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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined in introducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States’ strong support for democracy and democratic institutions in Nigeria. Unveiled in advance of the country’s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement on this morning’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria: “I am deeply saddened and shocked by the devastation this morning’s earthquake wreaked on southeastern Turkey and northwestern...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement in support of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s decision to postpone his planned travel to Beijing in response to the discovery of a surveillance balloon from the People Republic of China in U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and seven of their Democratic Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning the January 8 siege on Brazil’s Congress,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today wrote a letter calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address several points of concern during his first official visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In addition to urging Secretary Blinken to demand Beijing...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo vehemently opposing the Commerce Department’s apparent plans to consider granting a license to permit the export of rifles – possibly including assault-style or sniper...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in addition to Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), today released the below statement on the second anniversary of the coup in Burma: “Two years since the Burmese military...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the below statement in response to the Biden administration’s release of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement following Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s announcement of the launch of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP), a multilateral framework...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today were joined by 28 Senate colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Countering Russian Aggression: Ukraine and Beyond.” Testifying before the Committee were Under Secretary of State for Political...

WASHINGTON –  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in releasing the below statement in reaction to violent anti-government protests across Peru: “While we recognize Peruvians’...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are calling on the Biden administration to guarantee access to adequate healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare and post-sexual assault care, for women employees at the State Department and United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are raising significant concerns regarding recent attacks on press freedom and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) operations in the Kyrgyz Republic. In a new letter to President of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement on Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s scheduled visit to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden: “I am pleased to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Kishida to Washington. This visit,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are demanding that the Biden administration strengthen efforts to end Azerbaijan’s month-long blockade of the Lachin corridor. Imposing devastation on...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today issued the following statement in reaction to supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s attack on government buildings in Brasília: “Today, I stand in solidarity with the people of Brazil as I express my outrage and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement following Senate passage of his resolution reaffirming the importance of the partnership between the governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) submitted the following statement for the Senate record after Senate Republicans’ today refused to lift their objections to S.Con.Res 47. The resolution, which was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and by the House Foreign Affairs Committee,...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the following statement praising the inclusion and approval of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) funding priorities in the omnibus bill for U.S. international affairs programs and efforts to combat racism worldwide. Drawing from...