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Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.

September 22, 2025
New York City — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today in a meeting with Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
February 24, 2026
ICYMI: Rep. Meeks Talks GOP DHS Shutdown, Trump’s Crypto Payout, and SCOTUS Ruling on Trump’s Illegal Tariffs
November 25, 2025
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Adam Smith and Jim Himes were joined by Members of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Reps. Steny Hoyer; Marcy Kaptur and Bill Keating in issuing the following joint response to the Trump administration’s initial 28-point proposal for ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.
January 12, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will lead Democrats on the committee in holding a special meeting on Venezuela.
February 6, 2021

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-05) co-led a letter with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09) to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken encouraging the United States to unambiguously reject the undemocratic actions of President Moïse to retain power in Haiti.

The letter is supported by:

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05)

Chairman, Committee On Foreign Affairs

Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-08)

Chairman, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

June 26, 2018

Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Gregory W. Meeks, senior member of the Foreign Relations committee, issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Trump's Muslim travel ban:

August 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin:  
March 27, 2017

Meeks Statement on Chairman Nunes' Decision to Cancel Public Hearing on Russian Interference

Washington, D.C.—Ranking Member of the Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Subcommittee, Gregory W. Meeks, released the following statement today regarding the House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes' decision to cancel a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

June 27, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the signing of a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda:
April 9, 2008

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Rep. Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement on today’s testimony by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the war in Iraq: