. It was a community organization."

Later he said, "When community people come and say they want to do good things and they want me to lend my name to it, that's exactly what I would do . . .

"It was never set up for me to oversee. I'm a member of Congress!" he bellowed.

ACORN was also a community organization until they found themselves neck-deep in scandal they decided they had to change their name.The weak excuses Meeks offered up are comical.

Rep. Gregory Meeks went on NY1 last night to imply that he is not a crook -- no, indeed -- but merely a congressman who lent his name to a fund for Hurricane Katrina victims.

It's just that, somehow -- as The Post first reported -- $30,000 raised for those folks simply went missing.

Hey, we understand. It's easy to misplace 30 grand. Happens all the time.

Sheesh.

"I am not a founder of New Direction," Meeks huffed, referring to the group that oversaw the fund. "I am a congressman."

Gee, thanks for the news flash.

But, in fact, New Direction's Web site featured Meeks, along with state Sen. Malcolm Smith, prominently.

And at the time, Meeks vowed that "every dime, every dime" the group raised for Katrina victims would go to some 30 families.

Never happened. Or so it seems.

Meeks insisted last night that "the first time" he heard that victims got no money was when it was first reported.

Well, The Post is glad to be of service.

But Meeks should have learned about it on his own: He took extravagant credit for the effort -- but now claims he "never had any fiduciary responsibility" regarding the Katrina cash.

What about moral responsibility?

Meeks also seems to be stepping on his tongue. Earlier, he said the cash was for families in New Orleans; now he claims it was for Katrina refugees living at a Radisson Hotel in Queens.

But The Post could find scant evidence anyone there was helped, either.

And when asked about that contradiction, a Meeks flack said that his comments did not refer to money from the fund but only to "his own record."

Confused? You're not alone.

I won't hold out any hope the Most Ethical Congress Ever will be investigating. They're busy ramming a crap sandwich called ObamaCare down our throats.