Senate Foreign Relations Committee Week Ahead: April 8 - 12

WASHINGTON - This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one press event, one full Committee hearing, and one Subcommittee hearing.

MEDIA POLICY: Press seating is limited. All media must RSVP to your respective gallery to reserve a seat, and only Hill-credentialed media will be permitted to attend. RSVP for allcommittee events, including hearings, and other special events. Cameras and audio recordings are not allowed in room S-116 for business meetings/markups. RSVP information is at the bottom of this advisory.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Press Event - Lawmakers and Human Rights Groups Call for Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Others Unjustly Imprisoned in Russia

Hosting: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
10:00 a.m. ET
SD-419

Event Details: Chair Cardin will host a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers, human rights groups, and policy organizations to call for the immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition leader and journalist who is being unjustly imprisoned by the Russian government for opposing the Putin regime's attacks on democracy and unprovoked war against Ukraine. The event comes on the eve of the two-year anniversary of his imprisonment on April 11, 2022. Select speakers will read excerpts of personal letters of support and hope written to Kara-Murza to be transmitted to his prison.

Media wishing to attend or receive a livestream link should RSVP to [email protected]

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Committee Hearing

Presiding: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
10:00 a.m. ET
SD-419

Agenda: FY2025 United States Agency for International Development Budget Request

1. The Honorable Samantha Power, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.

Click HERE for the full agenda for this meeting.

This meeting will be broadcasted live on foreign.senate.gov

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Subcommittee Hearing

Presiding: Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
9:30 a.m. ET
SD-419

Agenda: Countering Transnational Criminal Networks and Corruption in the Western Hemisphere

1. Mr. Richard Nephew, Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

1. Mr. Mark Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

1. Mr. Chris Landberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

Click HERE for the full agenda for this meeting.

This meeting will be broadcasted live on foreign.senate.gov

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Members of the press should RSVP for public hearings, business meetings, and events by emailing Eric Harris at [email protected].

No signs or paraphernalia are permitted to be brought into a hearing room by the general public.

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