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U.S. Security Cooperation with Ukraine

Critical New U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting with Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog

United States Provides More Than $41 Million in Additional Assistance to Respond to the Near-Famine Crisis in Somalia

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.

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.).

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:

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.

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:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Feb. 6 his statewide model security plan to ban the app TikTok and other software on state government-issued devices.

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 ...

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.

Copy of DRL: Advancing Survivor Centered Transitional Justice in Ethiopia grant opened on Feb. 13.

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:

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...