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QATAR – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the resumption of talks between the Maduro regime and the Venezuelan opposition, and the signing of a humanitarian agreement to be implemented by the United Nations:  “While I am under no...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing entitled “Assessing U.S. Policy in the Caucasus.” Testifying before the Committee were the Honorable Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and...

MENENDEZ, RUBIO INTRODUCEN LEGISLACIÓN PARA FRENAR MINERÍA DE ORO ILEGAL, PRIVANDO INGRESOS DEL RÉGIMEN DE MADURO WASHINGTON - Los senadores estadounidenses Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, y Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introdujeron un proyecto de ley para prevenir la minería de oro ilícita en América...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy Act to prevent illicit gold mining in Latin America and multiple developing countries. The bill would require the President to establish a...

Jersey City, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on anti-Hinduism and other forms of religious and ethnic discrimination: “Throughout my time as a representative of the American people, my commitment to condemning racial and religious prejudice both...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in urging the Biden administration to take additional action to mitigate the historic global food crisis presently forcing hundreds of millions...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan sharing their concerns over an escalation of violent harassment of journalists and the government’s failure to protect freedoms of speech...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in addition to Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) in leading a bipartisan, bicameral letter to America’s top technology companies urging them to provide the...

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 urged the Biden administration to better synchronize efforts with our G7 partners and condition assistance to address the erosion of Tunisian democracy. “We write to express our concerns...

WASHINGTON – Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the below statement in observance of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in unveiling the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to require the Department of State to investigate and provide Congress...

JERSEY CITY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in northern Ethiopia and accountability for perpetrators of human rights abuses following the resumption of hostilities between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray...

JERSEY CITY - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement in reaction to the announcement of a new maritime border deal between Israel and Lebanon dealing with oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea: “I welcome today’s historic announcement that...

JERSEY CITY - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement in support of protests across Iran which were first sparked by the arrest, beating, and murder of Mahsa Amini by the regime’s morality police in addition to broader outrage over systemic violence against...

JERSEY CITY - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement on the future of the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia following the deadly attacks on cities across Ukraine on Monday:  “I am horrified by Russia’s depraved and desperate...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),  and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in urging the Biden administration to support international efforts to investigate Kazakh security forces’ violent response towards civilian protestors, bystanders, and...

JERSEY CITY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Vladimir Putin held a ceremony to announce Russia was formally annexing four occupied Ukrainian territories following gunpoint referendums: “Over the last month, Ukraine’s successful counter...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today were joined by Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in introducing a Senate resolution reaffirming the United States’ support for the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today was joined by Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Co-Chair of the Climate Solutions Caucus, in introducing the America Mitigating and Achieving Zero-emissions Originating from Nature for the 21st Century Act (AMAZON21 Act), new legislation to combat global...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today were joined by ten of their Senate colleagues in introducing the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act, new legislation to bolster U.S. support for children with disabilities, helping improve the capacity of...