Washington, D.C.--Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, Ranking Member Dick Lugar and Subcommittee Chairman on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., today welcomed Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to pardon journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who had been convicted last...
WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) today released a schedule for the second round of hearings on the New START Treaty. The Committee has held five hearings thus far with current and former administration officials, including Secretary of State Hillary...
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar today released a report on the progress of U.S.-Mexican efforts to defeat organized crime and drug trafficking.
The report, "Common Enemy, Common Struggle: Progress in U.S.-Mexican Efforts to Defeat Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking," will be formally published by the Government...
WASHINGTON, DC – With the Obama Administration poised to formally submit the New START Treaty to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent to ratification, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) today released a schedule of upcoming hearings.
“We look forward to...
Washington, D.C.---Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) today sent a letter to the Administration calling for the timely resolution of outstanding issues related to theU.S.-South Korean trade agreement. Senators Kerry and Lugar argue that it is in the best economic and strategic interest...
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) today co-sponsored the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act of 2010, S.3275, to provide additional tariff benefits to certain Haitian textile and apparel imports in order to create jobs and sustainable revenue streams for the impoverished country. An identical bill has...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010, legislation originally authored by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), was signed into law today by President Barack Obama.
The legislation encourages eliminating Haiti’s remaining debt to international financial institutions,...
U.S. Sens. Dick Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) today introduced legislation that would lead to the establishment of the “Haitian-American Enterprise Fund,” to focus on strengthening the private sector in post-earthquake Haiti. The legislation will help to empower the private sector to create jobs and sustainable revenue...
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar addressed the Foreign Minister’s luncheon at the Nuclear Summit today in Washington, DC. He was introduced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In her introduction, Secretary Clinton said:
“When the Cold War ended, Senator Lugar was one of the earliest and strongest advocates for addressing the dangers posed by...
On April 12, U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar met with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on his first visit to Washington as president to attend the Nuclear Security Summit. The meeting, which took place in Lugar’s office, also was attended by six Members of Chile’s Congress.
“My deep interest in Chile began 21 years ago...
El 12 de abril, el Senador de los Estados Unidos Dick Lugar se reunió con el Presidente chileno Sebastián Piñera en su primera visita a Washington como Presidente para asistir a la Cumbre sobre Seguridad Nuclear. A la reunión, que se llevó a cabo en la oficina de Lugar, también asistieron seis miembros del...
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar made the following statement for today’s Congressional Record as he introduced a resolution Honoring the lives of President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others who perished on April 10, 2010, in a plane crash while en route to memorialize those Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by...
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar made the following statement on today’s announcement of a new START Treaty:
“I commend the U.S. and Russian delegations for months of dedicated effort. I look forward to the President's submission of the new treaty, its protocols, annexes and all associated documents to...
U.S. Senators have introduced a resolution recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Thailand. Introducing the resolution were U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), East Asian Subcommittee Chairman Jim Webb (D-VA), and Intelligence Committee Vice-Chairman...
Getting Haitian children back in classrooms should be a priority in U.S. assistance to Haiti, U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar said today after attending the White House Rose Garden ceremony with President Barack Obama hosting Haitian President René Préval. Earlier in the day, former President Bill Clinton also told the Senate Foreign Relations...
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution recognizing the progress of Ukrainian democracy. Full text follows of the resolution introduced by U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar and Chairman John Kerry:
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 422
Recognizing the important progress made by the people of Ukraine in the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) issued the following statements announcing the Senate’s passage of a resolution (S.Res.414) calling for the recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding of Haiti following the humanitarian crisis caused by the January 12,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Haiti Recovery Act, legislation introduced by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Dick Lugar (R-IN), today passed the Senate by unanimous consent. The legislation would encourage the elimination of Haiti’s remaining debt to international financial institutions, currently totaling over $1 billion, and instruct these...
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution expressing profound concern, deepest sympathies, and solidarity on behalf of the people of the United States to the people and Government of Chile following the massive earthquake.
The resolution (S.Res.431), introduced by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) and Chairman John Kerry...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Dick Lugar (R-IN), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), commended the parliament of the United Kingdom for introduction of an Early Day Motion which urges the United Kingdom to...