Senate Foreign Relations Committee

As @SenatorShaheen and @SFRCdems lay out in our new report, the Trump Admin's cuts to our diplomatic infrastructure have undermined America's ability to compete with China. Congress must act quickly to reverse the damage and preserve America's ability to lead and compete.

“The loss of experienced personnel through these RIFs has clearly undermined the Bureau of Consular Affairs' ability to fulfill its most important mission, to protect Americans abroad.” -@SenatorShaheen 

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“The U.S.-Japan alliance remains a cornerstone of peace, stability and economic prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, grounded in our shared democratic values and deep economic ties." -@SenatorShaheen Read the resolution with @SenatorHagerty, @maziehirono ⬇️ foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…

"I was glad to meet with the UN @Refugees's High Commissioner @BarhamSalih today to discuss its critical work supporting millions displaced by conflict and crisis. These record numbers underscore why the U.S. must continue its partnership with UNHCR." -@SenatorShaheen

Here are the real consequences of @POTUS's war against Iran: 📈 Higher prices for Americans across the board 💵 Billions being spent on the conflict instead of health care 🇷🇺 Windfalls for Putin even as he targets our servicemembers The American people deserve better.

“President Trump has chosen high prices for Americans and has no plan to bring them down. Now American families are the ones left with the bill.” -@SenatorShaheen

Trump on Cuba: "I think I could do anything I want with it." @SenatorShaheen: Congress was bypassed on Venezuela, bypassed on Iran and now he’s eyeing Cuba? Americans aren't asking for more wars. They're asking for relief on gas, groceries, and housing.

When it comes to Cuba, my constituents aren't asking for an incursion into yet another country. What I hear them saying is that they are worried about the high price of gas, of groceries, of housing and of child care. They want action to lower costs. Not another forever war.

“Reports of @statedept withholding lifesaving HIV treatment in return for mining concessions in Zambia does not make us safer, stronger or more prosperous. Monetizing innocent people’s lives further undermines U.S. global leadership and is just plain wrong.” -@SenatorShaheen

The fact that President Trump can’t get his answers straight within the span of an hour should concern every American.

Diplomacy has been a pillar of America's competitive advantage over China. But due to President Trump's global retreat, that advantage is now in jeopardy. Read more in our new @SFRCDems report: foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…

"President Trump is offering more relief to the Kremlin than he is to American families, who are now paying more at the pump and for most other essentials because of this conflict." -@SenatorShaheen, @SenWarren, @SenSchumer Full statement ⬇️ foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…

.@SFRCDems’s new report discusses the impact that is having on American diplomacy. When the United States steps back, China steps forward. Read the report 👇 (6/6) foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…

The Trump Administration also pulled the U.S. out of 66 international organizations this year, including ones that enhance transparency in critical minerals trade and improve coordination of global counter-terrorism. (5/6) x.com/SFRCdems/statu…

🧵 China has ambassadors in almost every country in the world while America is missing in action under President Trump. That means China has senior diplomats to advance its interests where the United States does not. (1/6)

“As Putin helps Iran target Americans in the Middle East, @POTUS is now filling the Kremlin’s war coffers. Instead of squeezing Russia’s faltering economy, the President’s ill-planned war is giving Putin a windfall while American families face higher prices.” -@SenatorShaheen

President Trump’s erratic tariffs have injected instability into global markets, raising costs for families and disproportionately harming small- and medium-sized businesses that employ 45 percent of the private workforce. Read @SFRCDems full report: foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…

Yesterday, @SenatorShaheen met with Amb. Kang of @RokEmbDC to discuss U.S.-South Korea collaboration to shore up Indo-Pacific security, deepening cooperation in shipbuilding and strengthening our vital alliance. 🇰🇷🤝🇺🇸