Foreign Affairs

Today, we observe the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a tragedy that claimed the lives of 1.5 million people.

In the wake of the removal of Omar al-Bashir, it is crucial that the United States work to promote a peaceful transfer of power to the Sudanese people, who deserve self-determination and freedom

I want to congratulate Mr. Khanna, specifically, for his leadership, Mrs. Jayapal, and Mr. Pocan.

Mr. Speaker, I take no back seat to my support for Israel for half a century. I rise in opposition to this cynical, political ploy.

Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (NY-16), House Foreign Affairs Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Rep. John Sarbanes (MD-03), Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Rep. Anthony Brown (MD-04), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Member Rep. David Trone (MD-06) in sending a letter to President Trump asking that he take action immediately to prevent several thousand Liberians with Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) status from being deported from the country. 

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced today that the House will vote next Thursday, March 28, on a resolution introduced by Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-04), Chair of the Equality Caucus’s Transgender Equality Task Force, which rejects President Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military and urges the Department of Defense to not reinstate a discriminatory policy.  

Exploiting anti-Semitism for partisan advantage is dangerous and wrong. 

The attack on the mosques in Christchurch was an attack against all humanity. It was meant to instill fear in Muslims and immigrants, an effort rooted in vile hatred.