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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and  Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statements after their trip to the Munich Security Conference. “It was an honor to attend the Munich Security Conference with Chairman Risch,” said Ranking Member...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, February 20, approximately 3:45pm ET, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) will speak on the Senate floor about their recent bipartisan delegation visit to Kyiv, Ukraine. The Senators will speak about the brave Ukrainians on the...

WASHINGTON–At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), co-leads of the bipartisan delegation to the Conference, urged the Trump Administration and the Group of Seven...

KYIV—Today, ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) concluded a bipartisan delegation visit to Kyiv, Ukraine. The delegation visited Ukrenergo, the state-owned...

MUNICH – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), Co-Chairs of the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group, discussed the importance of U.S. support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a fireside chat with Politico during the Munich Security Conference. The Senators highlighted the importance of strengthening NATO...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following President Trump’s executive order that seeks to “reform” the Foreign Service and unilaterally...

MUNICH—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) for a panel discussion entitled “Strategic Investment: The Future of U.S.-Ukraine Security Cooperation” at the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will depart for Germany to attend the 2025 Munich Security Conference. Risch and Shaheen will join national security leaders from around the world to discuss strategic cooperation on common global...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement during a hearing titled “After Assad: Navigating Syria Policy” about the future of Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen said the U.S. has a one in a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, convened Democratic Senators for a roundtable discussion with experts on the national security implications of halting U.S. foreign assistance and dismantling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  The...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and reintroduced the Informing a Nation with Free, Open, and Reliable Media (INFORM) Act to improve access to independent information and advance freedom of expression for citizens in the People’s Republic of...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor to condemn the Trump Administration’s damaging and reckless actions against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In her remarks, she warned of grave threats to U.S. national...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to temporarily postpone the implementation of blanket tariffs against Mexico and Canada, which would have raised costs for Americans...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:  “I was pleased to have a frank and productive conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, alongside Leader Schumer and other senior Senate...

WASHINGTON – Today, Thursday, February 6th, at approximately 12:15 PM ET, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will head to the Senate floor to speak about the damaging and reckless actions against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the threat these...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), members of SFRC, sent a letter...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), 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, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement at the full Committee hearing, “The Malign Influence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at Home and Abroad: Recommendations for Policy Makers.” In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen expressed...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following Committee approval of the nomination of Representative Elise Stefanik to become Ambassador to the United Nations (UN):  “Whether fighting the spread of infectious diseases, stemming the flow of fentanyl...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member of the State Department and USAID Management Subcommittee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the Trump...