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WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. Testifying before the Committee were Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols and Deputy Special...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. Testifying before the Committee were Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols and Deputy Special...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) are urging the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to  leverage their position in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to stop the bank’s...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today were joined by nine of their Senate colleagues in re-introducing the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act, legislation to bolster U.S. support for children with disabilities and improve local disabilities...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor in support of Senate approval of S. 316, a bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) against Iraq. CLICK TO WATCH “When authorizations for...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 38 colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning Beijing’s destruction of Hong Kong’s democracy and rule of law in addition to its political persecution of Jimmy Lai and...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today were joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in urging the State...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s announcement with United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the countries’ plans to bolster the Australia-United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the International Affairs provisions of the Biden administration’s 2024 federal budget request released on Thursday: “From standing united against violent autocrats and with those fighting...

Shaheen and Durbin recently returned from a congressional delegation visit to Georgia in February. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a joint statement with Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in releasing the below statements on the Committee passage of their Supporting Americans Wrongfully or Unlawfully Detained...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement in honor of International Women’s Day: “On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the leadership, fortitude, and resilience of women and girls around the world in championing human rights...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in introducing the Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations (PARTNER) with ASEAN...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s plans to compensate Koreans who were victims of forced labor conditions during World War II: “I commend the South Korean President...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Committee voted this morning to approve in a 13-8 vote a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMFs). The bipartisan legislation seeks to formally...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today calling for the adoption of a resolution censuring Iran for its insufficient cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at this week’s meeting of the agency’s Board of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the Biden administration’s decision to sanction Russian nationals complicit in perpetrating human rights abuses against Russian opposition...

JERSEY CITY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the passing of leading disability rights activist Judy Heumann: “I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our friend and renowned disabilities rights leader Judy Heumann. A...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced subcommittee leadership and membership assignments for the 118th Congress. “I am pleased to announce the Senate Foreign Relations Committee subcommittee leadership and membership for the 118th Congress, and look...