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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE) sent a letter to CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, demanding he and SpaceX preserve documents and communications relating to the disruption of Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield satellite services....

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement after Ukrainian officials reported renewed restrictions on Starshield, the military communications service that relies on SpaceX’s Starlink network: “It is outrageous that, just...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging diplomatic...

**Report catalogues the impact of the Trump Administration’s dismantling of policies and programs affecting women and girls across the globe and the resulting effects on U.S. national security** WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the Secretary to obligate FY 2026 funds from the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INCLE) account to provide emergency assistance to Ukraine...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee published a report cataloging the waste and misuse of U.S. tax dollars by the Trump Administration in foreign affairs—detailing the financial costs, funding diversions and...

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), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement with regard to Serbia’s...

WASHINGTON – On Saturday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate...

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it: This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was profiled by Foreign Policy magazine, focusing on her storied career representing New Hampshire as both Governor and Senator, as well as navigating President Trump’s second term and the future of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chris Murphy (D-CT), Joni...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after she and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:“I appreciated the opportunity to speak with President Zelenskyy today about Ukraine’s...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Chris Coons (D-DE) demanded answers from SpaceX about recent unexpected, life-threatening restrictions to Starlink and Starshield technologies reported by Ukrainian military...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, concluded their October 6-13 congressional delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia and Kosovo. This was...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, published an op-ed in the Globe and Mail advocating for the strengthening of the U.S.-Canada relationship amid the upcoming centennial of the two countries’ friendship next year.In the piece, the Ranking Member underscores the national...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the Department of Defense’s Inspector General,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Susan Collins (R-ME), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Alan Armstrong (R-OK), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Curtis (R-UT) issued a statement regarding the legality of Russian diesel fuel imports to the United States.“Congress...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) along with Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, issued the below statement regarding the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC)...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the below statement condemning President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions...

TIRANA, ALBANIA – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke at an Atlantic Council event entitled “Choosing Albania: Young leaders in conversation with US Senators.” The Ranking Member discussed her long-standing efforts to strengthen democratic resilience in the Western Balkans and...