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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in addition to Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), today released the below statement on the second anniversary of the coup in Burma: “Two years since the Burmese military...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the below statement in response to the Biden administration’s release of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement following Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s announcement of the launch of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP), a multilateral framework...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today were joined by 28 Senate colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Countering Russian Aggression: Ukraine and Beyond.” Testifying before the Committee were Under Secretary of State for Political...

WASHINGTON –  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in releasing the below statement in reaction to violent anti-government protests across Peru: “While we recognize Peruvians’...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are calling on the Biden administration to guarantee access to adequate healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare and post-sexual assault care, for women employees at the State Department and United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are raising significant concerns regarding recent attacks on press freedom and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) operations in the Kyrgyz Republic. In a new letter to President of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement on Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s scheduled visit to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden: “I am pleased to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Kishida to Washington. This visit,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are demanding that the Biden administration strengthen efforts to end Azerbaijan’s month-long blockade of the Lachin corridor. Imposing devastation on...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today issued the following statement in reaction to supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s attack on government buildings in Brasília: “Today, I stand in solidarity with the people of Brazil as I express my outrage and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement following Senate passage of his resolution reaffirming the importance of the partnership between the governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) submitted the following statement for the Senate record after Senate Republicans’ today refused to lift their objections to S.Con.Res 47. The resolution, which was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and by the House Foreign Affairs Committee,...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the following statement praising the inclusion and approval of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) funding priorities in the omnibus bill for U.S. international affairs programs and efforts to combat racism worldwide. Drawing from...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday night: “It was an honor to be part of the Welcoming Committee that hosted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tonight...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today met virtually with Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó and Mr. Gerardo Blyde, chief negotiator for the Unitary Platform, to discuss efforts to address the country’s humanitarian crisis and negotiations for a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor in advance of the Senate confirmation of the Honorable Lynne M. Tracy to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Chairman Menendez’s speech comes in advance of Ukrainian President...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the below statement on the Senate approval of key pillars of his legislation to strengthen the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, which were included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY23. Negotiated as a bipartisan amendment to the annual defense...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen emphasizing the need for increased accountability of China for its obliteration of Hong...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in urging the Biden administration to engage the Governments of Ecuador and Uruguay in trade agreement negotiations. In a new letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of State Antony Blinken,...