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WASHINGTON – In response to dramatic increases in attacks on human rights defenders around the world, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today was joined by Committee members Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in introducing the Global Voices of Freedom...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at today’s full Committee hearing entitled “American Diplomacy and Global Leadership: Review of the FY24 State Department Budget Request.” Testifying before the Committee was Secretary of State Antony Blinken.CLICK TO...

WASHINGTON – Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming hearing this afternoon to review the FY24 State Department budget request, and...

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 introduced the Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act , legislation to make Ecuador eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery...

WASHINGTON – Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor in support of S.316, a bill to repeal authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) against Iraq.   CLICK TO WATCH   Find a copy of the Chairman’s remarks as delivered below. “Twenty years...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Committee members Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy...

JERSEY CITY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement—on the ninth anniversary of Russia’s purported and illegal annexation of Crimea—calling on Russian authorities to immediately release unjustifiably jailed journalists in occupied Crimea,...

JERSEY CITY – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released the below statement on Saint Patrick’s Day: “I am pleased to join the Irish community in New Jersey, throughout the United States, and across the island of Ireland in celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day, a day on which we embrace and honor...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. Testifying before the Committee were Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols and Deputy Special...

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing on the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. Testifying before the Committee were Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols and Deputy Special...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) are urging the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to  leverage their position in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to stop the bank’s...

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

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor in support of Senate approval of S. 316, a bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) against Iraq. CLICK TO WATCH “When authorizations for...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 38 colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning Beijing’s destruction of Hong Kong’s democracy and rule of law in addition to its political persecution of Jimmy Lai and...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today were joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in urging the State...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s announcement with United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the countries’ plans to bolster the Australia-United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the International Affairs provisions of the Biden administration’s 2024 federal budget request released on Thursday: “From standing united against violent autocrats and with those fighting...

Shaheen and Durbin recently returned from a congressional delegation visit to Georgia in February. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a joint statement with Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in releasing the below statements on the Committee passage of their Supporting Americans Wrongfully or Unlawfully Detained...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement in honor of International Women’s Day: “On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the leadership, fortitude, and resilience of women and girls around the world in championing human rights...