Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Shaheen Demand Answers in Letter to Rubio on Foreign Assistance Oversight Obstruction

July 21, 2026

Press Release

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concerns that the State Department may be illegally impeding the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) from conducting statutorily mandated oversight of U.S. foreign assistance.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Shaheen Demand Records on State’s Violation of Hatch Act

October 23, 2025

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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.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Shaheen Press State Department to Restore Transparency in PEPFAR Data Reporting

May 5, 2026

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Gregory W. Meeks and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concern over the incomplete release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 programmatic data for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Shaheen, Press Rubio for Answers on Admin’s Inaction on Venezuela, Question Lack of Progress to Secure Democratic Transition

June 8, 2026

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Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers on the administration’s lack of progress to push a democratic transition forward in Venezuela.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes Demand Briefing on U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding

June 17, 2026

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Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding the administration brief Congress on the details of the reported Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed to by the United States and Iran on June 15, 2026.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes Issue Statement on 60-Day Mark of Iran War

May 1, 2026

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Washington, DC – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued a joint statement on the 60-day mark of Trump’s war in Iran. Under the War Powers Resolution, the president must begin withdrawing U.S. forces if Congress has not authorized hostilities within 60 days.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes Oppose U.S. Military Force Against Iran, Urge Continued Diplomacy

February 20, 2026

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks; Adam Smith; and Jim Himes released the following statement opposing U.S. use of military force against Iran and urging President Trump to continue engaging with Tehran diplomatically:

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes Release Statement on the Expiration of the New START Treaty

February 5, 2026

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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:

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes, McCollum, DeLauro Send Letter to Iran Briefers Demanding Direct Answers on U.S. Military Operations Against Iran

March 3, 2026

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Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks; Adam Smith; Jim Himes; Rosa DeLauro; and Betty McCollum sent a letter to top Trump administration officials set to brief Congress today.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Smith, Himes, Raskin, Thompson Demand Trump Provide List of Designated Terrorist Organizations and Justification for U.S. Military Strikes in the Caribbean

October 7, 2025

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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.

Issues:Foreign Affairs