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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in addition to Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the below statement following...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced the International Finance Institutions Mobilization Act of 2022, new legislation to authorize United States support for institutions that bolster emerging markets and developing countries as they face increasing economic insecurity in the wake of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in U.S. Diplomacy and Development.” Testifying before the Committee were U.S....

Jersey City, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the Burmese military’s execution of four democracy activists: “This weekend’s executions of democracy activists Kyaw Min Yu (Ko Jimmy), Phyo Zeyaw Thaw, Hla Myo...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the release of two GAO reports examining State Department practices to advance workplace diversity and joint efforts with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after hosting Japanese Ambassador to the United States Tomita Koji in the Capitol and presenting him with a Senate condolence book following the assassination of Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. CLICK TO...

WASHINGTON – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors religious freedom internationally. The commission’s authorization is currently set to expire September 30, 2022.  In response, the U.S. Senate...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and James Risch (R-Ind.)?announced that their bipartisan Senate resolution condemning the use of starvation and hunger as weapons of war has passed the Senate unanimously.?  In May, the Senators...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the State Department’s publication of the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report: “The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the touchstone for the United States’...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Global Food Security Crisis and the U.S. Response.” Testifying before the Committee were U.S. Agency for International...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) today introduced the Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability Monitoring Act of 2022 to establish a task force to monitor the nuclear weapons and missile capabilities of Iran. The legislation establishes a joint task force led by 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, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in releasing the below statements following the Committee’s...

In response, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations passed the Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2022. The bipartisan bill, introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), would propose an increase in bilateral and multilateral security cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, as well as a push to disrupt...

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 released the below statements in reaction to the Committee’s approval of the resolution of advice and consent to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Sweden and Finland. The...

WASHINGTON –?Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden in advance of his upcoming travel to the Middle East regarding investigations into the death of Palestinian-American journalist and New...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement in advance of President Biden’s trip to Israel, the West Bank, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: “As the President leaves on his first visit to the Middle East, the region faces similar challenges...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Instability and the State of Democracy in the Sahel and the U.S. Policy Response.” Testifying before the Committee were...

WASHINGTON - El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores en el Senado, hoy junto al Senador Tim Kaine (D-Va.), presidente del Subcomité sobre el Hemisferio Occidental, y ocho de sus colegas demócratas del Senado, presentaron una resolución que condena los altos niveles de...

WASHINGTON –?U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and eight of their democratic Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning consistently high levels of violence against...

WASHINGTON –?U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution condemning the April 2021 coup d’etat in Chad and urging the country’s transition to democracy. The resolution calls for General Mahamat Deby and transitional authorities’ commitment to organize...