Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Joaquin Castro today introduced a resolution condemning President Trump’s pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted and sentenced in an American court to 45 years in federal prison for trafficking drugs into the United States.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in support of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA).

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement after Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a joint declaration recommitting to the Washington Accords.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Sara Jacobs and Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Cory Booker issued the following statement condemning President Trump’s remarks on Somali immigrants and refugees:

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Young Kim, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced legislation that would enforce sanctions and visa restrictions on individuals and entities engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Brian Mast and Senators Jeanne Shaheen and James E. Risch issued the following statement about the forthcoming elections in Burma on December 28:

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Gabe Amo sent a letter to the USAID and the State Department Acting Inspectors General requesting information on their investigation of wasted food assistance funded by U.S. taxpayers.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Adam Smith and Jim Himes were joined by Members of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Reps. Steny Hoyer; Marcy Kaptur and Bill Keating in issuing the following joint response to the Trump administration’s initial 28-point proposal for ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.