WASHINGTON, DC –Legislation advancing efforts for Taiwan to obtain observer status at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly passed the Congress today and heads to the President for signature. Identical legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, commended the Administration’s decision to suspend Generalized System of Preference (GSP) benefits to Bangladesh.
Earlier this month, Menendez presided over a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing examining labor issues in...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on Russia to cease sheltering international fugitive Edward Snowden and release him immediately into the custody of the United States.
Menendez also warned Ecuador's government led by President Rafael Correa not to grant...
WASHINGTON, DC – Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) presided over the Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting today, where one bill to create American jobs through increased exports to Africa, another bill to compensate former American hostages held in Iran, as well as five senate resolutions and three ambassadorial nominations were...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Russian government to cooperate with U.S. extradition requests for Edward Snowden, calling him a fugitive who “betrayed the trust of the American people.”
“Edward Snowden is not a whistleblower worthy of...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) applauded the passage of legislation advancing efforts for Taiwan to obtain observer status at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly.
Menendez and Inhofe are co-chairs of the...
WASHINGTON, DC – Chairman Robert Menendez released the following statement regarding the attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq.
"I condemn the attack on Camp Liberty in the strongest and most forceful of terms. The attack is a tragic reminder that every person living in Camp Liberty, as well as Camp Ashraf remains in a permanent state of...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered this opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing, “Labor Issues in Bangladesh.”
“It’s not often that the Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing like this – in fact, the last labor...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote an op-ed below titled, “A Cry for Worker Fairness” which was published in Reuters. The op-ed appears below:
Reuters: A cry for worker fairness
June 5, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
By Senator Robert Menendez
The tragedy at the Rana...
WASHINGTON, DC – Chairman Robert Menendez released the following statement following the ruling by an Egyptian court to convict 43 NGO employees earlier today:
“Today’s ruling by an Egyptian court to convict 43 NGO employees is a step in the wrong direction for a nation undergoing a democratic transition. These workers, many of...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote President Obama ahead of his June 7-8 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing deep concern over ongoing human rights violations taking place in China, oftentimes by officials acting outside China’s legal structures.
The...
NEWARK, NJ – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement following the Administration’s announcement to sanction companies for helping Iran evade sanctions.
“It is a losing strategy for companies to assist Iran in evading sanctions and today’s announcement...
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today.
The following comments were made during the meeting:
"For twenty years, as a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate and now as the Chairman of the SenateForeign Relations Committee, I’ve always...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing, “European Union Economic Relations: Crisis and Opportunity.”
The remarks follow:
“Thank you for attending this hearing on the economic...
Resolution Passes by a Vote of 99 to 0
WASHINGTON, DC – A senate resolution condemning Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capability introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed by a vote of 99 to 0.
The resolution supports Israel’s right to...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor today, in support of his resolution authored with Sen. Graham calling on the implementation of Iran sanctions, while reaffirming the U.S.-Israel relationship:
“I rise today to in favor of the Menendez-Graham Resolution...
Bill Provides for Lethal Aid and Training to Vetted Syrian Opposition, Sanctions Weapon Sales and Petroleum Sales to the Assad Regime, While Delivering Humanitarian Assistance and Planning for a Post-Assad Syria
WASHINGTON, DC – The Syria Transition Support Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following the State Department’s release of their International Religious Freedom Report for 2012:
“From Pakistan where blasphemy laws are abused to settle personal scores, to Iran where minorities...
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Cuban Independence Day:
“Today marks the 111th Anniversary of Cuba’s independence from Spain but, sadly, Cubans in Cuba are not free. The people of Cuba are not free to assemble peacefully...
Watch Menendez on the Senate Floor Discuss Libya, Embassy Security
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced today the Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of 2013 to prevent future attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts.
“If...