Chairman's Press
Menéndez Revela Deportaciones Secretas de la Administración Trump a Venezuela
Expulsión de Venezolanos usando vuelos indirectos pudo violar la ley y la política de los Estados Unidos Deportaciones subrayan la hipocresía de la administración Trump hacia las víctimas del régimen de Maduro WASHINGTON - El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Miembro de Más Alto Rango del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, hoy exigió a la Administración Trump que rinda cuentas sobre deportaciones secretas de … Continue Reading
October 16, 2020
Menendez Reveals Trump Administration’s Stealth Deportations to Venezuela Via Third Countries
Indirect Flights May Have Circumvented U.S. Law and Policy, Deportations Highlight Trump Administration's Hypocrisy Towards the Victims of the Maduro Regime WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is demanding that the Trump Administration answer questions about stealth deportations of Venezuelan nationals during fiscal year 2020 in a possible violation of U.S. law and policies. Menendez called on the Administration to immedia… Continue Reading
October 15, 2020
Menendez, Colleagues Call on Library of Congress to Recognize Armenian Genocide Despite Trump Administration’s Denial
"Given that the role of the Library of Congress is to inform Congress and the public, we would submit that the Library has an obligation to describe historical events like the Armenian Genocide in the most historically accurate manner." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), C… Continue Reading
October 13, 2020
Menéndez Publica Reporte Revelando que DHS Participó en Operativo Migratorio en Centroamerica
Senador revela que agentes migratorios de Estados Unidos alquilaron camionetas sin identificación en Guatemala para trasladar a familias migrantes de regreso a la frontera entre Guatemala y Honduras Menéndez urge a los Inspectores Generales que investiguen al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional por mal uso de fondos del Departamento de Estado, violar un acuerdo entre los dos departamentos, tratar de ocultar la existencia de la operación y permitir que el Departamento de Est… Continue Reading
October 13, 2020
Menendez Publishes Report Exposing DHS Involvement in Reckless Overseas Operation
Senator reveals U.S. immigration agents rented unmarked vans in Guatemala to haul migrant families back to Guatemala-Honduras border Ranking Member Menendez calls on Inspectors General to investigate how DHS misused State Department funds, violated a written agreement between the two departments, tried to hide the existence of the operation, and caused the State Department to provide misleading information to Congress WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic staff toda… Continue Reading
October 11, 2020
Menendez Statement on International Day of the Girl Child
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in observance of International Day of the Girl Child to call attention to the increasing vulnerabilities and threats to gender equality that girls face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "On International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate the more than 1.1 billion girls around the world who will become the next generation of leaders and change-makers. Th… Continue Reading
October 09, 2020
Senate Democrats Urge President Trump to Stop Erdogan from Violating UN Security Council Resolutions Regarding Varosha
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined today by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) in voicing grave concerns over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's announced intention to open the beach in Varosha, Cyprus, in violation of several United Nations Resolutions and longstanding polic… Continue Reading
October 09, 2020
Menendez, Reed on National Security Implications of Trump Administration’s Rushed Sale of F-35 Jets to UAE
WASHINGTON - Senator Bob Menendez, (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today are calling on the Trump Administration to explain in detail how it will deal with specific national security risks inherent in the Administration's proposed sale of the F-35 aircraft to the United Arab Emirates. "There are numerous questions as to how the national security interests of both the U.S. … Continue Reading
October 08, 2020
Menendez, Booker Lead Call for IG Investigation into Racial Targeting of U.S. Diplomats at Border Crossings
WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) to open a formal investigation into allegations of racism, racial targeting, and harassment of U.S. government officials by Trump administration Customs and Border… Continue Reading
October 05, 2020
Leading Democrats Raise Questions about Trump Administration’s Export of Potential Missile Materials to China
WASHINGTON - A group of leading national security Democrats today are raising an alarm over an approval by the Trump Administration to export over 227 tons of sensitive material critical to building missiles to the People's Republic of China. In a new letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Senate Foreign Relation Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs S… Continue Reading
October 02, 2020
Menendez Statement on 30th Anniversary of Germany’s Reunification
