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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. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today were joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in urging the State...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s announcement with United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the countries’ plans to bolster the Australia-United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the International Affairs provisions of the Biden administration’s 2024 federal budget request released on Thursday: “From standing united against violent autocrats and with those fighting...

Shaheen and Durbin recently returned from a congressional delegation visit to Georgia in February. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a joint statement with Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 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 Detained...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement in honor of International Women’s Day: “On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the leadership, fortitude, and resilience of women and girls around the world in championing human rights...

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 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 Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s plans to compensate Koreans who were victims of forced labor conditions during World War II: “I commend the South Korean President...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Committee voted this morning to approve in a 13-8 vote a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMFs). The bipartisan legislation seeks to formally...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today calling for the adoption of a resolution censuring Iran for its insufficient cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at this week’s meeting of the agency’s Board of...

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...

JERSEY CITY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the passing of leading disability rights activist Judy Heumann: “I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our friend and renowned disabilities rights leader Judy Heumann. A...

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.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced subcommittee leadership and membership assignments for the 118th Congress. “I am pleased to announce the Senate Foreign Relations Committee subcommittee leadership and membership for the 118th...

WASHINGTON – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, submitted the following statement for the Senate record marking the end of Black History Month and in celebration of the immense contributions of Black Americans to U.S. foreign policy: “M. President, I rise today as Black History Month comes...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) today released the below statement in reaction to Mexican lawmakers’ approval of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to cut funding and strip authorities from...

WASHINGTON – SFRC Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the below statement ahead of the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine: “Today, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and his forces’ heinous...

WASHINGTON – SFRC Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power urging their agencies to better institutionalize labor diplomacy and to prioritize labor and worker rights at the second Summit for Democracy,...

WASHINGTON – SFRC Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the below statement in reaction to Vladimir Putin’s State of the Nation address and announced “suspension” of Russian participation in the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a rigorous post-Cold War nuclear arms control agreement expiring in the...