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September 23, 2025
New York City — Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Jonathan Jackson, Democratic Members on the Africa Subcommittee, yesterday met with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High Level Week.
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September 22, 2025
New York City — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
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September 22, 2025
New York City — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today in a meeting with Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
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September 19, 2025
Washington, D.C. – This week, House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks and Chairman Brian Mast, along with House Foreign Affairs Committee members, sent a letter urging International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) leadership to formally invite Taiwan to participate in its upcoming triennial meeting.
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September 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the conclusion of the committee’s markup of State Department authorization bills, which included a bipartisan agreement on providing foreign military financing to Ukraine:
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September 17, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at the House Foreign Affairs Committee markup of State Department authorization bills.
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September 16, 2025
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.
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September 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to President Trump urging him to consider the national security ramifications of a potential U.S. decertification of Colombia for failing to meet counternarcotics benchmarks.
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September 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee & Ryan Mackenzie today introduced legislation to codify the State Department’s Regional China Office (RCO) program.
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September 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sara Jacobs and every Democrat on the Africa Subcommittee today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers on why the State Department has failed to comply with the law requiring a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
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