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January 29, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement on renewed armed clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region.
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January 28, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to an apparent attempt by ICE agents to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without permission and in violation of international agreements.
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January 27, 2026
You are cordially invited to join Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for a viewing of the Oscar short-listed short documentary film “Rovina’s Choice.
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January 23, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement condemning the administration’s decision to exit the U.S. from the UN World Health Organization (WHO):
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January 23, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s expansion of the global gag rule. The administration’s new policy prohibits recipients of U.S. foreign assistance from using their own private resources to engage in activities that promote comprehensive reproductive rights and fight gender inequality, racial prejudice, and discrimination against the LGBTQI+ community.
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January 22, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, to demand a vote on the House floor for S.J.Res.88, legislation to terminate the made-up national emergency the Trump administration is using as justification to impose tariffs on some of the United States’ closest trade partners.
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January 22, 2026
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng and Lois Frankel as well as Diana DeGette and Ayanna Pressley led 67 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to continue demanding answers about the ongoing waste and destruction of life-saving, taxpayer-funded contraception and other health supplies.
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January 20, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks today issued a statement marking one year since President Trump’s executive order freezing U.S. foreign assistance, an action that suspended nearly all foreign assistance programs and resulted in the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the needless deaths of millions of people around the world.
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January 15, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement urging the Trump administration to not undermine the protest movement in Iran by using military force, which he argued would result in ramifications far beyond the protests.
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January 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the State Department's notification to the committee of its intent to close Camp As Sayliyah (CAS) in Qatar.
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