News & Media

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6/13/25	Ranking Member Meeks Statement on Israel’s Military Operations Against Iran
6/12/25	Ranking Members Meeks, Frankel, Shaheen, Schatz Statement on Recissions Package Cuts to Foreign Assistance

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5/29/25	Ranking Members Meeks and Shaheen Issue Statement on the State Department Reorganization
5/28/25	Meeks, Jacobs Request GAO Review of Impacts of Trump Administration’s Illegal Dismantling of USAID and Termination of U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs
5/28/25	Meeks, Lofgren Send Letter to Secretary Lutnick on Multilateral Export Controls
5/28/25	Meeks Applauds Court Ruling Declaring Trump Tariffs Illegal
5/20/25	Meeks Demands Answers from Rubio Over Official Status and Duties of Special Envoys
5/19/25	Meeks Delivers Keynote Address at Foreign Policy for America Annual Summit
5/19/25	Meeks, Stanton Introduce Discharge Petition to End Trump's Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
5/16/25	Meeks, HFAC Ranking Members Demand Rubio Answer Outstanding Questions & Consult Congress
5/15/25	Meeks, Jacobs Introduce Joint Resolutions of Disapproval for Trump Administration’s Rushed Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates
5/14/25	Meeks Introduces Bill to Block Foreign-Gifted Luxury Jet to President Trump
5/13/25	Meeks Blasts Trump Administration for Bypassing Congress on UAE Arms Sale, Announces Joint Resolutions of Disapproval

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4/30/25	Meeks, Cherfilus-McCormick Send Letter Responding to FTO Designations on Haitian Gangs, Call on Rubio to Develop a Comprehensive Strategy on Haiti
4/30/25	Meeks Issues Statement on Ukraine Minerals Deal
4/30/25	Meeks Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Authorizing the State Department
4/25/25	Meeks, Smith, Himes, Krishnamoorthi, Reed, Coons, Kelly Denounce Trump Ultimatum for Ukraine
4/24/25	Meeks Statement on Reported DOGE Dismantling of Millennium Challenge Corporation
4/22/25	Meeks Statement on the Trump Administration’s Proposed Reorganization of the State Department
4/17/25	Meeks, Castro Send Letter to Rubio Demanding Answers on El Salvador Agreement
4/15/25	Meeks, Jacobs, Cherfilus-McCormick, Jackson, Jayapal, Olszewski Statement on Two Years of Brutal War in Sudan
4/15/25	Meeks Leads Committee Democrats in Letter to Secretary Rubio on Trump Administration’s Weak Response to Burma Earthquake
4/14/25	Meeks, Hoyer Introduce Major Russian Sanctions, Ukraine Assistance Bill
4/11/25	Ranking Members Meeks, Frankel, Shaheen, Schatz Send Letter Objecting to Trump Administration's Proposed Reorganization of USAID
4/8/25	Meeks, Neal, Larsen Introduce Resolution to Force Vote on Trump Tariffs
4/4/25	Meeks, McCaul, Cherfilus-McCormick Reintroduce Bipartisan Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act
4/3/25	Meeks to Introduce Discharge Petition to End Trump’s Canada Tariffs
4/1/25	Meeks Testifies at Appropriations Subcommittee Member Day Hearing

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3/31/25	House Democrats Defend Congress’s Article I Powers, Slam Unlawful and Dangerous Shuttering of USAID
3/31/25	Meeks Condemns Rubio’s Failure to Prevent Uyghur Deportations; Calls for Tougher Consequences on Thailand & Expanded Uyghur Asylum Policy
3/28/25	Meeks Statement on Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Abolishing of USAID
3/26/25	Meeks, Shaheen, Cherfilus-McCormick, Booker Urge Rubio to Address Haiti Crisis While in the Caribbean
3/26/25	Meeks Leads all HFAC Dems in Using House Procedure to Force White House into Releasing Signal-related Documents
3/26/25	Meeks Calls for Hegseth to Resign After Revelation He Shared Classified War Plans Over Signal
3/25/25	Meeks Announces Foreign Arms Sales Task Force
3/24/25	Ranking Members Meeks, Connolly Sound the Alarm on Rubio’s “Triple-Hatted” Appointment and Suspicious, Potentially Unlawful, Disposal of Agency Documents
3/24/25	Meeks Calls for Hearing on Security Breach of U.S. War Plans in Yemen
3/24/25	Ranking Members Meeks, Smith, Connolly, Himes Demand Answers to Reports that Trump Nat Sec Team Leaked Military Plans
3/24/25	Meeks, Smith, Himes, Krishnamoorthi Release Joint Statement on President Trump’s Repeated Annexation Threats
3/18/25	Meeks and Shaheen Statement on Hostile Takeover of USIP
3/18/25	Meeks, Wasserman Schultz Lead Democrats in Letter to Rubio Condemning Trump Administration’s Termination of TPS for Venezuelans and Harm Caused to Venezuelan-American Families
3/15/25	Meeks, Frankel Condemn Trump EO Eliminating USAGM
3/14/25	Reps. Meeks, Smith, and Himes and Sens. Reed, Warner, Coons, and Kelly Release Joint Statement on Putin Rejecting Trump Administration’s 30-Day Ceasefire Agreement
3/13/25	Meeks, Kamlager-Dove Seek Clarification from Rubio on State, USAID Work in India
3/12/25	Meeks, Booker, Tri-Caucus Chairs Introduce Resolution Praising Foreign Affairs Fellowships
3/11/25	Meeks Delivers Floor Remarks on Speaker Johnson Preventing a Vote on Trump’s Tariffs
3/7/25	Meeks Reintroduces Comprehensive Sudan Bill with Jacobs
3/7/25	Meeks Reintroduces Comprehensive Sudan Bill with Jacobs
3/7/25	Meeks, Moskowitz Call on Rubio to Explain $400 Million in Contracts to Elon Musk’s Tesla
3/6/25	Dems Introduce Resolutions Ending Trump’s Tariff Authority on Mexico & Canada
3/4/25	Trump is Undermining American Security
3/4/25	Meeks to Introduce Resolutions Terminating Trump’s Authority to Impose Tariffs on Canada & Mexico
3/3/25	Meeks Demands Trump Lift Illegal Freeze on US Assistance to Ukraine

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2/28/25	Meeks Issues Statement on Embarrassing Trump-Zelensky Meeting
2/26/25	HFAC Ranking Members Condemn Trump Administration’s Termination of Nearly all US Aid Programs
2/26/25	HFAC & HASC Members Urge President Trump to Stop Supporting Putin’s Illegal and Unjust War in Ukraine
2/25/25	Meeks Raises Alarm on Trump Reversal of Regulation on US Arms Transfers
2/24/25	Dems Issue Letter Telling Trump He Doesn’t Have Authority to Eliminate USADF
2/24/25	Meeks Issues Statement on 3 Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
2/24/25	Meeks, Bacon Issue Joint Statement on Bipartisan Resolution in Support of Ukraine on 3-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion
2/21/25	Meeks, Roy Introduce 1991, 2002 AUMF Repeal Bill
2/19/25	Meeks, Jacobs Condemn M23’s Seizure of Bukavu, Demand Restart to U.S. Assistance for Civilians
2/15/25	Meeks, Castro, Clarke, Plaskett Send Letter Urging U.S. Engagement at CARICOM Conference
2/14/25	Meeks Celebrates Court Ruling on Trump Foreign Aid Freeze
2/14/25	Ranking Members Meeks & Shaheen Issue Statement on New Foreign Service Executive Order
2/13/25	Reps. Meeks and Kim Reintroduce Strengthening the Quad Act to Bolster U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
2/13/25	Meeks, Keating, Connolly, Hoyer Introduce Resolution Reaffirming U.S. Commitment to NATO and Article 5
2/12/25	Meeks Urges Secretary Rubio to Halt USAID Dismantlement, Demands Congressional Consultation in Line with U.S. Law
2/11/25	House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats and House Armed Services Urge End to Stop Work Order on U.S. Foreign Assistance
2/7/25	Meeks Decries Trump Administration’s Move to Bypass Congressional Oversight on Weapons Transfers
2/7/25	Meeks Welcomes Court’s Move to Halt Trump Administration’s Disruption of USAID
2/4/25	Meeks Urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to Strengthen Sanctions Against Russia
2/4/25	Meeks, Jacobs Condemn Trump Administration’s Attempt to Undermine USAID and U.S. Foreign Assistance
2/4/25	Ranking Members Demand Information on DOGE Access to Sensitive and Classified Information
2/3/25	HFAC Democrats Urge Chairman Mast to Convene Urgent Hearing on Trump Administration’s Gutting of American Influence Around the World
2/1/25	Meeks Blasts Trump Tariffs on Canada and Mexico as Tax on Consumers, Introduces Resolutions Terminating National Emergencies

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1/31/25	Meeks, Shaheen, Frankel, Schatz Demand Immediate Action to Address Trump Administration Efforts to Undermine American Soft Power
1/27/25	Meeks, HFAC Dems Call on Secretary Rubio to Reverse Purge of State & USAID Workforce, U.S. Foreign Assistance and DEIA Initiatives
1/27/25	Meeks, Jacobs Condemn Seizure of Goma by M23 Rebels, Warn of Escalating Humanitarian Crisis
1/25/25	Rebuking Late-night Purge of Inspectors General, House Democratic Ranking Members Demand President Trump Comply with the Law
1/24/25	Dems Call on Trump to Reverse Day-One Withdrawal of U.S. from Paris Climate Accords
1/24/25	Meeks, Frankel Urge Secretary Rubio to Lift Freeze on Foreign Assistance
1/24/25	Meeks Condemns Trump Administration's Rollback of Diversity and Inclusion at the State Department
1/22/25	Meeks Statement on SAF Sanctions and Continuing Violence by the Warring Parties in Sudan
1/22/25	Meeks Urges Thailand to Uphold Human Rights Amid Concerns Over Potential Deportation of Uyghurs to People’s Republic of China
1/21/25	Meeks Statement on the Release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty from Detention in Afghanistan
1/17/25	Meeks Reintroduces Two Russia Sanctions Bills
1/15/25	Meeks Welcomes Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
1/15/25	Meeks, Krishnamoorthi, Merkley Call on Biden Administration to Extend DED Program for Hong Kongers
1/15/25	Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks Announces HFAC Democratic Leadership for the 119th Congress
1/14/25	Meeks Welcomes Shift in Cuba Policy, Calls for People-Centered Engagement
1/10/25	Meeks, Shaheen, Castro & Kaine Lead Dem Statement on the Maduro Regime’s Ongoing Violence Against the Venezuelan People
1/7/25	Meeks Commends Genocide Determination and Sudan Sanctions

Date	Title
12/19/24	Meeks, Cardin Lead Resolution Supporting a Stable and Inclusive Syria
12/12/24	Meeks Announces Congressional Delegation to Colombia
12/8/24	Meeks Welcomes End of Assad Regime, Calls for Inclusive, Peaceful Transition in Syria
12/3/24	Meeks, Jacobs Introduce Legislation to Address the Devastating Conflict in Sudan

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11/27/24	Meeks Celebrates Release of Americans Wrongfully Detained in China
11/26/24	Meeks Welcomes Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal
11/21/24	Meeks Condemns ICC Arrest Warrants, Urges Focus on Humanitarian Crisis