Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; and Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to President Trump’s National Security team demanding answers to questions.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Smith; Himes; and Krishnamoorth issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s repeated annexation threats:

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, co-chair of the Venezuela Democracy Caucus, led 37 Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing dismay over the Trump administration’s baseless decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans fleeing horrific and inhumane conditions.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on yesterday’s reports that the “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” had effectively taken over the U.S. Institute of Peace:

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, released a statement following President Trump’s Executive Order dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Smith (D-Wash.); Himes (D-CT); and U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Chris Coons (D-DE); and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.); issued the following statement in response to Russia rejecting a joint U.S. and Ukrainian agreement for a 30-day ceasefire.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove sent a letter to Secretary Rubio seeking clarity on the President and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s claim that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent “$21 million for voter turnout in India.”

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Yvette Clarke; Adriano Espaillat; Grace Meng, introduced H.Res. 129 to recognize the contributions of the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program to advance America’s national security, development, and diplomacy efforts.