Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the signing of a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda:

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Michael McCaul; Ami Bera, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific; and Bill Huizenga, Chairman of the Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, issued the following statement announcing the bipartisan introduction of the ‘‘Burma Genocide Accountability and Protection Act," or the “Burma GAP Act.” 

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to cancel a classified Member briefing on recent military action in the Middle East. 

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.

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning Israel’s military operations against Iran and Iran’s retaliation:

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) released the following statement concerning the rescissions package sent to Congress by the Trump administration.

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the State Department reorganization:

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Africa Subcommittee, today sent a letter requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a comprehensive review of the financial costs and strategic consequences of the Trump administration’s unlawful effort to subsume USAID into the State Department