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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing on the nominations of Sergio Gor to be Ambassador to India, Herschel Walker to be Ambassador to the Bahamas, James Holtsnider to be Ambassador to Jordan and Andrew Veprek to be Assistant...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to Russia’s recent violation of NATO Ally Poland’s airspace: “Last week President Trump hosted the new Polish President Karol Nawrocki and reaffirmed America’s commitment to Polish security...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, released the following statement in response to Russia’s recent airstrike on Kyiv, the largest airstrike since the start of the war:“It has been three weeks since President Trump met with Vladimir Putin. Since that time,...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on the future direction of American foreign policy. Following her speech, Ranking Member Shaheen participated in a conversation with CFR President Michael Froman and audience...

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC), who has helped lead engagement in the Moldova–North Carolina State Partnership Program, sent letters to Meta and Alphabet respectively urging them to devote sufficient resources to preventing Russian-backed...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pressed President Trump to finally get tough with Vladimir Putin as he continues to let the Kremlin cross one deadline after another – including one today – with no consequences. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats released...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Pentagon has informed European embassies that they plan to suspend security assistance under Section 333 of the National Defense Authorization Act: “This is a misguided...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing on the nominations of Bill Bazzi to be Ambassador to Tunisia, Melinda Hildebrand to be Ambassador to Costa Rica, Riley Barnes to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement upon the Senate’s return from August recess urging congressional action to stop Putin’s war against Ukraine: “President Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin was an abject failure that delivered no results...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s attempt to illegally rescind $4.9 billion in congressionally-approved funding: “President Trump’s attempt to rescind $4.9 billion in funding that Congress already approved...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, conducted three interviews with NPR Radio, CNN International and the BBC World Service from Beirut, Lebanon, where she led a bipartisan delegation to the Middle East. During the interviews, Ranking Member Shaheen discussed her visit...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, released the following statement on Israel's strikes in Damascus, Syria: "We just returned from Syria, where we heard directly from...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan delegation to Lebanon alongside Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) and met with the Lebanese leaders including President Joseph Auon, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Speaker of the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan delegation with Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) to Syria and met with President Ahmed Al-Sharaa. Ranking Member Shaheen is the first member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to visit Syria since the fall of the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan and bicameral delegation with Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) to Jordan, where they conducted a series of meetings with Jordanian officials, including His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan. Ranking Member Shaheen and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's meeting with President Zelenskyy and European Allies. “President Zelenskyy today demonstrated once again that he — not President Putin — is striving for peace. I am encouraged by President Trump's...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's meeting with President Putin. "President Trump appears to have been played yet again by Vladimir Putin. The President rolled out a red carpet and warmly greeted a murderous dictator on American...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a statement commending the government of Lebanon’s decision to ensure only the state retains weapons.   "I commend the government of Lebanon for taking the important decision to ensure the Lebanese state retains a monopoly over...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's deadline for imposing additional sanctions on Russia. “Yet again, President Trump has apparently let President Putin walk across one of his red lines with zero consequences. Setting deadlines and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations...