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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): “The Trump Administration’s decision to once...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chair Jim Risch (R-ID), with U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), introduced legislation to provide expedited double-tax relief on U.S.-Taiwan cross-border investment and to authorize the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement condemning President Trump’s executive order to indefinitely suspend all refugee admissions to the United States: “I am alarmed by President Trump’s executive order indefinitely suspending all refugee admissions to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the release of American citizens Ryan Corbett and William McKenty from Afghanistan, the result of lengthy negotiations by U.S. officials:   “Any time one of our citizens is wrongfully detained, we must use all...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nomination of U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). In her opening remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen underscored the importance of U.S....

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement upon the U.S. Senate vote to confirm Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State:  “Today, the U.S. Senate came together in a bipartisan way to confirm Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Having...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after members approved the nomination of Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to become Secretary of State during a committee business meeting: “We are glad to have worked in a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of sanctions on General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan: “We welcome yesterday’s imposition of sanctions on General Abdel Fattah...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that includes the release of the thirty-three hostages, including Americans that were kidnapped and held hostage...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the nominations hearing for U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to be Secretary of State. In her first remarks as Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Shaheen emphasized...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, applauded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State for the agencies’ decision to designate Romania...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s final speech on his foreign policy accomplishments: "True leadership in American foreign policy requires a principled vision, a commitment to democratic ideals and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joaquin...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the selection of a President in Lebanon:  "The selection of Joseph Aoun as President is a significant and momentous occasion for Lebanon. After more than two years of political deadlock, yesterday’s result...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the enduring alliance between the United States and South Korea: “The Republic of Korea is a trusted partner and vital U.S. ally in the Indo-Pacific. My team and I are closely monitoring the political...

WASHINGTON –  This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) issued a statement regarding...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the Biden administration’s declaration that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and the sanctions designation against RSF leader Mohamed "Hemedti" Hamdan Dagalo: “Today,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed her gratitude to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his leadership and close cooperation with the United States following his announcement that he intends to resign as Liberal leader. "I thank Prime Minister Justin...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging greater transparency in how the Department of State implements visa restrictions mandated under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), as well as U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), sent a letter to Gene Dodaro,...