Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; and Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to President Trump’s National Security team demanding answers to questions.

Washington, D.C. – 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 introduced a War Powers Resolution.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Smith; Himes; and Krishnamoorth issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s repeated annexation threats:

Washington, D.C.– U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.); Jim Himes (D-Conn.); and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.); and U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.); Chris Coons (D-Del.); and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.); issued the following statement in response to the ultimatum that President Donald Trump and his Administration are forcing on Ukraine. 

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Greg Stanton of Arizona today introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on Resolutions that would terminate President Trump’s authority to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, co-chair of the Venezuela Democracy Caucus, led 37 Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing dismay over the Trump administration’s baseless decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans fleeing horrific and inhumane conditions.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with all Subcommittee Ranking Members, issued a joint statement on the Trump administration’s elimination of nearly all U.S. foreign assistance programs, including life-saving humanitarian assistance:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.