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WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch (R-ID), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Peter Welch (D-VT), released the...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operation Appropriations, introduced the “Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act,” legislation to prevent the unnecessary destruction and waste of foreign...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s threat to impose additional tariffs on goods coming from Canada, beginning August 1, 2025: “This President continues to threaten more and more taxes on American businesses and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD),?Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released a statement on announced...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Brazil as retaliation for the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is charged with attempting to stage a coup against current...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following Russia’s largest drone attack on Ukraine since the war began and urged action on the bipartisan Russia sanctions package. “I’m glad that Leader Thune has agreed to move forward on a tough legislative sanctions...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-05), Ranking Member of the House...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement following President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will end its pause on security assistance to Ukraine. “I am pleased that President Trump appears to have reversed course on the dangerous and shortsighted...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s first call with Putin after the U.S. pause in munitions shipments to Ukraine: “President Trump promised an end to the war in Ukraine on Day One of his Administration, and nearly six...

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 Chris Coons (D-DE), issued the following statement in response to new reports on the Trump Administration’s five-month pause in...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined WGIR and WKBK radio in New Hampshire, where she criticized the Trump Administration’s decision to halt arms shipments to Ukraine. During the interviews, Ranking Member Shaheen warned that failure in Ukraine would embolden...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's decision to halt shipments of promised munitions and weapons systems to Ukraine: "The Pentagon is significantly weakening Ukraine’s defense against aerial attacks even as...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement on the last day for many personnel at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) following the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the agency:  “Foreign assistance is not charity—it's a strategic tool to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to reverse the State Department’s decision to destroy over $9 million dollars in family planning commodities intended to support women in crisis...

WASHINGTON—Over the weekend, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Protecting...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, introduced the bipartisan Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Act. The legislation would honor the memory of the victims of the Srebrenica Genocide and reaffirm U.S....

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), released the following statement on the peace deal brokered by the United States and witnessed by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio between the Foreign Ministers of the Democratic Republic of...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Time Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement...

THE HAGUE – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-Chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with President Ursula...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in reintroducing the Global Respect Act. The legislation would impose sanctions on foreign actors responsible for human rights violations against lesbian, gay,...