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March 3, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned President Trump’s announcement that he has illegally frozen Congressionally approved U.S. assistance to Ukraine and called on the Administration to release its hold
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February 28, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning President Trump’s embarrassing and dangerous conduct in his Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky:
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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:
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February 26, 2025
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) led Members in their respective committees today in a letter urging President Donald Trump to stop supporting Vladimir Putin's illegal war, on the heels of the United States siding with Russia and breaking with longstanding allies at the United Nations earlier this week.
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February 25, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the Trump administration’s reversal of a Biden-era regulation which helped protect U.S. arms transfers from being misused by foreign partners in violation of human rights:
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February 24, 2025
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February 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Lois Frankel; Sara Jacobs; Joaquin Castro; and Senator Cory Booker today issued a letter to President Donald Trump stating that he cannot effectively eliminate the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) by Executive Order, given that USADF is statutorily authorized by Congress. The letter cites U.S. statute which makes explicit that USADF can only be dissolved by an Act of Congress.
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February 21, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chip Roy issued the following statement today regarding the introduction of their bipartisan bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) related to Iraq.
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February 19, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement condemning the M23’s seizure of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC):
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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.
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