Foreign Policy

Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Co-Chairs of the House Caucus on U.S.-Türkiye Relations, released the following statement regarding the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: "On behalf of the Caucus on U.S.-Türkiye Relations and Turkish Americans, we extend our heartfelt condolences in the wake of yesterday’s… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), both senior members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, introduced the Defending Ukrainian Territorial Integrity Act. This bipartisan legislation would codify the United States’ support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of… Read more »

 Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), also a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reintroduced the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act. This bipartisan legislation would prohibit any federal agency from… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and outgoing President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress: It was my honor to join my colleagues in welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United… Read more »

Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Mike Kelly (R-PA), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Korea Caucus, released the following statement regarding the October 29 tragedy in Seoul, South Korea that took the lives of more than 150 people: “As Co-Chairs of the Congressional Korea Caucus, we join the world in sending our heartfelt condolences to the… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, joined U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and over 30 Speakers of Parliament who convened in Zagreb at the invitation of Croatian Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic and Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, for the first… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement in support of Ukraine. Connolly joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Crimea Platform Summit in Zagreb, Croatia. “Today, I joined Speaker Pelosi to address the Crimea Platform Summit in Zagreb, Croatia to reiterate the United States’ steadfast, and unequivocal support for… Read more »

We learned this week that a Republican-controlled House could very well move to oppose continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine. In response, a few voices have arisen — including ones from inside the Biden administration — to insist that in the end a GOP House would of course do the right thing and keep that aid going. But even if Biden aides are professing confidence about continuing… Read more »

Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), the co-chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, released the following statement in support of Taiwan’s inclusion in the 41st assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). As co-chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, we are deeply concerned that Taiwan… Read more »

Yesterday, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Ranking Member of the Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation Subcommittee introduced the Ukrainian Territorial… Read more »