WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) released the following statement:“We are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with the Trump Administration to move our updated Russia sanctions...
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Hungarian civil society groups and senior government officials in Budapest, including Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Anita Orbán. She was joined by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Mike...
ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit, alongside other members of her congressional delegation. Ranking Member Shaheen...
ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, Mike Rounds (R-SD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Mike Turner (R-OH), issued the following statement after their meeting...
ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit, alongside other members of her congressional delegation. Senator Shaheen discussed the...
ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit, alongside other members of her congressional delegation. Senator Shaheen reaffirmed the...
WASHINGTON – On Monday, July 6, 2026, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Türkiye for the 2026 NATO Summit and then continue to Hungary for bilateral meetings with the new government.Senator...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Administration...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside Senators John Curtis (R-UT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement...
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Eric Ueland, Chief Operating Officer and Performing the Duties of Administrator of USAID, and Jeremy Lewin, Senior Officer and Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Chris Coons (D-DE), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, released a statement following their meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker.
“We appreciated the opportunity to...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released a statement following a meeting with the President of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, Speaker Han...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in support of the nomination of Darrell Owens to serve as U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, joined an Atlantic Council Front Page event to discuss the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara. Ranking Member Shaheen emphasized the importance of having a...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the White House confirmed the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran:
“Now that the White House has finally released the memorandum of understanding, we can see...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a Committee hearing on the nominations of Kari Lake to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Rudolph Bauer to be Ambassador to Belize, Juan Pablo Segura to be Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA-36) introduced the World Refugee Day Resolution to reaffirm the United States' commitment to support the well-being and safety of refugees and forcibly displaced people as they flee persecution and...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after members passed 24 pieces of legislation out of committee.
“The legislation advanced by the Committee today addresses some of the most pressing challenges currently...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the reported terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran.“The White House has not released the memorandum of understanding, so neither Congress nor the American people...