Foreign Affairs
Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.
February 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Yvette Clarke, and Stacey Plaskett sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to send a high-level U.S. delegation to the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Bridgetown, Barbados, from February 19-21, 2025.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
September 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Ryan Mackenzie today introduced legislation to codify the State Department’s Regional China Office (RCO) program.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
September 19, 2025
Washington, D.C. – This week, House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks and Chairman Brian Mast, along with House Foreign Affairs Committee members, sent a letter urging International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) leadership to formally invite Taiwan to participate in its upcoming triennial meeting.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 30, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
September 23, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
August 1, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
March 15, 2025
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).
Issues:Foreign Affairs
July 18, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 11, 2025
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).
Issues:Foreign Affairs
June 12, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs