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WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the below statement in reaction to the Biden administration’s designation of sanctions pursuant to the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 against individuals who have supported the Assad regime’s trafficking of potent...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full hearing on U.S. support of democracy and human rights. Testifying before the Committee were Mr. Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan Freedom Activist, Co-Founder of the World Liberty Congress; Ms....

Bill Text (PDF) WASHINGTON – Ahead of the second international Summit for Democracy co-hosted by the United States, and as LGBTQI+ people experience growing assaults on their safety and freedom both domestically and internationally, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today reintroduced the International Human Rights Defense...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation to...

Jersey City, N.J. – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement in reaction to the news that Paul Rusesabagina, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, will be released from prison in Rwanda: “I join the Rusesabagina family in celebrating the news...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in leading 41 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution to commemorate the 202nd anniversary of Greek Independence Day (March 25). In addition to celebrating Greece’s...

WASHINGTON – Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are urging the Biden administration to levy sanctions...

WASHINGTON – In response to dramatic increases in attacks on human rights defenders around the world, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today was joined by Committee members Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in introducing the Global Voices of Freedom...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at today’s full Committee hearing entitled “American Diplomacy and Global Leadership: Review of the FY24 State Department Budget Request.” Testifying before the Committee was Secretary of State Antony Blinken.CLICK TO...

WASHINGTON – Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming hearing this afternoon to review the FY24 State Department budget request, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act , legislation to make Ecuador eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery...

WASHINGTON – Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor in support of S.316, a bill to repeal authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) against Iraq.   CLICK TO WATCH   Find a copy of the Chairman’s remarks as delivered below. “Twenty years...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Committee members Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy...

JERSEY CITY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement—on the ninth anniversary of Russia’s purported and illegal annexation of Crimea—calling on Russian authorities to immediately release unjustifiably jailed journalists in occupied Crimea,...

JERSEY CITY – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released the below statement on Saint Patrick’s Day: “I am pleased to join the Irish community in New Jersey, throughout the United States, and across the island of Ireland in celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day, a day on which we embrace and honor...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. Testifying before the Committee were Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols and Deputy Special...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. Testifying before the Committee were Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols and Deputy Special...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) are urging the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to  leverage their position in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to stop the...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today were joined by nine of their Senate colleagues in re-introducing the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act, legislation to bolster U.S. support for children with disabilities and improve local disabilities...