House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats
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House Committee responsible for foreign policy legislation and oversight | Ranking Member (RM) Gregory W. Meeks
RM @meeks.house.gov: Trump believes he can bomb the world’s problems away. It’s reckless, an abuse of power and, in this case, does nothing to make Nigerians or Americans safer. Trump’s not helping communities terrorized by violent armed groups—only devastating them with bombs and foreign aid cuts.
After U.S. Strikes on Christmas, Fear Grips Muslims in Rural Nigeria
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January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
RM @meeks.house.gov: Trump believes he can bomb the world’s problems away. It’s reckless, an abuse of power and, in this case, does nothing to make Nigerians or Americans safer. Trump’s not helping communities terrorized by violent armed groups—only devastating them with bombs and foreign aid cuts.
The Trump admin scrambles to justify its illegal military actions in Venezuela, except in court where they know it won’t hold up to scrutiny.
Easy way to spot the lie is when there’s a giant delta between what Trump says in public and what his admin says in court.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Easy way to spot the lie is when there’s a giant delta between what Trump says in public and what his admin says in court.
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Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
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January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
The Trump admin scrambles to justify its illegal military actions in Venezuela, except in court where they know it won’t hold up to scrutiny.
Easy way to spot the lie is when there’s a giant delta between what Trump says in public and what his admin says in court.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Easy way to spot the lie is when there’s a giant delta between what Trump says in public and what his admin says in court.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Greenland belongs to its people. The Trump admin's reckless statements are destabilizing, dangerous, and undermine the very foundation of Article 5 and the NATO alliance.
The American people voted for affordability at home, not threats to invade our closest friends abroad.
The American people voted for affordability at home, not threats to invade our closest friends abroad.
European leaders rally behind Greenland in face of renewed US threat
Leaders from major European powers and Canada rallied behind Greenland on Tuesday, saying the Arctic island belongs to its people, following a renewed threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to take ove...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Greenland belongs to its people. The Trump admin's reckless statements are destabilizing, dangerous, and undermine the very foundation of Article 5 and the NATO alliance.
The American people voted for affordability at home, not threats to invade our closest friends abroad.
The American people voted for affordability at home, not threats to invade our closest friends abroad.
Statement from Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov following yesterday's classified briefing on the Trump administration's military action in Venezuela:
January 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Statement from Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov following yesterday's classified briefing on the Trump administration's military action in Venezuela:
Trump wants to “run” Venezuela but refuses to deliver affordable healthcare and lower the cost of living for the American people.
Reporter: How long do you expect the U.S. to run Venezuela
Trump: I would like to do it quickly but it takes time. Their infrastructure is rotted. It is very dangerous. Oil is very dangerous. We will take a lot of money out so we can take care of the country.
Trump: I would like to do it quickly but it takes time. Their infrastructure is rotted. It is very dangerous. Oil is very dangerous. We will take a lot of money out so we can take care of the country.
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Trump wants to “run” Venezuela but refuses to deliver affordable healthcare and lower the cost of living for the American people.
For weeks Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov has called on Republicans, including Chairman Mast, to hold public hearings. Every request was denied while the admin has continued to mislead Congress and the American people about the purpose of its escalating military actions in the Western Hemisphere.
🚨🚨 RM @meeks.house.gov is demanding this committee hold a hearing on the Trump admin’s unauthorized military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific that have killed at least 37 people.
Congress must reclaim its constitutional authority over matters of war and peace.
Congress must reclaim its constitutional authority over matters of war and peace.
January 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
For weeks Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov has called on Republicans, including Chairman Mast, to hold public hearings. Every request was denied while the admin has continued to mislead Congress and the American people about the purpose of its escalating military actions in the Western Hemisphere.
5/ Trump is undoing decades of international law the U.S. helped shape, and returning the international system to one of “might makes right” and open conflict.
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
5/ Trump is undoing decades of international law the U.S. helped shape, and returning the international system to one of “might makes right” and open conflict.
4/ This “attack on sovereignty,” as Trump put it, sets a dangerous precedent to other nations. Trump is returning the U.S. to an era of imperialism and conquest—his “Donroe Doctrine” gives a free pass to Xi to seize Taiwan, or to Putin to reconstitute the Soviet Union.
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
4/ This “attack on sovereignty,” as Trump put it, sets a dangerous precedent to other nations. Trump is returning the U.S. to an era of imperialism and conquest—his “Donroe Doctrine” gives a free pass to Xi to seize Taiwan, or to Putin to reconstitute the Soviet Union.
3/ The administration’s press conference made clear there was no imminent threat to the U.S., certainly not one that justified military action without congressional authorization. These actions violate both U.S. and international law and, by Trump’s own admission, this is not a limited operation.
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
3/ The administration’s press conference made clear there was no imminent threat to the U.S., certainly not one that justified military action without congressional authorization. These actions violate both U.S. and international law and, by Trump’s own admission, this is not a limited operation.
2/ Trump’s comments make clear the administration’s military strikes were never about drugs. They were about regime change and oil. Yet the administration has no plan for what comes next, locking the U.S. into an expensive and protracted nation building exercise. This is not America first.
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
2/ Trump’s comments make clear the administration’s military strikes were never about drugs. They were about regime change and oil. Yet the administration has no plan for what comes next, locking the U.S. into an expensive and protracted nation building exercise. This is not America first.
1/ RM @meeks.house.gov: Trump claims the U.S. “will run Venezuela” and is willing to put “boots on the ground” and take Venezuelan oil. This is the language of forever wars, committing U.S. forces and American taxpayers to a dangerous and open-ended foreign occupation.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
1/ RM @meeks.house.gov: Trump claims the U.S. “will run Venezuela” and is willing to put “boots on the ground” and take Venezuelan oil. This is the language of forever wars, committing U.S. forces and American taxpayers to a dangerous and open-ended foreign occupation.
Statement from Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov following the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Statement from Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov following the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela:
RM @meeks.house.gov: The UN is right—El Fasher is a crime scene. Congress must work to end this conflict and pass my Sudan bill. It sanctions those committing atrocities, halts US arms sales to countries fueling the war and bolsters civilian protection.
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First UN visit to Sudan's El-Fasher finds traumatised civilians amid reports of mass atrocities
Traumatised civilians left in Sudan's El-Fasher after its capture by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are living without water or sanitation, UN aid coordinator Denise Brown told the AFP news age...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
RM @meeks.house.gov: The UN is right—El Fasher is a crime scene. Congress must work to end this conflict and pass my Sudan bill. It sanctions those committing atrocities, halts US arms sales to countries fueling the war and bolsters civilian protection.
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
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The Trump admin must immediately brief Congress on these strikes and its longer-term objectives. If it is serious about reducing violence in Nigeria, it will need a comprehensive strategy that includes a development component—one Secretary Rubio dismantled earlier this year.
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Trump admin must immediately brief Congress on these strikes and its longer-term objectives. If it is serious about reducing violence in Nigeria, it will need a comprehensive strategy that includes a development component—one Secretary Rubio dismantled earlier this year.
Donald Trump’s airstrikes in Nigeria nearly hit a local hospital in an area not known for religious violence.
Trump isn’t protecting Nigerian Christians when he endangers the safety of all Nigerians by misunderstanding the roots of conflict.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
Trump isn’t protecting Nigerian Christians when he endangers the safety of all Nigerians by misunderstanding the roots of conflict.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Donald Trump’s airstrikes in Nigeria nearly hit a local hospital in an area not known for religious violence.
Trump isn’t protecting Nigerian Christians when he endangers the safety of all Nigerians by misunderstanding the roots of conflict.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
Trump isn’t protecting Nigerian Christians when he endangers the safety of all Nigerians by misunderstanding the roots of conflict.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
This administration is only for free speech when it agrees with it.
Using “free speech” as a pretext to punish those critical of Trump and Musk, or advocating for digital safety, undermines the law itself. That’s a dangerous precedent, Secretary Rubio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
Using “free speech” as a pretext to punish those critical of Trump and Musk, or advocating for digital safety, undermines the law itself. That’s a dangerous precedent, Secretary Rubio.
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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
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December 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This administration is only for free speech when it agrees with it.
