Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concern over the State Department's decision to designate gangs in Haiti as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) without even a concept of a plan for Haiti.

New York City — Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Jonathan Jackson, Democratic Members on the Africa Subcommittee, yesterday met with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High Level Week.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes, and Jamie Raskin sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the war in Gaza by working urgently to return all parties to the negotiation table without delay.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, released a statement following President Trump’s Executive Order dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Lois Frankel and Grace Meng issued a statement on their introduction of legislation to ensure U.S. taxpayer-purchased foreign aid commodities reach their intended beneficiaries rather than go to waste or be destroyed.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Lois Frankel (D-FL), and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Brian Schatz (D-HI), sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio objecting to the Trump Administration's proposed reorganization of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) released the following statement concerning the rescissions package sent to Congress by the Trump administration.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to cancel a classified Member briefing on recent military action in the Middle East.