House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats

2/ Trump should set his phone down and work with Congress to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Trump Says He Ordered Subs Repositioned in Rare Nuclear Threat to Russia

1/ RM @RepGregoryMeeks: There’s a more responsible way to pressure Putin. Proposals in both chambers of Congress—including my Ukraine Support Act—offer real paths for the US to support Ukraine and impose real costs on Russia for its aggression.

Meeks, DeLauro, Himes, Raskin Call on Trump to Negotiate End to War in Gaza and Surge Humanitarian Aid

View the press release here: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/8/meeks...

Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov, @delauro.house.gov, @jahimes.bsky.social, and @raskin.house.gov today sent a letter to President Trump calling on him to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the war in Gaza by working urgently to return all parties to the negotiation table.

Read the letter:

Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov will be introducing a resolution to terminate the fake national emergency President Trump announced to impose tariffs on Brazil.

His statement:

Exclusive: Taiwan's Lai set to push back U.S. stopover as U.S.-China trade talks continue, sources say Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Taiwan’s presidents have routinely made transit stops in the US.

Trump is folding to Beijing as he scrambles to end the illegal, unnecessary trade war that he started in the first place.
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Meeks and Krishnamoorthi to Trump Administration: Export Controls Should Not Be Bargaining Chips in China Trade Talks

Read the full letter here: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/7/meeks...

Ranking Members @meeks.house.gov and @congressmanraja.bsky.social sent a joint letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick condemning the Trump administration’s use of semiconductor export controls as negotiating leverage in trade talks with the People’s Republic of China.

US lifts some Myanmar sanctions, says no link to general's letter to Trump The United States has lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals that had been imposed under the former Biden administration.

RM @meeks.house.gov: Alarmed that the administration is lifting sanctions without explanation on key people linked to Burma's military regime. We should be increasing pressure on the junta—which continues to kill its own people and repress those fighting for freedom and democracy.

2/ Instead, he offers no realistic alternatives to negotiations.

US cuts short Gaza ceasefire talks and accuses Hamas of lacking 'good faith' The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar, saying the latest response from Hamas “shows a lack of desire" to reach a truce.

1/ RM @meeks.house.gov: While initial improvements to the humanitarian response in Gaza are welcome, walking away from ceasefire talks is the wrong move. Witkoff should be pressing all parties to continue diplomacy to bring the hostages home, deliver urgent aid to Gaza, and end this war.

Military Clash Between Thailand and Cambodia Expands Along Shared Border

RM @meeks.house.gov: I am deeply concerned by the escalating violence between Thai and Cambodian forces along their border. I urge both governments to reach a ceasefire and settle this dispute through diplomacy.

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US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.

Secretary Rubio claimed there was no impediment to moving aid—yet they're literally burning assistance already purchased by American taxpayers instead of distributing them to those who need them.

THIS is what actual government waste looks like.
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Ukrainian lawmakers vote to scuttle independence of anti-corruption agencies The EU says it is “concerned” about the Kyiv parliament passing the controversial bill.

RM @meeks.house.gov: Ukraine bravely fought Russia’s aggression on the battlefield and its attempts to undermine Ukrainian democracy from within.

Ukraine must protect these gains and ensure the independence of its anti-corruption institutions.

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Gaza hospitals report 15 starvation deaths in 24 hours, hunger-related deaths up to 101 ***

RM @meeks.house.gov: Reports from Gaza remain deeply concerning & highlight the need to urgently surge humanitarian assistance to civilians through an effective mechanism. A ceasefire is long overdue. We must bring all the hostages home, reverse this humanitarian disaster, & secure a durable peace.

Statement from Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov on the Trump administration withdrawing the United States from UNESCO:

State Dept. layoffs led by team of outsiders willing to ‘break stuff’ Interviews with more than 60 people detail a frenetic, arbitrary process underpinning the Trump administration’s far-reaching overhaul of the State Department.

“This wasn’t a serious review of national security needs,” @meeks.house.gov said, “it was a political stunt. … The result? The most damaging brain drain in the State Department’s modern history.”

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Meeks, Frankel, Meng Introduce Legislation to Prevent Destruction of Foreign Aid Commodities

View the legislation and a press release here: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/7/eks-f...

A statement from @meeks.house.gov, @frankel.house.gov and @meng.house.gov on their introduction of legislation to ensure US foreign aid commodities reach their beneficiaries rather than be wasted or destroyed.

@shaheen.senate.gov and @schatz.bsky.social introduced the bill in the Senate last week.

Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov filed a discharge petition and is gathering signatures for his Ukraine Support Act.

The bill offers strong sanctions, addresses issues in the Senate’s sanctions legislation, and supports Ukraine assistance and reconstruction.

His statement:

Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov just filed a discharge petition and is gathering signatures to force a vote in the House to terminate President Trump’s authority to impose his reckless "Liberation Day" tariffs.

His statement:

Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov today sent a letter to Secretary Rubio demanding answers on the admin’s illegal dismantling of USAID and its transfer of USAID’s staffing and responsibilities to the State Department.

Read the letter: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/7/meeks...

The Trump Administration is abandoning our Afghan allies.

On Friday, Sec. Rubio eliminated the office in charge of relocating Afghans who helped the U.S. military.

These people saved American lives. Who would help our military when they see us abandoning the Afghans who helped us?

Ranking Member Shaheen and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Members Publish Major New Report on the Consequences of the Trump Administration’s Global Retreat and China’s Strategic Gains |... The full report is available HERE. An abridged version of the report is available HERE. WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen and...

From purging experts at the State Department and slashing US foreign assistance to sapping American leadership in the sciences, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee compiled all the ways the Trump admin is surrendering in the strategic competition with China.

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Democrats Accuse Trump of Ceding Global Influence to China

While Beijing invests billions to expand its global influence, the Trump admin is destroying American soft power and unilaterally disarming our tools to compete and win.

The damage to American interests will be irreparable if we don’t reverse course. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u...

RM @meeks.house.gov: Honored to meet with Haitian Prime Minister Fils-Aimé to discuss the ongoing humanitarian & security crisis in Haiti.

We reaffirmed our shared commitment to advancing a Haitian-led solution to the crisis & to returning Haiti to a path of peace & prosperity.

Secretary Rubio and his staff talk about slow "review and clearance" processes as justification for purging 1,300 public servants from the State Department.

If the Secretary really wants to shorten the clearance process, he can just sign a memo, not execute mass firings.

Opinion | William H. McRaven: Cutting the State Department and USAID will put every American at risk America needs more than tanks and aircraft carriers.

American diplomatic and development work goes hand-in-hand with that of the U.S. military.

Trump and Rubio's decimation of USAID and cuts at the State Department will harm our national security.
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“From the American people” isn’t just a slogan—it’s a powerful signal of our values.

American assistance benefited millions around the world. Rubio's actions weaken America.