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TAIPEI, TAIWAN – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator John Curtis (R-UT) led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Taiwan for meetings with top government and defense officials, civil society and private sector leaders on March 30 and 31. The delegation also included Senator...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Barring Leverage and Obstruction that Contributes to Kremlin Profits Undermining Transatlantic Interests and NATO Act or the BLOCK PUTIN Act, which will hold senior Hungarian government...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, 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, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),...

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, “Arms Control and Transforming International Security Functions at the State Department.” In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen questioned Thomas DiNanno, Under Secretary for Arms...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Benjamin Black, raising serious concerns about the Administration’s reported plan to provide up to $20 billion in taxpayer-funded political risk...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jim Risch (R-ID), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chris Coons (D-DE), Rick Scott (R-FL) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) are leading a bipartisan Senate resolution to welcome...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Commission, along with Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Co-Chairman, and Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking Member, issued a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement: “President Trump’s decision to provide sanctions...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Peter Welch (D-VT) and Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) were joined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 40 colleagues in pressing the Department of Defense to provide answers to the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, and Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, demanded that Trump provided accountability for his war in Iran and that the administration, including Secretaries...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, published an op-ed in the Washington Post warning that Russia is exploiting the growing conflict with Iran to challenge the United States and threaten American troops, businesses and interests abroad. In the piece, Senator Shaheen...

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 released a new report examining how the Trump Administration’s approach to China has imposed growing economic costs on American families while strengthening Beijing’s...

The FCPA Reinforcement Act signals that companies should maintain strong anti-corruption practices because foreign bribery will be investigated and prosecuted The bill would extend the statute of limitations for FCPA bribery offenses from five to ten years Bill Text (PDF) WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of...

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. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 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) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising serious concerns about the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the United States' preemptive attack on Iran: "The Iranian regime has murdered Americans and its own people and has been a deeply destabilizing force in the region. No one will be sad to see them go. However, I am...

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 recognizing the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The resolution reaffirms the Senate’s support for Ukraine’s...