Using “free speech” as a pretext to punish those critical of Trump and Musk, or advocating for digital safety, undermines the law itself. That’s a dangerous precedent, Secretary Rubio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
Using “free speech” as a pretext to punish those critical of Trump and Musk, or advocating for digital safety, undermines the law itself. That’s a dangerous precedent, Secretary Rubio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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Meeks Presses Rubio on State Department’s Mismanagement of Diplomatic Fellowship Programs
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December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Diplomatic fellowship programs like Pickering, Rangel and Payne are pipelines for recruiting and retaining the next generation of America’s foreign policy workforce.
RM @meeks.house.gov is pressing Secretary Rubio over the State Department's mismanagement of these and other key programs:
RM @meeks.house.gov is pressing Secretary Rubio over the State Department's mismanagement of these and other key programs:
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Diplomatic fellowship programs like Pickering, Rangel and Payne are pipelines for recruiting and retaining the next generation of America’s foreign policy workforce.
RM @meeks.house.gov is pressing Secretary Rubio over the State Department's mismanagement of these and other key programs:
RM @meeks.house.gov is pressing Secretary Rubio over the State Department's mismanagement of these and other key programs:
Trump and Rubio struck a corrupt deal with Bukele to deport Venezuelans—without due process—to a torture gulag in El Salvador.
Democrats will continue to demand answers and hold accountable this admin for this heinous quid pro quo.
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Democrats will continue to demand answers and hold accountable this admin for this heinous quid pro quo.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Trump and Rubio struck a corrupt deal with Bukele to deport Venezuelans—without due process—to a torture gulag in El Salvador.
Democrats will continue to demand answers and hold accountable this admin for this heinous quid pro quo.
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Democrats will continue to demand answers and hold accountable this admin for this heinous quid pro quo.
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Read the letter in full here: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/12/meek...
Meeks, Keating Send Letter to Rubio on Trump's Reckless Actions on Greenland
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December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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RMs @meeks.house.gov and @keating.house.gov sent a letter to Secretary Rubio demanding answers on the admin's reckless actions toward Greenland, which harm our relationships with our allies and distract from the real foreign and domestic policy challenges Trump has repeatedly failed to address.
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
RMs @meeks.house.gov and @keating.house.gov sent a letter to Secretary Rubio demanding answers on the admin's reckless actions toward Greenland, which harm our relationships with our allies and distract from the real foreign and domestic policy challenges Trump has repeatedly failed to address.
Read the letter in full: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/12/meek...
Meeks, Raskin, Castro Send Letter to Rubio Demanding Documents on CECOT Agreement with El Salvador
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December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov, @raskin.house.gov & @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social are demanding information from Secretary Rubio regarding reports that the admin terminated US law enforcement agreements as part of a quid pro quo with El Salvador’s Bukele, to enable third-country removals to CECOT:
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov, @raskin.house.gov & @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social are demanding information from Secretary Rubio regarding reports that the admin terminated US law enforcement agreements as part of a quid pro quo with El Salvador’s Bukele, to enable third-country removals to CECOT:
Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov and @kamlager-dove.house.gov, and Chair Bill Huizenga, sent a letter to Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, expressing concern over the total ban of a political party ahead of elections in February.
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov and @kamlager-dove.house.gov, and Chair Bill Huizenga, sent a letter to Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, expressing concern over the total ban of a political party ahead of elections in February.
NEW: Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov and @warren.senate.gov are demanding the Trump admin provide Congress details surrounding its decision to provide licenses for AI chip sales to China.
Congress cannot stand by while Trump sells US national security for profit.
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Congress cannot stand by while Trump sells US national security for profit.
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US lawmakers want disclosure of license reviews for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China
Two senior Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked the U.S. Commerce Department to disclose details and any approvals of ongoing license reviews for potential sales to Chinese firms of Nvidia's second-mo...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NEW: Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov and @warren.senate.gov are demanding the Trump admin provide Congress details surrounding its decision to provide licenses for AI chip sales to China.
Congress cannot stand by while Trump sells US national security for profit.
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Congress cannot stand by while Trump sells US national security for profit.
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