Senate Foreign Relations Committee

ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit, alongside other members of her congressional delegation.

ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, Mike Rounds (R-SD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Mike Turner (R-OH), issued the following statement after their meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the 2026 NATO Summit: “Meeting with President Zelenskyy was a powerful reminder of what is at stake...

ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit, alongside other members of her congressional delegation. Senator Shaheen discussed the future of the transatlantic Alliance at a pivotal moment for European and global security.

ANKARA, TÜRKIYE – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the sidelines of the 2026 NATO Summit, alongside other members of her congressional delegation.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, July 6, 2026, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Türkiye for the 2026 NATO Summit and then continue to Hungary for bilateral meetings with the new government. Senator Shaheen will be joined in Ankara by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Representative Mike Turner (R-OH).

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Administration to remove Syria from the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) list.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside Senators John Curtis (R-Utah), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.),Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) today released the following statement ahead of the Chinese government’s enactment of a law promoting “ethnic unity and progress.” “For decades, the Chinese Communist Party...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the violence in Sudan: “The war in Sudan has shattered the country, and there is no end in sight.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside Senators John Curtis (R-UT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement ahead of the Chinese government’s enactment of a law promoting “ethnic unity and progress.” House Select Committee on China Ranking Member Ro Khanna...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Eric Ueland, Chief Operating Officer and Performing the Duties of Administrator of USAID, and Jeremy Lewin, Senior Officer and Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, requesting information from the Trump Administration on its plans to use $19 billion...