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Menendez, Risch, Meeks, McCaul Joint Statement on Sudan
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Starvation as a Weapon of War
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In Op-Ed, Chairman Menendez Outlines Impact of Mexican President’s No-Show at Summit of the AmericasIn Op-Ed, Chairman Menendez Outlines Impact of Mexican President’s No-Show at Summit of the Americas
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Menendez, Meeks, McCaul, Risch Urge Renewal of Vital Syria Cross-Border Mechanism
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Chairman Menendez Opening Statement at Committee Hearing on Proposed Accession of Sweden, Finland to NATO
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SFRC Chairman Menendez Statement on Biden Administration’s Plans to Provide Assistance to AzerbaijanSFRC Chairman Menendez Statement on Biden Administration’s Plans to Provide Assistance to Azerbaijan
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Senator Menendez, Congressman Lieu Lead Colleagues in Introducing Resolution in Observance of World Refugee Day
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Senators Menendez, Risch, Colleagues Introduce Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022
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Menendez Statement on 100 Days of War in Ukraine
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Senate Republicans Block Menendez Motion to Confirm Nominees to Foreign Policy Positions Critical to U.S. Efforts to Counter Malign Chinese Influence Abroad
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Menendez, Risch, Merkley, Young, Booker, Thune Announce Bipartisan Senate Resolution Condemning Starvation as an Act of War
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Senators Menendez, Blunt, Kaine, Wicker, Cardin, Moran Introduce the United States-Colombia Bicentennial Alliance Act
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As U.S. Prepares to Host Summit of the Americas, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Resolution to Promote Nearshoring, Strengthen Economic Relations with Latin America, Caribbean
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Chairman Menendez Statement on Developments Regarding Summit of the Americas
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that a delegation of senior Biden administration officials met with the Maduro regime to discuss the release of arbitrarily imprisoned Americans and the potential purchase of Venezuelan oil: “If the reports are true that the Biden administration is brokering the purchase of Venezuelan oil, I fear that it risks perpetuating a humanitarian crisis that has destabilized Latin America and the Caribbean for an entire generation. Nicolás Maduro is a cancer to our hemisphere and we should not breathe new life into his reign of torture and murder. As such, I would strongly oppose any action that fills the pockets of regime oligarchs with oil profits while Maduro continues to deprive Venezuelans of basic human rights, freedoms, and even food.
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today is calling on the Biden administration to take whatever steps it deems necessary to expedite and support the immediate transfer of fighter aircraft from NATO and Eastern European countries to the government of Ukraine. The request follows a personal and sobering plea on Saturday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. lawmakers requesting Soviet-era fighter jets that the Ukrainian Air Force can immediately use to counter Putin’s ongoing and indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a series of oversight letters to five regional Assistant Secretaries of State to request specific details about the State Department’s diplomatic strategies to counter Russian influence and aggression, including how they are working to ensure that countries around the world are imposing and enforcing sanctions on the Putin regime and the Russian economy.
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today unveiled the United States-Colombia Strategic Alliance Act of 2022, a new legislative initiative that lays out a comprehensive agenda for U.S.-Colombia relations focused on expanding engagement on issues of inclusive economic growth, anti-corruption, international security, environmental protection, and refugees and migration.
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led seven of their Senate colleagues in writing a letter to President Joe Biden calling for democracy, good governance, and human rights to be top priorities for the upcoming US-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Leaders Summit. In light of recent trends toward democratic backsliding in Southeast Asia, the senators emphasized their concerns that, if left unaddressed, developing dynamics in the region will undermine the United States’ efforts to work with partners to construct a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this afternoon’s full Committee hearing entitled “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Assessing the U.S. and International Response.”