Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin:  

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the State Department’s release today of the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the anniversary of the August 7, 1998, attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio requesting information and documents in light of concerning reports that the Trump administration would destroy hundreds of tons of now-spoiled emergency food commodities after it failed to distribute them before they expired.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing “grave concern” over reports that the Trump Administration blocked Taiwan President Lai Ching-te from transiting through New York en route to Central America.

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.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the fake national emergency President Trump announced to impose tariffs on Brazil:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Raja Krishnamoorthi sent a joint letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick condemning the Trump administration’s use of semiconductor export controls as negotiating leverage in trade talks with the People’s Republic of China.