minority
Press

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 25 colleagues in introducing a resolution calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich from Russia. “Evan Gershkovich, a journalist with the Wall Street Journal, has been wrongfully...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since January 2007 when he first joined the Senate, and Co-Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), released the following statement: “Democracy and freedom are being tested around the world. America’s...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), led a bipartisan letter with 29 fellow Senators to E3 countries (United Kingdom, France, and Germany) applauding them for taking steps to uphold restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile and drone program....

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), introduced the bipartisan Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act. The...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement ahead of the 52nd anniversary of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s (UNGA) passage of Resolution 2758, which switched recognition of China’s representatives at the...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the deteriorating situation in Sudan and the need for proactive U.S. leadership to address the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, condemned Azerbaijan’s assault against Nagorno-Karabakh and urged the cut off of U.S. assistance to the Aliyev regime. The two leading Senators sent...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement after Azerbaijan launched an assault on innocent civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh. “I strongly condemn Azerbaijan’s brazen assault today on innocent civilians. “President Aliyev has now made abundantly clear that he will...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for a business meeting to consider a number of nominees and a working coffee with the Prime Minister of Vietnam. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement after five Americans unjustly detained in Iran were safely returned. “Today, five Americans, including Emad Shargi, Morad Tahbaz, and Siamak Namazi, are home where they belong. The Iranian regime detained and jailed them...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement marking one year since the beating and murder of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the Iranian regime. “Today marks one year since the brutal beating and murder of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the regime in Tehran and its...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution congratulating the people of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on the 30th anniversary of their independence, and recognizing their substantial support to Ukraine against Russian aggression. The...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-chair of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, delivered remarks before the Senate Finance Committee reaffirming his commitment to strengthening the economic bonds between the United States and Taiwan. Chairman Menendez stressed the importance of a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing, “Assessing the Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.” Testifying before the Committee was the Honorable Yuri Kim, Acting Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement calling for the de-escalation of tensions in Northeast Syria. “I urge all parties in Deir Ez-Zour and Northeast Syria to remain committed to recent efforts, made with significant U.S. support, to de-escalate recent...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing focused on assessing the Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to ensure Meta’s platforms are not amplifying Russian election disinformation and misinformation, as Slovakia prepares to hold parliamentary elections at the end of the month. “I am...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor on the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, calling on the United States and the international community to respond and hold President Aliyev and his regime accountable for their actions in...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement marking the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup d’état in Chile. “Today marks the 50th anniversary of the coup against the democratically elected Chilean President, Salvador Allende, and the start of one of the most...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent letters to the CEOs of Baker Hughes, SLB, and Halliburton – three American oilfield service companies – after the Associated Press reported that they were among U.S. companies that exported more than $200 million worth of items to Russia...