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Foreign Affairs

Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.

June 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the passage of his War Powers Resolution terminating U.S. hostilities against Iran:
June 4, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the passage of his War Powers Resolution terminating U.S. hostilities against Iran:

“The passage of my War Powers Resolution is a significant bipartisan rebuke of President Trump’s illegal and costly war in Iran, and the first step toward ending it once and for all.

April 7, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement on Trump’s threats to strike Iranian civilian infrastructure, which is a war crime:
May 20, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro.

“Raúl Castro should be held accountable for the murder of Americans over international waters. But this indictment looks less like a pursuit of justice and more like a pretext for escalation, potentially even an illegal invasion of Cuba.

May 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement after House Republicans again voted against an Iran War Powers Resolution:
April 5, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement on the rescue of the second downed airman in Iran, and called for the war to be immediately brought to an end.
June 24, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the State Department’s decision to bypass Congressional review on an arms sale of more than $700 million worth of equipment to the Turkish military:

December 19, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on reports that the Trump administration is conditioning U.S. health assistance on access to Zambia’s critical minerals:
March 6, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the Trump administration’s decision to invoke the Arms Control Act’s Emergency Authority for multiple cases of over 20,000 bombs worth over $650 million.
May 15, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following President Trump’s conclusion of his State visit to China and meetings with President Xi Jinping.

“I’m not surprised President Trump came home from China empty-handed. He arrived in Beijing politically weakened at home and mired in a disastrous war with Iran that has upended the global economy.