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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.),Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.),Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement applauding the appointment of Desirée Cormier Smith as Special Representative for Racial...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the below statement in...

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 joined in introducing a resolution in recognition of the Marshall Plan’s role in founding a transatlantic community committed to the preservation of peace, prosperity, and democracy. In...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the British government’s new legislative effort to unilaterally upend the Northern Ireland protocol: “I am deeply disappointed in the United Kingdom’s decision to unilaterally try to...

WASHINGTON – Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the below statement on the continued politicization of Bolivia’s judiciary following...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today wrote a letter congratulating Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on a successful Quad...

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 below statements following the Committee’s approval of H.R. 6089, the Stop Iranian Drones Act, with an amendment, which seeks to prevent Iran and any terrorist or militia...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.), today applauded committee passage of their resolution (S.Res.646) in support of Finland’s and...

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 below statements following the Committee’s approval of their bipartisan resolution welcoming His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, to the United States...

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 released the below statements following the Committee’s passage of their International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2022, comprehensive legislation to...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in reaction to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors’ passage of a resolution to censure Iran for its glaring lack of cooperation and transparency regarding its...

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: “The Path Forward On U.S.-Syria Policy: Strategy And Accountability.” Testifying before the Committee on the first panel were Assistant...

WASHINGTON – Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in introducing a Senate resolution calling for greater support for reshoring and nearshoring initiatives to relocate global supply chains to the United...

WASHINGTON – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores en el Senado, emitió las siguientes declaraciones en respuesta al anuncio de la Administración Biden sobre información adicional sobre los participantes de la Novena Cumbre de las Américas que se...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced additional information regarding participation at the Ninth Summit of the Americas taking place this week in Los Angeles, California: “The Summit is an opportunity...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the 100th day since Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war in Ukraine:  “For 100 days, the people of Ukraine have inspired the world with their incredible resolve and resistance to...

WASHINGTON – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores en el Senado, hoy fue acompañado por los Senadores Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), y Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) en presentar el Proyecto de Ley del Bicentenario de la Alianza entre...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today took to the Floor to make a series of motions seeking the Senate’s immediate confirmation of the nominations of Mr. Leopoldo Martinez to be Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank and Dr. Monde Muyangwa to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (R-Ore.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and SFRC Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in introducing a bipartisan Senate resolution condemning the use of hunger as a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) in introducing the United States-Colombia Bicentennial Alliance Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation that...