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WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the following statement praising the inclusion and approval of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) funding priorities in the omnibus bill for U.S. international affairs programs and efforts to combat racism worldwide. Drawing from...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday night: “It was an honor to be part of the Welcoming Committee that hosted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tonight...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today met virtually with Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó and Mr. Gerardo Blyde, chief negotiator for the Unitary Platform, to discuss efforts to address the country’s humanitarian crisis and negotiations for a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor in advance of the Senate confirmation of the Honorable Lynne M. Tracy to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Chairman Menendez’s speech comes in advance of Ukrainian President...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the below statement on the Senate approval of key pillars of his legislation to strengthen the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, which were included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY23. Negotiated as a bipartisan amendment to the annual 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, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen emphasizing the need for increased accountability of China for its obliteration of Hong...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in urging the Biden administration to engage the Governments of Ecuador and Uruguay in trade agreement negotiations. In a new letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of State Antony Blinken,...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered remarks on the Senate Floor following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threatened missile strike on Athens, Greece. Menendez called on the United States and the international community to take concrete steps to hold Erdogan to...

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 sent a new letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen calling for accountability for those undermining institutions and the rule of law in...

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 issued the following joint statement on their meeting in the U.S. Capitol with President Kais Saied of Tunisia: “This week, we met with President Saied to discuss the U.S-Tunisia...

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 issued the below statements after their bipartisan Department of State Authorization Act of 2022 was approved by Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for...

WASHINGTON – Los Senadores Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, y Jim Risch (R-Idaho), el Miembro de Más Alto del Comité, hoy fueron acompañados por los Senadores Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bill...

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 were joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in issuing the below statements after their bipartisan...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Committee, Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) were joined today by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in calling on the Biden administration to confront the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are calling on Senate and House Leadership to meet...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) today applauded the inclusion of provisions from their Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability Monitoring Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation they introduced this summer to establish a State Department...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the release of Brittney Griner: “The news this morning of Brittney Griner’s release is a welcome development toward our collective efforts to secure the return of all those wrongfully detained in...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in applauding Committee passage of their Senate resolution reaffirming the importance of the partnership between the governments of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Committee, today was joined by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) in celebrating Committee approval of the End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2022. By making prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis around the world a priority in U.S. foreign assistance, the...

WASHINGTON –   Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), were joined today by nine of their Senate colleagues in announcing Committee approval of their Senate resolution reaffirming the United States’ support for the Iranian citizens who have taken to the...