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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing, “Reforming the UN: Assessing U.S. Efforts and Priorities.” In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen questioned the Trump Administration’s alienation of U.S. allies, America’s...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Africa and Global Health Policy Sub-Committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) issued a statement on the third...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) wrote Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent today calling on the Trump Administration to allow its waiver of certain...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the below statement urging the Trump Administration not to extend the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Coons (D-DE), Angus King (I-ME), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Curtis (R-UT)...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement after the announcement of a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran:“I welcome the announcement of a temporary ceasefire. De-escalation is a long-overdue step after over a month of war without a clear...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Brian...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Curtis (R-UT) led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to South Korea for meetings with senior government officials, U.S. diplomatic and military leadership. The delegation included Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Senator...

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, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent raising serious concerns about the national security implications of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators 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 the following statement on President Trump’s threats to pull out of NATO: “NATO is the strongest and most successful military alliance in history. It...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement in response to President Trump’s address:“From the start, the goals of this war have changed, the strategy remains unclear and it has only exacerbated the cost-of-living crisis for everyday Americans. President...

TOKYO, JAPAN – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator John Curtis (R-UT) led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Japan for meetings with senior government officials, U.S. military leadership and private sector partners. The delegation also included Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)...

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator John Curtis (R-UT) led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Taiwan for meetings with top government and defense officials, civil society and private sector leaders on March 30 and 31. The delegation also included Senator...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Barring Leverage and Obstruction that Contributes to Kremlin Profits Undermining Transatlantic Interests and NATO Act or the BLOCK PUTIN Act, which will hold senior Hungarian government...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing, “Arms Control and Transforming International Security Functions at the State Department.” In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen questioned Thomas DiNanno, Under Secretary for Arms...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Benjamin Black, raising serious concerns about the Administration’s reported plan to provide up to $20 billion in taxpayer-funded political risk...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jim Risch (R-ID), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chris Coons (D-DE), Rick Scott (R-FL) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) are leading a bipartisan Senate resolution to welcome...