News & Media

June 2021

Date	Title
6/1/21	Chairman Meeks Announces June HFAC Schedule
6/1/21	Meeks, McCaul Issue Statement on Coup in Mali

May 2021

Date	Title
5/28/21	Meeks Issues Statement Regarding Biden's Budget Request
5/27/21	ICYMI: Meeks Remarks on Reinvigorating American Global Leadership in Response to Growing Competition from China
5/25/21	Meeks Introduces Legislative Package to Renew American Leadership Abroad in Face of China Challenge
5/25/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Secretary Blinken Traveling to Israel
5/21/21	Meeks Statement on Nord Stream 2
5/19/21	Meeks, McCaul, Bera, and Chabot Issue Statement Celebrating U.S.-Korea Alliance
5/19/21	Meeks, Schiff, Nunes, Introduce HAVANA Act to Provide Benefits to Victims of Anomalous Health Incidents
5/19/21	Bipartisan Resolution Urging Salvadoran Government to Respect Democratic Institutions Passes the House Foreign Affairs Committee
5/18/21	Meeks Leads Letter to Sec. Blinken Regarding Worsening Crisis in Lebanon
5/17/21	Meeks, McCaul Send Letter to Blinken on Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans
5/14/21	Meeks Issues Statement Following Call With National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on The Situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
5/12/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Hearing with Special Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry
5/11/21	Meeks, McCaul, Deutch, Wilson Call for End to Houthi Siege of Marib
5/10/21	Meeks, McCaul on the Continued Presence of Eritrean Forces in Tigray
5/7/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Recent Violence in East Jerusalem
5/5/21	Chairman Meeks’ Statement on Venezuela’s National Electoral Council
5/3/21	Meeks Issues Statement on President Biden Increasing Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021

April 2021

Date	Title
4/30/21	Chairman Meeks Announces May HFAC Schedule
4/26/21	Meeks and Jeffries Co-Lead Letter Condemning Unconstitutional Actions of Haitian President Moïse
4/23/21	Meeks, McCaul Issue Statement Ahead of Albanian Election
4/19/21	Meeks, McCaul Demand Putin Be Held Accountable for Alexey Navalny's Health and Safety in Russian Prison
4/16/21	Meeks Issues Statement on OIG Pompeo Report
4/15/21	Meeks and Keating Issue Statement on Biden Administration’s New Russia Sanctions
4/14/21	Meeks and McCaul Introduce Resolution Condemning Uyghur Genocide in the People’s Republic of China
4/14/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Administration’s Decision to Proceed with UAE Weapons Sales
4/13/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Biden Administration’s Plan to Withdraw Remaining U.S. Troops from Afghanistan
4/13/21	Meeks and McCaul Statement on the Election Crisis in Somalia
4/9/21	Chairman Meeks’ Statement on President Biden’s FY 2022 Foreign Affairs Budget
4/8/21	Helsinki Commission Leaders Commemorate International Roma Day with Senate and House Resolutions
4/7/21	Meeks Issues Statement on the Resumption of Aid to the Palestinian People
4/6/21	Meeks Issues Statement on the Crisis in Mozambique
4/5/21	Meeks, Jeffries Requested GAO Report on Haiti Reconstruction After 2010 Earthquake Published
4/2/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Killing of Unarmed Civilians in Tigray, Ethiopia
4/2/21	Meeks, Keating Issue Statement on Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement
4/1/21	Chairman Meeks Announces April HFAC Schedule

March 2021

Date	Title
3/30/21	Meeks, McCaul Lead Letter to Secretary Blinken Urging Accountability Over Crisis in Ethiopia
3/28/21	Chairman Meeks Issues Statement Following Military Crackdown in Burma
3/25/21	Chairman Meeks Issues Statement Condemning Missile Test by North Korea
3/25/21	Chairman Meeks Issues Statement Following Passage of 2002 AUMF Repeal out of Committee
3/24/21	Meeks, Durbin Statements on GAO Report on U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
3/24/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on Belarus’ Freedom Day
3/23/21	Meeks, McGovern Issue Joint Statement on Congressional War Powers Hearings
3/23/21	Chairman Meeks Statement on Sri Lanka Resolution at U.N. Human Rights Council
3/22/21	Meeks Issues Statement Supporting Coordinated Sanctions Against Chinese Officials Over Uighur Human Rights Abuses
3/18/21	Chairman Meeks Remarks for Foreign Affairs COVID Hearing
3/17/21	Meeks, McCaul Issue Joint Statement on the Conflict and Humanitarian Crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
3/17/21	Meeks Issues Statement on Foreign Interference in 2020 Election
3/16/21	Meeks, McCaul, Keating and Fitzpatrick Call for Release of Political Prisoners Unjustly Held in Belarus
3/14/21	Meeks, Sires Statement on the Third Anniversary of Marielle Franco’s Murder
3/12/21	Meeks Remarks at Hearing on Haiti
3/11/21	Reps. Lee, Meeks, McGovern, Schiff, and Brown to Hold Virtual Press Conference Calling for an End to Forever Wars
3/10/21	Meeks Remarks at Hearing with Secretary Blinken
3/5/21	Meeks, Congressional Leaders Applaud Biden Administration’s Commitment to Ending Endless Wars, Call for Congressional Action
3/2/21	Meeks, Keating Issue Joint Statement on Administration’s Russia Sanctions over Navalny
3/2/21	Chairman Meeks Announces March HFAC Schedule

