United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It is in charge with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is in charge for overseeing (but not administering) and giving money to foreign aid programs as well as buying weapons and training for national allies. The committee is also in charge of questioning people chosen for important jobs in the Department of State. The committee looks at important treaties and legislation, ranging from the Alaska purchase in 1867 to the creation of the United Nations in 1945. It also in charge of people chosen for diplomatic jobs. They deal with U.S. interests with foreign countries.

Members, 116th Congress

See the main article: 116th United States Congress

Majority	Minority
Jim Risch, Idaho, Chairman Marco Rubio, Florida Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Cory Gardner, Colorado Todd Young, Indiana John Barrasso, Wyoming Johnny Isakson, Georgia (until January 2020) Rob Portman, Ohio Rand Paul, Kentucky Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Mitt Romney, Utah Ted Cruz, Texas David Perdue, Georgia (from January 2020)	Bob Menendez, New Jersey, Ranking Member Ben Cardin, Maryland Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Chris Coons, Delaware Tom Udall, New Mexico Chris Murphy, Connecticut Tim Kaine, Virginia Ed Markey, Massachusetts Jeff Merkley, Oregon Cory Booker, New Jersey

Subcommittees

Subcommittees	Chair	Ranking Member
Africa and Global Health Policy	Lindsey Graham (R-SC)	Tim Kaine (D-VA)
East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy	Cory Gardner (R-CO)	Ed Markey (D-MA)
Europe and Regional Security Cooperation	Ron Johnson (R-WI)	Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism	Mitt Romney (R-UT)	Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy	Todd Young (R-IN)	Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development	Vacant	Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues	Marco Rubio (R-FL)	Ben Cardin (D-MD)

Related pages

• Committees of the United States Senate

Other websites

• U.S. Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Official Website (Archive)
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
• U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Page for the Committee of Foreign Relations