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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced Committee approval of the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, legislation he authored along with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to reinforce United States policy towards Taiwan in order to maintain stable cross-Strait deterrence as...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced Committee passage of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2022, legislation to provide robust authorities for the management and operation of the State Department. Today’s Committee approval builds on the...

WASHINGTON – As the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York this week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in introducing a Senate resolution calling for a comprehensive international...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today introduced the North Korea Policy Oversight Act of 2022, new legislation to bolster congressional oversight of U.S. diplomacy with North Korea.   With the recent publication of a U.S. intelligence report...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today penned a letter to President Joe Biden in advance of next week’s United Nations General Assembly calling for a robust Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions to lead efforts to address the growing global displacement...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the death of Queen Elizabeth II:   “I send my deepest condolences to the people of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Britain’s...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement marking both Ukrainian Independence Day and six months since Vladimir Putin launched his illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine: “The people of Ukraine have gone to unimaginable lengths in the...

Jersey City, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to reports that Turkey is seeking to purchase a second batch of S-400 air defense systems from Russia: “I am deeply concerned about reports that Turkey is considering further purchases of...

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 are urging the Biden administration to engage on U.S.-Iraqi shared economic interests by preserving energy firms’ access to the Iraqi-Kurdish region’s energy sector....

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the below statement following President Biden’s signing of Finland’s and Sweden’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Accession Protocols: “President Biden’s expeditious signing of the Instruments of Ratification for...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the situation in Gaza: “Israel has every right to self-defense from Iranian-backed terrorists committed to annihilating the State of Israel, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). They must immediately stop their...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the below statement following China’s live-fire exercises around Taiwan: “China’s dangerous and provocative live-fire exercises around Taiwan are yet another chapter...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today opened Senate debate on and spoke in support of ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) protocols for Finland and Sweden. “Should we let ruthless autocrats threaten the security of democratic nations and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today published an op-ed in the New York Times on the critical window of opportunity for the U.S. Congress to enact a more forward leaning policy to defend Taiwan. Citing Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, as well as the unprecedented unity among democratic nations...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks at this morning’s nominations hearing. Before the committee were Chairman Menendez’s long-time Senior Advisor and Counselor, Mr. Rolfe Michael Schiffer, nominated to serve as an Assistant...

WASHINGTON – El senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores en el Senado, hoy fue acompañado por el senador Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), miembro de más alto rango del Subcomité sobre el Hemisferio Occidental en presentar el proyecto de ley de Justicia para el Policía Werner...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined today by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing the Trooper Werner Foerster and Frank Connor Justice Act.  The bipartisan legislation defines U.S. policy to require the immediate extradition or return of all...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, today introduced a Senate resolution calling for free, fair, and peaceful elections in Angola on August 24. In addition to...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today praised the extension of a ceasefire between the warring parties in Yemen. The three U.S. senators had sent a letter to President Biden urging...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act to expand the current scope of sanctions on those committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs. The bill would impose secondary sanctions on those that...