NEWARK - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign relations Committee, issue the following statement in observance of the 30th anniversary of Germany's reunification: "As Germany marks its 30th anniversary of reunification, I extend my gratitude to the German people and its leaders for their friendship. Three decades after the black, red, and gold flag of a reunited Germany was hoisted above the Brandenburg Gate, Germany is a thriving democracy, a steward of Eu… Continue Reading
October 02, 2020
Following IG Report, Eight Democratic Senators Demand Secretary Pompeo Answer for Department’s Lies About Rescinding Award to Journalist
WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), was joined today by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following the publication of an Inspector General report they jointly requested, which found that Trump Administration officials lied to the public and Congress about why it… Continue Reading
October 02, 2020
Senate Dems Urge Pompeo to Deescalate Violence in the South Caucasus and Broker Negotiations
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 11 of his Senate colleagues in raising serious concerns over escalating violence in the south Caucasus between Azerbaijan - backed by Turkey - and Armenia. In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Senators called for the immediate suspension of U.S. security assistance to Azerbaijan and urged Pompeo to directly engage with leaders in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Armenia i… Continue Reading
October 01, 2020
Menendez Joins Bipartisan Call for Taiwan Trade Agreement
WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), today joined a bipartisan call led by Senate Taiwan Caucus co-chair James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in support of negotiating a comprehensive, enforceable trade agreement with Taiwan to strengthen American competitiveness and the United States-Taiwan bilateral relationship. In a letter addressed to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the bipartisan coalition of Senators asserted that Taiwan i… Continue Reading
October 01, 2020
Menendez Cautions State Department on Trump’s Campaign Against Diversity Training
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is calling on the State Department leadership to preserve efforts to increase workplace diversity and inclusion at the State Department. In a new letter, Menendez pressed Under Secretary of State for Management Brian Bulatao to protect America's diplomatic corps from President Trump's new effort to block federal employees from receiving anti-racist and diversity trainings, particularly thos… Continue Reading
September 30, 2020
Senate Republicans Again Block Venezuela TPS Legislation
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, moved on the Senate Floor to immediately pass legislation designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). For the fifth time in the last 18 months, Senate Republicans blocked the Venezuela TPS Act of 2019, refusing to affirm the U.S. government's support for Venezuelans and allowing the Trump administration to continue forcefully deporting them back to the Maduro regime. The … Continue Reading
September 30, 2020
Menendez, Risch Request Administration Investigation into Novichok Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that the administration consider whether the Russian government poisoned Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve agent. "We are very concerned by assessments that Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was poisoned in August 2020, by a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok family," the mem… Continue Reading
September 30, 2020
Los Republicanos Nuevamente Bloquean TPS para Venezuela
WASHINGTON - El senador Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Miembro de Más Alto Rango del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, esta tarde hizo una moción en el Senado para aprobar de inmediato un proyecto de ley designando a Venezuela para un Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en ingles). Por quinta vez en los últimos 18 meses, los republicanos del Senado bloquearon la Ley TPS de Venezuela de 2019, negándose a afirmar el apoyo del gobierno de … Continue Reading
September 30, 2020
Menendez Introduces Legislation to Boost U.S.-India Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation
WASHINGTON - Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2020. The legislation follows a Congressional Delegation to India in the fall of 2019, during which Senator Menendez engaged with India's Minister of New and Renewable Energy and Indian business leaders to discuss how the U.S. and India can address the threat of climate change and deepen our cooperation on c… Continue Reading
September 25, 2020
Menendez on OIG Investigation into State Department’s False Justifications for Rescinding Award to Finnish Journalist Jessikka Aro
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the newly released report by the State Department Office of the Inspector General (OIG) into the State Department's rescission of the 2019 International Women of Courage (IWOC) award finalist status from Jessikka Aro, a Finnish journalist and campaigner against Kremlin propaganda. The OIG conducted the investigation at the request of Senator Menendez and 7 … Continue Reading
