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In response to a report issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) last week regarding violations of human rights and intimidation of citizens in Venezuela based on their political beliefs, U.S. Sens. Dick Lugar (R-IN) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) released the following joint statement. “We are deeply disturbed by some of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) today praised the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of the Haiti Recovery Act. “There are many important steps that we, and the international community, can take in order to help Haiti rebuild and recover,” said Dodd. “The people of Haiti...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) today introduced comprehensive bi-partisan legislation that will  provide authority, policy guidance, and operational oversight to the State Department.   The Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) today introduced legislation to speed recovery efforts in post-earthquake Haiti. The legislation will focus on three areas important to rebuilding Haiti – debt relief, infrastructure, and trade. “The United States and the international community have already...

Several pieces of legislation aimed at helping the victims of the earthquake in Haiti have quickly cleared the U.S. Senate and Senator Dick Lugar has taken a key role in cosponsoring them. “The Haiti earthquake has personally touched each one of us as we try to discern the best way to channel the assistance from those who want to help....

U.S. Senators Dick Lugar (R-IN) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) commended the government of Norway for being the first OECD country to publicly disclose its oil and gas revenues as a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Lugar and Cardin called for the U.S., which is currently a supporting country, to become an...

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar is calling on the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to grant Temporary Protective Status for 18 months to Haitian immigrants, in part, so they can send funds home to help their country.   “The devastating earthquake and ongoing aftershocks in Haiti since...

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar released the following statement on the devastating earthquake in Haiti: “My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti and the many Haitian-Americans in this country who are directly affected by the devastating tragedy. I and several of my U.S. Senate colleagues signed...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed today their strong support for Iraq’s commitment to greater transparency in its oil and gas industry.    Iraq formally announced Monday its intention to become a candidate country in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations' Washington, DC office today titled, "Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities." Below are Chairman Kerry's remarks, as delivered: Thank you, David, for your kind introduction and more importantly for your terrific...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman John F. Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following statements after the markup of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act, also known as the Kerry-Lugar Bill. Chairman Kerry said, "This is a critical moment for Pakistan, and that's why I'm...

 WASHINGTON, DC -- In advance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), Ranking Member Senator Dick Lugar (R-IL) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, joined to release the following...

Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), the ranking Republican on the Committee, to reauthorize a vital foreign policy and economic development tool - the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Kerry and Lugar introduced legislation in the Senate to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D - Mass.) and Ranking Committee Minority Member, Senator Richard Lugar, issued the following statement today expressing concern about the deteriorating security situation in Sri Lanka: "Senator Lugar and I are greatly concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D - Mass.) and Ranking Committee Minority Member, Senator Richard Lugar, issued the following statement today expressing concern about the deteriorating security situation in Sri Lanka: "Senator Lugar and I are greatly concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian...