WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement encouraging a renewal and expansion of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria ahead of the July 10 expiration date:
“Every six months, the Russian...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 29 colleagues in releasing the following statement marking the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover and the 3rd anniversary of the Hong Kong “National Security Law.”...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the House Appropriations Subcommittee’s markup of the 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Funding bill proposal to cut the international affairs budget by 31...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) summit in Vilnius, Lithuania:
“Sixteen months after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen and unprovoked invasion, the...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA Director William Burns calling for a classified briefing on the reported Chinese spy...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee’s hearing, “Examining U.S. and Global Commitments to Combatting Human Trafficking.” The witnesses for the hearing were the Honorable Cynthia Dyer, the...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement celebrating Senate approval of the U.S.-Chile Tax Treaty by a vote of 95-2. The Chile Tax Treaty will facilitate U.S. investment in Chile and Chilean investment in the United States, including by addressing...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.), reintroduced a Senate resolution calling for greater support for nearshoring and reshoring...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to approve the U.S.-Chile bilateral tax treaty.
“If the United States wants to level the playing field for American businesses and deepen our ties...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Mark Warner and John Cornyn, Co-Chairs of the Senate India Caucus, introduced a resolution celebrating U.S.-India relations ahead of this week’s official state visit with the Republic of...
WASHINGTON – Today, on World Refugee Day (June 20), U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA-36) were joined by 19 of their Senate colleagues, 50 of their House colleagues, and 17 prominent refugee advocacy and human rights organizations in...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Strengthening Fentanyl Sanctions Act, critical legislation to ensure that the Biden administration has the resources and authorities needed to target malign actors fueling the ongoing fentanyl epidemic in our country.“The...
WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene a business meeting to consider ten pieces of legislation including the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023; Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2023; and the Safeguarding Tunisian Democracy Act. The Committee will also convene for one nomination hearing and one full Committee...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement calling on the international community to do more to address escalating violence in Northern Kosovo:
“I am deeply troubled by the escalating violence in Northern Kosovo and also disappointed in the...
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, participated in a full Committee hearing – chaired by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen – to consider the nominations of The Honorable Nisha Desai to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance...
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered floor remarks prior to the vote for cloture for Elizabeth Allen, the president’s nominee for Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) unveiled the United States Uruguay Economic Partnership Act – the first bill exclusively focused on strengthening the partnership between the United...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Week Ahead: June 12 – 16
WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one nominations hearing and one closed TS/SCI briefing. The topic of the briefing will be on the Current Dynamics in U.S.-China Relations and the briefer will be the Honorable Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador to...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) released statements following the Committee’s passage of their International Trafficking Victims Protection...