MUNICH, GERMANY – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with U.S. Representatives Jim Himes (D-CT) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA) met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Commander of Syrian...
MUNICH, GERMANY – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT), met with Denis Becirovic, member of the...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 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) released a comprehensive report detailing how the Trump...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding Guatemala’s ongoing judicial selection processes.“The upcoming selection process for Guatemala’s most important institutions will play a decisive role in shaping the...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing on the nominations of Wesley Brooks to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Jeremy Carl to be Assistant Secretary of State for International...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Curtis (R-UT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rick Scott (R-FL) released a statement regarding Venezuela.“We call for the immediate and unconditional release of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement regarding the Hong Kong government’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai. “The Hong Kong government’s further persecution of Jimmy Lai through multiple unjust and wrongful legal convictions...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below regarding Taiwan’s defense spending and partnership with the United States.“We are deeply disappointed that President Lai’s Special Defense Budget remains stalled in the...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the below statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to remove sanctions from Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik and calling for the reimposition of sanctions on Dodik. “The Trump Administration should be...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Trump announced he will not extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty and instead pursue negotiations toward a new agreement:
“Preventing a costly and dangerous nuclear arms race...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Democratic Whip and Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Michael...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a resolution to underscoring the importance of advancing the rights of women and girls in Haiti as a cornerstone of the country’s economic and political...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following a meeting with President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
“We were glad to welcome President Félix Tshisekedi to the United States...
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, released the following statement as the United States hosts a Critical Minerals Ministerial. The Senators urge their colleagues to support complementary...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the 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) released the following statement in response to...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below on the passage of their SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting.
“Today, our committee took action to crack down on illicit...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Barrasso (R-WY) released a statement following the passage of their bipartisan “Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2025” to enhance the U.S. government’s international engagement as it relates to the security, installation and...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing, “U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela.” In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen questioned whether the Trump Administration’s raid to arrest Nicolas Maduro has actually advanced U.S....
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) published an op-ed in the New York Times on the importance of Congress moving decisively to reject threats against NATO and codify guardrails against future action by the Trump Administration.In the piece, the...