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Chair Meeks Issues Statement Regarding Secretary Blinken’s Speech on the Administration’s Policy Toward China
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Meeks, House Chairs, Congress Urge President Biden to Recalibrate Relationship With Saudi Arabia
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Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the House passage of the FY22 appropriations package, which included funding for valuable global priorities like addressing the climate crisis, supporting global health security, and providing life-saving humanitarian assistance.
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Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that a delegation of senior Biden administration officials traveled to Venezuela to meet with President Nicolás Maduro: “I congratulate the Biden Administration on a successful delegation to Venezuela that resulted in the release of two American citizens - Gustavo Cárdenas and Jorge Alberto Fernández - who were unjustly detained in the country, as well as a commitment from President Maduro to restart the important political negotiations in Mexico City.
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Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement in response to a partisan Russia sanctions bill introduced by Congressional Republicans:
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Today, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Carolyn B.
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Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, released the following joint statement on the one-year anniversary of the Burma coup:
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Today, on the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Burma, Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Ami Bera. M.D. (D-CA), Steven Chabot (R-OH), Andy Levin (D-MI), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the anniversary of the coup and condemning the Burmese military for perpetrating gross violations of human rights against the Burmese people.
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As the one-year anniversary of the February 1, 2021 military coup against democratically-elected leadership in Burma approaches, Congressmen Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Steve Chabot (OH-01), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led their colleagues calling for the United States to take action regarding Burma’s deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) together with Representatives Albio Sires (D-NJ), Chair of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy Subcommittee, Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Chair of the International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee, and Norma Torres (D-CA), today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Administration to strengthen the U.S.-Honduras relationship, advance our shared interests, and help promote a sense of hope among the Honduran population that a brighter future is possible.
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Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the schedule for the month of January.
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Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed for a congressional delegation to Brussels, Belgium and Kyiv, Ukraine.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks (D-NY) together with Representatives Ted Deutch, Chair of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, Gerald Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Administration to stand by important human rights criteria and follow through with its commitment not to release a portion of U.S. assistance if Egypt fails to fully meet requirements outlined by the Administration.
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Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the introduction of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022:
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U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-C.A.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation today released the following joint statement in response to reports that ASEAN may invite senior members of the Burmese military regime to participate in official meetings.
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U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY-05), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following joint statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an update of its April 2021 report on efforts to combat firearms trafficking from the United States across the southern border.
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Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the recent missile testing by North Korea:
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Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Michael McCaul, Tom Malinowski and Ann Wagner - Chair, Ranking Member, Vice Chair and Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee – Ami Bera and Steve Chabot – Chair and Ranking Member of the Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation Subcommittee – Joaquin Castro, Chair of the International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee, and Mike Waltz, Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding recent statements made by Olympics officials pertaining to limitations on athletes’ freedom to speak during this year’s games in Beijing:
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Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express their concerns regarding recent developments in Tunisia that threaten the country’s democracy. While applauding Tunisians’ achievements since the country’s transition to democracy in 2011, the lawmakers shared their apprehensions about the country’s trajectory and pressed the Biden administration to continue to support transparent and meaningful reforms and accountability for President Saïed’s proposed reform plans.
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U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden requesting a restoration of U.S. leadership on the crisis in Syria. The leaders asked the president to refuse reintegrating the Assad regime into the international community without meaningful reforms that demonstrate accountability and reflect the will of the Syrian people.