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Foreign Affairs

Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.

January 15, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement urging the Trump administration to not undermine the protest movement in Iran by using military force, which he argued would result in ramifications far beyond the protests.
December 5, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement condemning President Trump’s newly released national security strategy:
January 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela: 
December 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s decision to allow NVIDIA to sell advanced semiconductor chips to China:
October 30, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after attending a House Armed Services Committee briefing with Department of Defense officials regarding the administration's military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.
March 5, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, for the “Advancing National Security through Public Diplomacy” full committee hearing. Members heard testimony from Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers.
January 7, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, while co-leading a bipartisan House Member classified briefing on the Trump administration’s military operations into Venezuela to extract Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. 
April 16, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the floor, as prepared, during debate on House Concurrent Resolution 40, his War Powers Resolution directing President Trump to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
February 11, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, during a shadow hearing titled: “Trump’s Betrayal of America’s Afghan Allies."