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Risch Joins Rubio, Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Resolution Marking 1st Anniversary of Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Unjustified Arrest and Detention
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.
Risch Meets with Colombian Delegation
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday met with Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, Justice Minister Néstor Osuna, and Ambassador to the United States Luis Gilberto Murillo.
Risch, Rubio, Hagerty, Scott, Barrasso Introduce Venezuelan Democracy Act
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee, Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today reintroduced the Venezuelan Democracy Act, legislation to condition U.S. sanctions on Venezuela based on specific democratic progress.
Risch, Rubio, Hagerty, Scott, Barrasso Introduce Venezuelan Democracy Act
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee, Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today reintroduced the Venezuelan Democracy Act, legislation to condition U.S. sanctions on Venezuela based on specific democratic progress.
Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on U.S. Support of Democracy and Human Rights
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S. support of democracy and human rights.
Risch, Menendez, Kaine, Rubio Re-Introduce International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined today by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and enhance critical programming, policy, and funding essential to the United States’ efforts to combat human trafficking around the world.
Risch on Announcement of Paul Rusesabagina’s Impending Release from Rwandan Prison
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the announcement that Paul Rusesabagina, a U.S. lawful permanent resident and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, is scheduled to be released from Rwanda’s Mageragere Prison in the coming days:
SFRC, HFAC Leadership Call for Caesar Sanctions Against Assad Regime Intelligence Officer
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.),
Entire Pacific Northwest Congressional Delegation Urges President Biden to Prioritize Modernization of Columbia River Treaty
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA-05), and member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Kim Schrier, M.D. (D, WA-08) were joined by every single member of Congress from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, in sending a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to help expedite a final agreement between the United States and Canada to modernize and strengthen the Columbia River Treaty.
Risch, Colleagues Encourage EU to Designate IRGC as Terrorist Organization
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently led Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Todd Young (R-Ind.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in a letter to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell encouraging the EU to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on FY24 State Department Budget Request
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the FY24 State Department budget request. The witness included U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Risch, Menendez Introduce Legislation in Support of Ecuador
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act, legislation to make Ecuador eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
Risch, Wicker, McCaul, Rogers Urge Biden to Send DPICM to Ukraine
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden urging the administration to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions such as dual purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM).
Risch, Wicker, McCaul, Rogers Urge Biden to Send DPICM to Ukraine
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.),
Risch, Manchin Reintroduce Bipartisan International Nuclear Energy Act
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reintroduced the International Nuclear Energy Act (INEA).
Chairman Menendez Statement on Imposition of Sanctions on Lebanese Brothers
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement after the Biden administration imposed new sanctions on Tuesday on two Lebanese brothers—Raymond Zina Rahme and Teddy Zina Rahme—accused of contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon by selling “dangerously compromised fuel" to Lebanon's state utility company:
Chairman Menendez Statement on Russia’s Wrongful Detention of Evan Gershkovich
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement calling on the Biden administration to expedite a “wrongfully detained” determination in the case of New Jersey native and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, currently detained on trumped up espionage charges in Russia:
Senators Menendez, Collins Introduce Resolution Reaffirming Support for the Good Friday Agreement
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and 12 of their Senate colleagues, today announced the introduction of a resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement (April 10).
Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Expressing Concern on Environmental Crimes, Attacks on Human Rights of Environmental, Land Defenders in Latin America, Caribbean
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
Senators Menendez, Kaine, Hagerty, Murphy Introduce Resolution Commemorating 200 Years of Official U.S.-Chile Relations
By State Newswire Report | Apr 16, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, were joined by Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution commemorating 200 years of official relations between the United States and the Republic of Chile.