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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the release of Brittney Griner: “The news this morning of Brittney Griner’s release is a welcome development toward our collective efforts to secure the return of all those wrongfully detained in...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in applauding Committee passage of their Senate resolution reaffirming the importance of the partnership between the governments of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Committee, today was joined by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) in celebrating Committee approval of the End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2022. By making prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis around the world a priority in U.S. foreign assistance, the...

WASHINGTON –   Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), were joined today by nine of their Senate colleagues in announcing Committee approval of their Senate resolution reaffirming the United States’ support for the Iranian citizens who have taken to the...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today led the Committee’s passage of his bipartisan resolution honoring the victims of the largest terrorist attacks perpetrated against a country in Latin America: the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement announcing key pillars of his legislation to strengthen the U.S.-Taiwan relationship will be included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY23. Negotiated as a bipartisan amendment to the annual defense legislation,...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today were joined by leading international and New Jersey disability rights experts and dozens of advocates for a roundtable discussion in the U.S. Capitol on how to better secure the rights of people with...

WASHINGTON –  The U.S. Senate today approved comprehensive legislation to bolster U.S. efforts to combat human trafficking around the word.  The  International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act was approved by voice vote after Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) took to the Senate Floor to urge...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at this afternoon’s full Committee hearing to consider the nominations of the Honorable Lynne M. Tracy to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation; the Honorable Julie D. Fisher to be Ambassador to the...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at this afternoon’s full Committee hearing to consider the nominations of the Honorable Lynne M. Tracy to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation; the Honorable Julie D. Fisher to be Ambassador to the...

QATAR – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the resumption of talks between the Maduro regime and the Venezuelan opposition, and the signing of a humanitarian agreement to be implemented by the United Nations:  “While I am under no...

QATAR – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the resumption of talks between the Maduro regime and the Venezuelan opposition, and the signing of a humanitarian agreement to be implemented by the United Nations:  “While I am under no...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Assessing U.S. Policy in the Caucasus.” Testifying before the Committee were the Honorable Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and...

MENENDEZ, RUBIO INTRODUCEN LEGISLACIÓN PARA FRENAR MINERÍA DE ORO ILEGAL, PRIVANDO INGRESOS DEL RÉGIMEN DE MADURO WASHINGTON - Los senadores estadounidenses Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, y Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introdujeron un proyecto de ley para prevenir la minería de oro ilícita en América...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy Act to prevent illicit gold mining in Latin America and multiple developing countries. The bill would require the President to establish a...

Jersey City, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on anti-Hinduism and other forms of religious and ethnic discrimination: “Throughout my time as a representative of the American people, my commitment to condemning racial and religious prejudice both...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in urging the Biden administration to take additional action to mitigate the historic global food crisis presently forcing hundreds of millions...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan sharing their concerns over an escalation of violent harassment of journalists and the government’s failure to protect freedoms of speech...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in addition to Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) in leading a bipartisan, bicameral letter to America’s top technology companies urging them to provide the...

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 urged the Biden administration to better synchronize efforts with our G7 partners and condition assistance to address the erosion of Tunisian democracy. “We write to express our concerns...