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WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Barack Obama today, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the administration to submit a report to Congress on plans for providing defensive lethal assistance to Ukraine. The report, required by law...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – With bipartisan momentum building in the Senate behind legislation to require congressional review of a nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the effort to seek support from a supermajority of 67...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he continues to pursue a committee vote on his bipartisan legislation requiring congressional review of any final nuclear agreement with Iran. “I am encouraged by the growing support for the bipartisan Corker-Menendez Iran bill and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he welcomed upcoming Senate consideration of his bipartisan bill requiring congressional review of any comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced the legislation will be taken up on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress today. “Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered a very strong speech, dispelled any sense of partisanship and...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement regarding the White House’s threat of a presidential veto against his bipartisan bill requiring congressional review of any comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran. "It is disappointing that the...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement today regarding the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot to death on Friday night in Moscow. “The brutal slaying of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov just outside the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced bipartisan legislation requiring congressional review of any comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would mandate the president submit the text of any agreement...

United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing: The Fight Against ISIS: Building the Coalition and Ensuring Military Effectiveness Wednesday, February 25, 2015 U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Chairman Opening Statement The president has sent forward a request for the authorization for the use of military force [against ISIS]....

United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing: Review of Resources, Priorities and Programs in the FY 2016 State Department Budget Request Witness: Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday, February 24, 2015 U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Chairman Opening Statement  Mr. Secretary, I know you’ve been doing a lot of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced bold, bipartisan legislation that will create a powerful effort in concert with the private sector and foreign governments to help eliminate modern slavery around the globe....

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. – Following his recent trip to Turkey, Kuwait and Iraq, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” today to discuss the threat from ISIS and the debate Congress will be having over an authorization for the use of military force...

ANKARA - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled to Ankara, Turkey on Thursday to discuss the long-standing partnership between the United States and Turkey. His meetings included President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ahmet...

“I think there is a lot of skepticism about the administration's commitment to dealing with ISIS… so we are going to have the opportunity to look at that, to look at what is happening in Iraq, and then hopefully…create language that can, in fact, pass muster in both houses of Congress.”   CHATTANOOGA, TENN....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reform U.S. global food assistance programs that will free up as much as $440 million annually through greater efficiencies in delivering aid, allowing the U.S. to reach...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement about the ceasefire agreement that was announced in Minsk regarding the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. “I approach this ceasefire with caution, but I am hopeful that it will hold and begin to deescalate this...

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing: “Ending Modern Slavery: The Role of U.S. Leadership” Wednesday, February 11, 2015 U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Chairman Opening Statement This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.  Thank you so much for being here.  I will introduce you...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement about President Barack Obama’s proposed authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against ISIS that was submitted to Congress today. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has jurisdiction over AUMF...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today regarding the death of Kayla Mueller, who was killed after being held hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). “As a father of two young women, I cannot imagine the pain and...

WASHINGTON – With Russia refusing to end its direct support of an escalating rebel offensive in Eastern Ukraine, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote President Barack Obama today urging the administration to fully implement the Ukraine Freedom Support Act. “We cannot allow Ukraine...