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WASHINGTON – At a hearing today on provocative Chinese territorial expansion in disputed islands of the East and South China Seas, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, raised concerns about the U.S. losing credibility in the Asia-Pacific by the Obama administration providing no effective...

United States Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsHearing: “The Civil Nuclear Agreement With China: Balancing The Potential Risks and Rewards”May 12, 2015  U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Chairman Opening Statement Today we begin the exercise of our statutory responsibility – a responsibility Congress requested – to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate overwhelmingly passed his bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. The bill, which will now be considered by the House of Representatives, requires congressional review of any final...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 now has 67 Senate sponsors, which is enough to override a presidential veto. The legislation, which is now being debated on the Senate floor, requires the president to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced an amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 that would require the Persian text of any final deal with Iran to be submitted to Congress. The amendment is intended to clear up any disputes between the United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the committee’s ranking member, yesterday introduced a bipartisan resolution (S.Res.152) on the significance of the United States’ relationship with Japan as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today opened Senate debate of his bipartisan legislation, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, that would require the president to submit any final nuclear deal with Iran to Congress before being able to waive or suspend congressional...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today presided over a hearing on reauthorization of the U.S. Department of State. The committee heard testimony from Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom. “One of our top priorities in this committee is to...

United States Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsHearing: State Department Reauthorization: Ensuring Effective U.S. Diplomacy Within A Responsible Budget Wednesday, April 22, 2015  U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), ChairmanOpening Statement Thank you Deputy Secretary Higginbottom for your continued service to our country and for your...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said enactment of his congressional review legislation would restrict President Obama’s “free hand” to implement a final nuclear agreement with Iran, if...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the introduction of bipartisan trade promotion authority legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today presided over a hearing on the current status of U.S. international food assistance efforts and advocated for proposed reforms to the Food for Peace program that would provide more food faster to those in need without additional taxpayer...

 United States Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsHearing: American Food Aid: Why Reform MattersWednesday, April 15, 2015  U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Chairman Opening Statement I think people know that since 1954, U.S. international food aid programs have helped feed over three billion people and promote food security in over...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised unanimous committee passage of the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which requires congressional review of any final agreement with Iran. “Despite opposition from the White House all along, I am proud of the...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Today in an appearance on Fox News Sunday, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said discrepancies between Iran and the United States over the political framework agreement that was reached last week to limit Tehran’s nuclear program highlight the need for...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding today’s announcement that P5-plus-one nations have reached a political framework agreement with Iran. “A nuclear-armed Iran would lead to a less safe and less secure world, which is...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Obama administration and negotiators for other P5-plus-one nations not to “rush headlong” into a nuclear deal with Iran just to meet a March 31 target date for a political framework agreement. Negotiations will continue...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement in advance of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s address later today to a joint meeting of Congress. “I join my colleagues in welcoming Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to the U.S. Capitol for a joint meeting...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s announcement on plans for the U.S. security presence in Afghanistan. “I appreciate President Obama’s announcement today that the United States will fulfill...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – In an appearance on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said there is “a building, strong bipartisan consensus” for his legislation to require congressional review of any final nuclear agreement with Iran....