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WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today praised the extension of a ceasefire between the warring parties in Yemen. The three U.S. senators had sent a letter to President Biden urging...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act to expand the current scope of sanctions on those committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs. The bill would impose secondary sanctions on those that...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in reaction to President Joe Biden’s announcement that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan: “The Biden administration has struck a serious blow to the Al...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the below statement to coincide with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, which begins today (August 1): “I’m very pleased to see the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference begin today...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to President...

WASHINGTON — Nearly one year since the Taliban’s brutal takeover in Afghanistan, 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 Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), are calling on the United Nations to take targeted...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement following Senate Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act: “The CHIPS bill I supported today is essential to make our economy stronger and more resilient, safeguard our national security, and to provide new opportunities for...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in calling on the CEOs of Meta, Twitter, and Telegram to substantially increase efforts to moderate content by Russian state media services RT en Español...

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 “U.S. National Security and Economic Statecraft: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership for the 21st Century.” Testifying before 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, in addition to Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the below statement following...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced the International Finance Institutions Mobilization Act of 2022, new legislation to authorize United States support for institutions that bolster emerging markets and developing countries as they face increasing economic insecurity in the wake of...

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 “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in U.S. Diplomacy and Development.” Testifying before the Committee were U.S....

Jersey City, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the Burmese military’s execution of four democracy activists: “This weekend’s executions of democracy activists Kyaw Min Yu (Ko Jimmy), Phyo Zeyaw Thaw, Hla Myo...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the release of two GAO reports examining State Department practices to advance workplace diversity and joint efforts with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after hosting Japanese Ambassador to the United States Tomita Koji in the Capitol and presenting him with a Senate condolence book following the assassination of Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. CLICK TO...

WASHINGTON – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors religious freedom internationally. The commission’s authorization is currently set to expire September 30, 2022.  In response, the U.S. Senate...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and James Risch (R-Ind.)?announced that their bipartisan Senate resolution condemning the use of starvation and hunger as weapons of war has passed the Senate unanimously.?  In May, the Senators...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the State Department’s publication of the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report: “The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the touchstone for the United States’...

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 “Global Food Security Crisis and the U.S. Response.” Testifying before the Committee were U.S. Agency for International...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) today introduced the Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability Monitoring Act of 2022 to establish a task force to monitor the nuclear weapons and missile capabilities of Iran. The legislation establishes a joint task force led by the...