February 2021

Date	Title
2/26/21	Meeks Issues Statement Regarding Unclassified Report on Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
2/26/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on the 7th Anniversary of Russian Aggression in Ukraine
2/25/21	Meeks, McCaul Applaud Passage of State Department Authorization Act
2/24/21	Meeks Remarks at Hearing on Restoring Diplomacy and Development
2/23/21	Meeks, McCaul, Gallagher, Langevin, Kinzinger, Keating Reintroduce the Cyber Diplomacy Act
2/23/21	House Foreign Affairs Committee and Georgia Caucus Call For Descalation of Political Situation in Republic of Georgia
2/19/21	Meeks, McCaul Urge for Calming of Political Tensions in Republic of Georgia
2/19/21	Meeks and Mccaul Lead Bipartisan Resolution Condemning China’s Abuses in Hong Kong
2/18/21	Meeks, McCaul Urge President Biden to Use Global Magnitsky Act in Response to Lokman Slim Murder
2/11/21	House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Congressional Equality Caucus Joint Statement on Situation in Chechnya
2/11/21	Meeks Statement on Press Freedom in Poland and Hungary
2/10/21	House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Briefing on Burma
2/9/21	Meeks Statement on State’s Actions to End “Safe Third Country” Agreements
2/8/21	Meeks, Levin Welcome GAO Report on U.S. Sanctions in Venezuela
2/8/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on the Passing of Congressman Ron Wright
2/7/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on Day of Solidarity with Belarus
2/6/21	Meeks Statement on Reversal of Houthi Terrorist Designation
2/6/21	Meeks Statement on Anniversary of Dr. Li Wenliang Death
2/3/21	Meeks, Bass, and Himes Call for Reinstatement of Sanctions Against Dan Gertler
2/1/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on On-Going Protests in Russia

January 2021

Date	Title
1/31/21	Meeks Statement on GAO Report on State Department Cyber Bureau
1/31/21	Meeks Statement on Burma
1/28/21	Meeks Announces Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee Chairs
1/28/21	Meeks Statement on Reversal of the Global Gag Rule
1/27/21	Meeks Invites Blinken to Testify at House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing
1/25/21	Meeks, McCaul Applaud Removal of Controversial USAGM Leadership
1/22/21	Meeks, McCaul, Kaptur, Kinzinger, and Keating on Threats to U.S. International Broadcasting
1/22/21	Meeks and McCaul Call for Investigation of Alexey Navalny Poisoning
1/21/21	Meeks Statement on Biden's First 24 Hours
1/21/21	Meeks Presses for Repeal of AUMF
1/15/21	Meeks Statement on Trump Administration Rescissions Proposal
1/15/21	Meeks Leads Lawmakers in Denouncing Pompeo’s Reckless Yemen Policy
1/15/21	Meeks Introduces Measures of Disapproval for Trump Administration Rushed Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
1/13/21	Meeks Statement on Biden Nomination of Ambassador Samantha Power as USAID Administrator
1/13/21	House Foreign Affairs Top Democrats Demand Stop to Trump Administration Arms Sales
1/12/21	Meeks, McCaul Ask for Answers on Demotion of VOA Reporter Patsy Widakuswara
1/11/21	Meeks Statement on Trump Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terror
1/11/21	Meng, Meeks, and Lee Issue Statement on USAID’s Revised Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy
1/11/21	Meeks Statement on Designation of Houthis as Terrorist Organization
1/8/21	House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats Call for Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
1/7/21	Meeks Statement on State Department Cyber Bureau
1/7/21	Meeks Statement on Insurrection at the Capitol
1/6/21	Meeks, McCaul Release a Joint Statement on Today’s Violence in the Capitol