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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's meeting with President Zelenskyy and European Allies. “President Zelenskyy today demonstrated once again that he — not President Putin — is striving for peace. I am encouraged by President Trump's...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's meeting with President Putin. "President Trump appears to have been played yet again by Vladimir Putin. The President rolled out a red carpet and warmly greeted a murderous dictator on American...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a statement commending the government of Lebanon’s decision to ensure only the state retains weapons.   "I commend the government of Lebanon for taking the important decision to ensure the Lebanese state retains a monopoly over...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's deadline for imposing additional sanctions on Russia. “Yet again, President Trump has apparently let President Putin walk across one of his red lines with zero consequences. Setting deadlines and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on a potential meeting between President Trump and President Putin. “Given President Trump's record of face-to-face meetings with President Putin, I have real concerns that Putin will see this as a reward and another...

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 U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement on the anniversary of the August 7, 1998, attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the seventeenth anniversary of Russia’s illegal war on Georgia and subsequent occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossestia. “Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia should have been a wake-up call to the...

Report outlines how Trump’s inaction has weakened U.S. leverage, enriched bad actors and emboldened Putin to keep war going Read the full report (PDF) WASHINGTON – Today, ahead of President Trump’s latest self-imposed deadline for Russia to end its war against Ukraine, the minority staffs of the Foreign Relations and Senate Banking Committees—led...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concern over the ongoing situation of vulnerable third country nationals—including asylum seekers—who were removed by the Trump Administration from the United States to Panama and Costa...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced new bipartisan legislation today to sanction Chinese entities providing the overwhelming majority of critical dual-use technology that Russia relies...

WASHINGTON – Today,?U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced the Safeguarding the Integrity of Human Rights Reports Act, which would...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rick Scott (R-FL), introduced the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). This legislation seeks to reauthorize and enhance...

WASHINGTON — Last night, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined PBS News Hour to discuss the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and her vote for the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block weapons sales to Israel. During the interview, Ranking Member Shaheen emphasized the need to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and member of the Appropriations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), member of the Appropriations Committee, introduced the Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation gives President Trump an additional tool to force...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement: “It’s absurd that the Trump Administration just sanctioned a sitting Brazilian Supreme Court...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced their intent to file privileged legislation to challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods from Brazil in response to steps Brazil is...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in support of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval regarding proposed foreign military sales to Israel: "After the heinous attacks of October 7th, no one can or should dispute that Israel has a right to...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Curtis (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen America’s national and economic security by bolstering partnerships with allies to secure the global supply of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing concern regarding reports that Microsoft allowed engineers based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to access and maintain critical Department of Defense (DOD)...