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JERSEY CITY, NJ –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the start of parliamentary elections in Lebanon. The elections, which will conclude on May 15, officially started on Friday with Lebanese expatriates casting their votes while abroad: “These...

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 Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chairman and Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, in...

WASHINGTON - El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, envió hoy una nueva solicitud pidiéndole al Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. que investigue si el excongresista republicano de la Florida, David Rivera, violó la Ley de Registro de Agentes Extranjeros (FARA,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement following the Committee’s approval of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer at this morning’s business meeting. The Kigali Amendment is a global...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a new request calling on the Department of Justice to investigate whether former Florida Republican Congressman David Rivera violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by failing to register as a foreign agent on behalf of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jim Moran (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Committee hearing: “State Department Authorization: Strengthening U.S. Diplomacy for the 21st Century.” Testifying before the Committee was the Honorable Brian McKeon, Deputy...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” and “Fox News Sunday” newsmaker shows live to discuss the latest on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the United States’ negotiations with Iran, and Title...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Economic Statecraft for the Twenty-First Century Act, new comprehensive legislation creating a whole-of-government approach to recommit U.S. leadership in the global economy. The new initiative, which comes as the Senate...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today published a guest essay in The Economist regarding the United States and international community’s support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereign territory and confront the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined 20 of his European Foreign Relations Committee counterparts in releasing the below joint statement calling for the immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza: “We, the Chairs of our respective national parliaments’...

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 following statements praising the Senate’s passage of their resolution to celebrate the life, achievements, and legacy of former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. The...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, ayer convocó un foro público con la diáspora ecuatoriana-estadounidense de Nueva Jersey y estudiantes de Saint Peter’s University para discutir sus esfuerzos para fortalecer la floreciente...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at today’s full Committee hearing to review the State Department’s FY 2023 budget request. Testifying before the Committee was Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “As we look around the...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a community forum with the Ecuadorian-American diaspora of New Jersey and students from Saint Peter’s University to discuss his efforts to strengthen the flourishing relationship between the United States and...

Jersey City, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in observance of Armenian Genocide Memorial Day: “As we mark the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, we must continue the important work of promoting education and understanding the facts 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, issued the following joint statement in reaction to the Russian government’s new trumped up criminal charges against opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza imprisoned for sharing information...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced the creation of a new program called "Uniting for Ukraine" that will provide a streamlined process for Ukrainian refugees to come to the United...

WASHINGTON – The following joint statement was issued by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and U.S. Representative Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) after visiting Australia. The bipartisan, bicameral delegation met...

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 Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in welcoming the recent staff-level agreement...