WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman 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 in Beijing’s unrelenting...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate voted to ratify the accession protocols for Finland and Sweden to join NATO:
“Today’s ratification of Finland and Sweden as new members of NATO sends a strong message of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies, today introduced the Securing Allies Food in Emergencies Act (SAFE Act), legislation to...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the announcement that the U.S. government killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri: “The strike against al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri was the right move. The loss of a leader can be significant,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in sending a letter to President Biden requesting his administration exercise extreme due diligence of any lending to Argentina given its long...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), ranking member and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden urging his...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor advocating for the Senate to proceed quickly to the consideration of the accession protocols for Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
Watch Risch’s full floor remarks on YouTube here .
Highlights:
“The Senate has...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary Blinken expressing support for oversight and accountability of U.S. military, economic, and political...
WASHINGTON – Nearly one year since the Taliban’s brutal takeover in Afghanistan, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in addition to Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), are calling on the United Nations to take targeted...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Economic and Commercial Opportunities and Networks Act (ECON Act), to strengthen economic and commercial diplomacy.“U.S. foreign policy must include strong economic and commercial diplomacy and policy,” said...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S. national security and economic statecraft: ensuring U.S. global leadership for the twenty-first century. The witnesses included The Honorable Jose W. Fernandez, under...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) today introduced the Global Food Security Act, which reauthorizes the Feed the Future Initiative, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative. The...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. 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 following...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in U.S. diplomacy and development. The witnesses included The Honorable Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley, chief diversity and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently welcomed eight new committee interns for the summer term.
“On behalf of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority, I’m happy to welcome a new group of talented and ambitious interns for our summer...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (Texas-10), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary Blinken expressing concern that a mandated State Department report failed to address the Assad...
WASHINGTON – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors religious freedom internationally. The commission’s authorization is currently set to expire September 30, 2022. In response, the U.S. Senate passed...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeff Merkley (R-Ore.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced their bipartisan Senate resolution condemning the use of starvation and hunger as weapons of war has passed the Senate...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, today led Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Jeanne...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on global food security crisis and the U.S. response. The witnesses for panel one included: The Honorable Samantha Power, administrator of USAID, and The Honorable Linda...