Chairman Kerry Announces Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee Chairmanships

The following was published by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Feb. 28, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement to announce Foreign Relations Committee subcommittee chairmanships for the 112th Congress:

“The challenges we face this year are enormous, and we have an outstanding group of subcommittee chairs to tackle the issues before us. Senators Boxer, Menendez, Cardin, Casey, Webb, Shaheen, and Coons were invaluable in the last Congress. With the commitment, intellect, and expertise they bring, the Committee will be as productive in the 112th Congress as it was in the previous. We will continue to ask the tough questions and give the oversight of America’s foreign policy apparatus the attention and focus it merits. We also welcome the Republican senators who will be ranking members on these subcommittees. Foreign policy works best when it is bipartisan."

The Committee will be organized into seven subcommittees as follows:

International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women’s Issues

Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairwoman Senator Jim DeMint, Ranking Member

Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs

Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman Senator Marco Rubio, Ranking Member

International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection

Senator Benjamin Cardin, Chairman Senator Bob Corker, Ranking Member

Near East and South Central Asian Affairs

Senator Robert Casey, Jr., Chairman Senator James Risch, Ranking Member

East Asia and Pacific Affairs

Senator Jim Webb, Chairman Senator James Inhofe, Ranking Member

European Affairs