By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Nassau, The Bahamas, from February 14-16 and Munich, Germany from February 17-18. In Nassau, Secretary Kerry will continue efforts to advance international cooperation among nations particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis at the 44th ...
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
Release: We are deeply troubled by Israel’s decision yesterday to advance reportedly nearly 10,000 settlement units and to begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law. Like previous administrations, Democratic and Republican, we strongly...
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to have Foreign Minister Rasmussen here today at the State Department in Washington. Denmark and the United States are the closest of partners, of allies. We are working together on regional challenges, on global challenges, and ...
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined both Fox News‘ “Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo and CBS‘ “Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) spy balloon, how the United States should be confronting the China challenge, oversight of the Biden administration, and the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Nassau, The Bahamas, from February 14-16 and Munich, Germany from February 17-18. In Nassau, Secretary Kerry will continue efforts to advance international cooperation among nations particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis at the 44th ...
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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:
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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 Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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:
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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 ...
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity for Proposals for NGO Programs Benefiting Displaced Persons in Al-Hol and Roj Camps, Syria grant opened on Feb. 13.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
Copy of DRL: Advancing Survivor Centered Transitional Justice in Ethiopia grant opened on Feb. 13.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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:
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) decision to add six companies to the Entity List after learning of their involvement with the Chinese Communist...
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
News Release: 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 undermines longstanding U.S. policy under both Republican and Democrat administrations, including this administration’s comments this week.
