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BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the collapse of Assad’s rule in Syria: “After nearly 50 years of Assad family rule and 13 years of brutal civil war, the Syrian people are waking up to a new reality free from the Assad regime. Russian...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of SFRC, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of SFRC, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), released the following joint statement after speaking with the popularly-elected...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky laws. Witnesses included Mr. Adam Keith, senior director for accountability at Human Rights First, and Sir William Browder, CEO of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after welcoming His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan to the U.S. Capitol: “It was a pleasure to welcome His Majesty King Abdullah back to the U.S. Capitol today. Jordan has an unflappable commitment to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Conflict-free Leaving Employment and Activity Restrictions (CLEAR) Path Act, which would mitigate foreign influence on U.S. policymaking by prohibiting former government...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik, nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN) for the incoming Trump Administration: “Congresswoman Stefanik is a good choice for the role...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, nominee to be secretary of State for the incoming Trump Administration:   “Senator Rubio is the right person to lead the State Department. I’ve served alongside...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the below statement regarding the violence in Georgia following suspension of European Union membership: “We are very alarmed by the situation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, co-led a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 16th annual Halifax International Security Forum this past weekend to meet with...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Countering Wrongful Detention Act, which would create new tools for the U.S. government to deter states from wrongfully detaining...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: “Today’s issuance of arrest warrants against...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor in support of Israel: Watch Senator Risch’s full remarks on YouTube here. On the Biden Administration and Democrats turning their backs on Israel: “For 76 years, the U.S. has stood with the State of Israel, our...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Hong Kong government’s sentencing of dozens of pro-democracy leaders and the restart of Jimmy Lai’s trial: “The Hong Kong government’s harsh sentencing of 45 pro-democracy leaders is a travesty of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ted Budd...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and Appropriations Committees, will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to participate in the 16th annual Halifax International Security...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 33 senators in introducing the Stand with Israel Act, legislation to cut off U.S. funding to United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. This legislation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led 12 of their colleagues on a letter to multiple federal agencies with requests, including that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, released the following joint statement in response to the elections in Georgia over...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) released a joint statement regarding the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act (SHIP), which was successfully signed into law earlier this year. However, the Biden-Harris Administration has failed to meet the deadlines...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), today announced that 10 additional Senators intend to cosponsor their bipartisan Georgian People’s Act. Risch and Shaheen’s bipartisan bill would hold Georgian government officials and individuals responsible for...