Foreign Affairs
Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.
March 24, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
June 23, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
March 24, 2025
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:
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 25, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
May 19, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
March 18, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
February 27, 2025
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:
Issues:Foreign Affairs
March 24, 2025
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.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
September 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith; Jim Himes; and Bennie G. Thompson released the following statement in response to President Trump announcing a second U.S. military strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
September 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the conclusion of the committee’s markup of State Department authorization bills, which included a bipartisan agreement on providing foreign military financing to Ukraine:
Issues:Foreign Affairs