Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng and Lois Frankel as well as Diana DeGette and Ayanna Pressley led 67 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to continue demanding answers about the ongoing waste and destruction of life-saving, taxpayer-funded contraception and other health supplies.

Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Jamie Raskin and Joaquin Castro sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding documents and information regarding reports that the administration terminated U.S. law enforcement agreements as part of a quid pro quo with El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, to enable third-country removals to the notorious CECOT prison.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Rubio, demanding records related to the Department's violation of the Hatch Act, when internal and external Department communications – including its website – were used to promote partisan, political messaging related to the government shutdown.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks; Adam Smith; and Jim Himes today released the following statement on the expiration of the New START Treaty:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith; Jim Himes; Jamie Raskin; and Bennie Thompson sent a letter today to President Donald Trump demanding he provide the list of designated terrorist organizations (DTOs) he has unilaterally declared as such and provide evidence for his justifications used in several recent lethal U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean Sea. 

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Adam Smith, Jim Himes, Bennie G. Thompson, Jason Crow and Ilhan Omar issued a statement following the vote on their War Powers Resolution to end the Trump administration’s military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific:  

Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Smith, Himes, Thompson, Crow, Omar introduced a War Powers Resolution to block the Trump Administration from continuing to use U.S. Armed Forces to conduct strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, operations the administration has carried out for more than 60 days without congressional authorization.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the Trump administration’s decision to sidestep Congress and rush billions in arms sales to Israel: