Tag: Foreign Policy and National Security

As Mob Assaults U.S. Capitol, Merkley Slams Attempted Coup to Overturn Election Results

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today released the following statement after a mob, incited by President Trump, assaulted police officers and stormed the Capitol, and a group of Republican senators attempted to block the congressional certification of the Electoral College vote in the November 2020 presidential election:

PHOTO RELEASE: Merkley Discusses Restoring American Leadership on International Stage with UN Ambassador and Secretary of State Nominees Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Antony Blinken

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee overseeing multilateral institutions, and a member of the bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CCEC)—released the following statement today after meeting virtually with President-elect Biden’s nominees to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN),

Merkley Welcomes Announcement of Blinken, Thomas-Greenfield As Top Diplomats

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Tony Blinken as Secretary of State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as Ambassador to the United Nations (UN): “Today’s announcement is welcome news

Merkley, Rubio Issue Joint Statement Slamming the Ousting of Pro-Democracy Lawmakers in Hong Kong

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators and Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Marco Rubio (R-FL)—who serve as commissioner and cochair, respectively, of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—released the following joint statement today following the ousting of four pro-democracy lawmakers from the Hong Kong

Merkley, Colleagues Call For Accountability Following Trump Administration’s Reckless Immigration Operation in Guatemala

Washington D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—teamed up with Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA-35), and 39 other Democratic lawmakers in demanding that the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) take immediate action

SENATORS MARKEY AND MERKLEY ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO GUARD AGAINST MIDDLE-EAST ARMS RACE, STOP SAUDI ARABIA FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Washington (October 22, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), members of the Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the Stopping Activities Underpinning Development in Weapons of Mass Destruction (SAUDI WMD) Act. In a September Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the Middle East, Senator Markey pressed the

RUBIO, MERKLEY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS

Washington, D.C. —  U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Taiwan Relations Reinforcement Act, which seeks to update U.S. policy toward Taiwan to better reflect the realities on the ground. Specifically, the bipartisan bill would strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan by creating an interagency

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