House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems

10/16/2026

🚨🚨Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, joined by 17 House colleagues, introduced the bipartisan Prohibit Corrupt Russia Oil Deals Act to block President Trump’s corrupt deal with Vladimir Putin to purchase and import Russian diesel.

Meeks Introduces Legislation to Block Trump’s Russia Diesel Deal October 16, 2026 Washington, DC -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced the bipartisan Prohibit Corrupt Russia Oil Deals Act to block President Trump’s corrupt de...

10/16/2026

Ranking Members Gregory Meeks & Congressman Ami Bera joined bipartisan colleagues in a letter to Amb. Waltz calling on the US to oppose an effort by the Burmese military junta to credential or seat a junta-appointed official—a brazen attempt to legitimize its sham electoral process before the UN.

Read the letter:https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a/8/a842cb41-e20a-4e54-9d3f-820bb85e662c/453BFB93A05A906736288E3D1CBD91CFFF1CD79524EFC3D9E6247F43CE1AE1A9.final---burma-credentialling-at-the-unga.pdf

10/15/2026

Trump promised to lower costs on day one.

Today, inflation is out of control because of his war of choice in Iran and his tariffs.

Congressional Republicans could have joined Democrats in voting against these failed policies. Instead, they backed them every step of the way.

Inflation increased in September to a 3.7 percent annual pace, higher than expected.

10/15/2026

Ranking Member Gregory Meeks issued the following statement after Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella weighed in on U.S. House elections:

10/14/2026

Restricting Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield access while ballistic missiles and drones attack Ukraine is unconscionable.

The admin also reportedly gave Kyiv no warning of the strikes.

Trump’s making a choice—and it directly aids Putin's slaughter of Ukrainian civilians.

Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network

10/14/2026

Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, joined by all HFAC Democrats, condemned President Trump’s decision to license Russian diesel purchases and called on Congress to pass the End Russian Oil Windfalls Act.

10/11/2026

Trump can point the finger all he wants, but the American people know very well that costs for gas, groceries, and everyday goods have gone up because of the war Trump started.

Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader, suggesting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn't done enough to end the war with Russia.

10/10/2026

Statement from Ranking Members Gregory Meeks and Representative Sara Jacobs on escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea:

10/09/2026

RM Gregory Meeks: Weeks after signing a bill aimed at sanctioning buyers of Russian energy, Trump announces the United States will buy it. I condemn this reversal: instead of putting economic pressure on Putin for his invasion of Ukraine, Trump continues to appease him. His disastrous Iran war has sent gas and diesel costs soaring and Americans are paying the price.

Escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war have caused diesel costs to spike this fall, repeatedly setting all-time records.

10/08/2026

“By engaging Min Aung Hlaing while failing to implement congressionally mandated sanctions and deploy appropriated ⁠democracy funding, Secretary Rubio is ceding U.S. leadership and providing this murderous regime greater international legitimacy” - Ranking Member Gregory Meeks

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government in a sharp reversal of Washington's efforts to isolate the country’s generals after the 2021 coup.