BOISE, IDAHO – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the State Department’s atrocities determination for Ethiopia, citing that war crimes and crimes against humanity, including ethnic cleansing, were committed in the course of the war in...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reintroduced the International Nuclear Energy Act (INEA). Initially introduced in the 117th Congress, this bipartisan legislation promotes...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi:
“I was glad to once again welcome IAEA Director General Grossi to the Capitol today to discuss the most prominent issues facing IAEA and the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. The witnesses included The Honorable Brian Nichols, assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere affairs, and Mr. Richard Duke,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 38 colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning Beijing’s destruction of Hong Kong’s democracy and rule of law in addition to its political persecution of Jimmy Lai and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the joint announcement from the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom regarding Pillar One of AUKUS:
“The Indo-Pacific faces a direct threat from China, and there is nothing more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on President Biden’s FY2024 international affairs budget request:
“For the third year in a row, the Biden Administration has submitted a foreign assistance budget that is completely...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in reintroducing a resolution on U.S.-Mexico relations.
“The United States and Mexico have many...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the recent agreement between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan to resolve a wartime dispute:
“The agreement between the ROK and Japan is an important step that promises far-reaching...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in releasing the below statements on the committee passage of their Supporting Americans Wrongfully or Unlawfully...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in introducing the Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations (PARTNER) with ASEAN...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Vincent Smith, director of the American Enterprise Institute’s agricultural policy initiative, today published an op-ed in The Hill on why Congress must eliminate cargo preference for U.S. international emergency food assistance...
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 statement in reaction to the Biden Administration’s decision to sanction Russian nationals complicit in perpetrating human rights abuses against Russian opposition...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Nigeria’s recent elections:
“The ongoing electoral process in Nigeria is widely viewed as deeply flawed by election observers and many Nigerians. It is disappointing to see the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for Vivek Hallegere Murthy, nominee to be representative of the United States on the executive board of the World Health Organization, Kathleen A. FitzGibbon,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced subcommittee leadership and membership assignments for the 118th Congress.
“I’m proud to join Senator Menendez in announcing SFRC subcommittee membership for the 118th...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration altered the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) policy:
“Our nation...