WASHINGTON – Today, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM ET, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate colleagues will host a roundtable discussion on The Dangerous Consequences of Funding Cuts to U.S. Global Health Programs. They will be joined by global health experts who can speak to...
WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, alongside Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR),...
WASHINGTON – This week, Foreign Policy published an opinion piece by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, making the argument that dismantling Voice of America (VOA) is a strategic mistake that weakens America’s ability to counter disinformation and increases our vulnerability to foreign...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), issued a statement following the committee’s meeting with Peter Marocco, Director of Foreign Assistance and Ken Jackson, Acting...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), sent a letter to Secretary Rubio urging him to...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement during a hearing titled “Shared Threats: Indo-Pacific Alliances and Burden Sharing in Today’s Geopolitical Environment.” In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen said that there is bipartisan recognition of...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the deadline for PEPFAR Re-Authorization:
“The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the world’s largest bilateral HIV/AIDS assistance program. Since its creation by President George W....
WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nomination of Reed Rubinstein to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to Israel and Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador to Panama. In her opening remarks,...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed Secretary of State and Acting USAID Administrator Marco Rubio for information on whether the agency’s directive...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine:
“In the wake of President Trump’s call with Putin, Russian attacks continued on Ukrainian cities like Kropyvnytskyi and Slovyansk, where civilian...
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, and over one hundred other city officials and politicians:
“The arrest of Mayor Imamoglu ahead of his expected nomination as a presidential candidate undermines Turkish...
WASHINGTON – This week, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement on recent reports that the “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” had effectively taken over the U.S. Institute of...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing deep concern for President Trump’s recent executive order to suspend resettlement efforts for our Afghan allies through the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program—many...
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement ahead of President Trump’s scheduled call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday:
“While I understand President Trump’s desire to engage in diplomacy, I would urge him not to be fooled by Vladimir Putin’s...
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the President issued an Executive Order calling for the elimination of non-statutory components of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which manages Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice...
WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), sent a letter to Secretary of State...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nomination of Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador to Canada, George Glass to be Ambassador to Japan and Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador to Mexico. In her opening remarks, Ranking Member...
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Jim Risch (R-ID), led a group of nine bipartisan House and Senate colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlining their deep concern over Republika Srpska leader...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Peter Welch (D-VT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), took to the Senate floor to highlight their continued support for Ukraine...
WASHINGTON – Today, Tuesday, March 11, at approximately 3:30pm ET, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will lead a bipartisan group of Senators to speak on the Senate floor in support of Ukraine. The Senators will speak about the importance of maintaining strong bipartisan support for...