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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a speech on the state of the transatlantic and U.S.-Denmark relationships at the University of Copenhagen. The Senator traveled to Denmark as part of a bipartisan, bicameral delegation to highlight more than 200 years of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Steve Daines (R-MT), chairman of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, released the following statement after their meeting with the Foreign Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and the Foreign Minister...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Administration’s decision to shut down Camp As Sayliya, a key transit site in Qatar for Afghan relocations:"I am very disappointed by this Administration’s decision to close a critical hub for...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after their meeting with the Foreign Minister of Germany, Johann Wadephul. “We were pleased to welcome Foreign Minister Wadephul to the United States Capitol for a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to prohibit the use of U.S. Department of Defense or Department of State funds to blockade, occupy, annex or otherwise assert control over the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement expressing solidarity with the people of Iran amid reports of violent repression of peaceful protestors. “Congress and the American people stand with the resilient people of Iran...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will join a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation to Copenhagen, Denmark led by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) this week to highlight more than 200 years of friendship between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, published an op-ed in Fox News on how the mounting cost of involvement in Venezuela is distracting from pocketbook economic issues in the United States. In her opinion piece, Ranking Member Shaheen argues that while the U.S. operation...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations that it views as “contrary to the interests of the United States”: “The Trump Administration...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to advance a bipartisan war powers resolution:“Today’s vote reaffirms Congress’s constitutional role in decisions of war and peace. While there is no love lost for Nicolás Maduro...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, issued the following statement defending the United States’ alliance with Denmark and reaffirming the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Demark: “Denmark is one of our oldest and most reliable allies. Danish...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after receiving a classified briefing from the Trump Administration on its recent military action in Venezuela:“Yesterday’s briefing outlined—in detail—a highly precise military operation that led to the...

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

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the Trump Administration's military action in Venezuela.“Nicolas Maduro is a tyrant who repressed Venezuelans and aligned with our adversaries. However, today’s drastic military operation by President Trump on...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Barrasso (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), Angus King (I-ME), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) released the statement below on Russia’s killing of civilians as...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) sent a letter to President Trump urging him...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to the Acting Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development requesting an investigation into the decision to destroy $9.7 million in...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) published an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled, “Russia isn’t winning its war on Ukraine.”Their opinion piece argues that Ukraine has repeatedly defied expectations while Russia has paid staggering...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor urging the Senate to advance bipartisan legislation she introduced and supported. This legislation would raise the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine by cutting off Vladimir Putin’s access to the money and weapons...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressing the Trump Administration for answers and transparency...