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NEW YORK CITY – On Monday, September 21, 2026, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa on the sidelines the 2026 United Nations General Assembly High Level Week.Ranking Member Shaheen discussed continued progress in the U.S.-Syria relationship and...

NEW YORK CITY – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Peter Welch (D-VT) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly High Level Week.Ranking...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (D-ME), Jackie Rosen (D-NV) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio urging...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing on the nominations of Michael Young to be Ambassador to Serbia, Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Julia Nesheiwat to be Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, sending the legislation to the President’s desk:“Today, Congress sent Vladimir Putin an...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a resolution seeking to support democratic actors in the Russian...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing to consider the nominations of Henry Wooster to be Ambassador to Kenya, Peter Lord to be Ambassador to Benin, Charles Goodman III to be Ambassador to Togo, Keith Heffern to be...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to her fellow lawmakers in the House of Representatives urging for swift passage of the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 ahead of a vote in the House on the bill.In the letter, Ranking...

The Senators’ resolution – introduced Monday night – would require a report on increasing violence in the West Bank, including deaths of American citizens WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) led a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Patty Murray (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s continued imposition of new tariffs on Canada: “The states we represent rely on...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Representative Keith Self (R-TX), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Europe, issued the below statement ahead of Ratko Mladic's...

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to restore funding that helps safeguard American...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa & Global Health Policy, Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) issued the below statement calling for peaceful, fair elections ahead of the August 13th...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the introduction of the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD).“I’m glad...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Lebanon Sanctions, Stabilization and Support Act, legislation to support Lebanon’s rule of law and democratic institutions through targeted sanctions, support for expanding the state’s civil...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, led a bipartisan resolution celebrating the 35th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine from the former Soviet Union.The resolution reaffirms the Senate’s support...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to urge Senate passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. The Shaheen-championed bill would impose mandatory sanctions against Russian political leadership, Russian financial...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Senate passed the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026:“Today, the Senate sent Vladimir Putin an unambiguous and bipartisan message in the only language he...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chair of the Helsinki Commission, along with...