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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 countering illicit fentanyl trafficking. The witnesses included The Honorable Todd Robinson, assistant secretary of State for the Bureau of International...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s “general license” related to Syria. The move...

WASHINGTON – Following a fatal earthquake that has killed thousands of people in Syria and Turkey, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in reintroducing the Syria Detainee and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reintroduced the  Economic and Commercial Opportunities and Networks Act  (ECON Act), to strengthen economic and commercial diplomacy. “With competitors like China posing risks here at home and abroad, it’s...

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 evaluating U.S.-China policy in the era of strategic competition. The witnesses included The Honorable Wendy Sherman, deputy secretary of State, and The Honorable Ely...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined in introducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States’ strong support for democracy and democratic institutions in Nigeria. Unveiled in advance of the country’s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address: “One year ago, we were on the precipice of war in Ukraine. The administration’s failures in the hazardous withdrawal from...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently welcomed four new committee interns for the spring term. “It’s wonderful to welcome four new interns to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” said Risch. “As the international community navigates new and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the Philippines announcement of four new defense sites with the United States yesterday: “We applaud the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) was reelected ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the 118th Congress today. Risch previously served as ranking member during the 117th Congress and as chairman during the 116th Congress. “I am grateful to my colleagues for once again electing me to serve as the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after welcoming His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan back to the United States: “It was wonderful to welcome His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan back to Washington, D.C. today. The United States...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced two new Republican committee members for the 118th Congress: Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.). Remaining on the committee are Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Rand Paul (R-Ky.),...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) today released the below statement on the second anniversary of the coup in Burma: “Two years since the Burmese military overthrew the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today reintroduced the American Values Act , legislation to permanently enact and expand existing...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (NST) Annual Implementation Report: “Russia has a long pattern of blatantly violating its international arms control...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today were joined by 28 Senate colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States’...

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 countering Russian aggression: Ukraine and beyond. The witnesses included The Honorable Victoria Nuland, under secretary of State for political affairs, The Honorable...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the ongoing political violence in Peru: “We strongly condemn the acts of violence and regret...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the administration’s decision to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine: “The Biden Administration’s decision to finally send Abrams tanks to Ukraine is long-overdue. Over and over, 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, are raising significant concerns regarding recent attacks on press freedom and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) operations in the Kyrgyz Republic. In a new letter to President of the...