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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of sanctions on General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan: “We welcome yesterday’s imposition of sanctions on General Abdel Fattah...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Roger Marshall...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) violation of the Helms Amendment by using American taxpayer dollars from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to fund abortion services in...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing. Witnesses included The Honorable Marco Rubio to be secretary of State. Chairman Risch gave the following remarks: “The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. “This ceasefire is very welcome news, and I suspect it is no accident that it has finally come as a result of the involvement of President Trump’s team. I am...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter today to Secretary Blinken regarding the weak implementation of the Countering People’s Republic of China Influence Fund (CPIF), how it has fallen short of Congressional intent, and fails to properly address the growing threat from...

WASHINGTON - This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one hearing. Nomination Hearing: The Honorable Marco A. Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State Date: Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 Time: 10:00am Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-419 A livestream of this event will be available here. Members of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement regarding dictator Nicolas Maduro’s use of violence against peaceful protestors, and his regime’s arrest of Venezuelan...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Bill Cassidy (R-La), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) today introduced the Venezuela Advancing Liberty, Opportunity, and Rights Act (VALOR Act). This...

WASHINGTON- US Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement regarding his election to serve as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the 119th Congress: “Today, America faces threats from nearly every corner of the world. “China presents the most significant long-term risk to the United States that I have witnessed....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement of sanctions related to ongoing atrocities in Sudan, and an expansion of an atrocity determination for Sudan which now labels the conflict as including...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Representatives Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), and French Hill (R-Ark.), celebrated President Biden signing their Countering Wrongful Detention Act into...

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken with concerns about the Biden Administration’s decision to renew the U.S.-People’s Republic of China...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statements on his priorities that were included in the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): Caesar Sanctions “The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act has played an important part in shaping U.S. policy...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), wrote to President Biden, urging him to take more decisive action...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), released the following statement in response to Romania’s efforts to address Russian interference in its presidential elections: “Vladimir Putin’s assault on Romania’s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Georgian people’s aspirations to align with the West and to urge the Biden Administration to take strong...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today thanked committee interns for their work during the fall term. “This fall, I was glad to welcome four outstanding interns to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” said Risch. “The international community is navigating complex foreign...

BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the collapse of Assad’s rule in Syria: “After nearly 50 years of Assad family rule and 13 years of brutal civil war, the Syrian people are waking up to a new reality free from the Assad regime. Russian...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of SFRC, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of SFRC, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), released the following joint statement after speaking with the popularly-elected...