Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led all Committee Democrats in demanding Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner appear before the committee to testify on the decisions, diplomacy, and planning related to the Iran War. 

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.

Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks, Adam Smith and Jim Himes issued the following statement demanding that President Donald Trump announce in tonight’s national address that he is negotiating a ceasefire and diplomatic end to his disastrous war of choice against Iran.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) led 56 of their colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Trump administration to continue immediate humanitarian and recovery assistance to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gregory W. Meeks and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Jeffrey Kessler demanding that the Department of Commerce turn over information required by statute regarding the Administration’s intention to approve the sale of advanced AI chips to China despite the significant military application potential of this technology.

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement after the House of Representatives failed to pass the Massie-Khanna Iran War Powers Resolution (WPR).

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement on Trump’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including 31 United Nations entities.