What is United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations?
[[File:United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.jpg|right|240px]] The '''United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations''' is a [[Standing committee (United States Congress)|standing committee]] of the [[United States Senate]]. It is in charge with leading [[Foreign policy of the United States|foreign-policy legislation]] and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is in charge for overseeing (but not administering) and giving money to [[Aid|foreign aid]] programs as well as buying weapons and training for national allies. The committee is also in charge of [[Congressional hearing#Confirmation hearings|questioning]] people chosen for important jobs in the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]. The committee looks at important [[Treaty|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 [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] jobs.<ref>[http://foreign.senate.gov/about/history/ History of the Committee]</ref> They deal with U.S. interests with foreign countries. ==Members, 116th Congress== {{Main|116th United States Congress}} {|class=wikitable ! Majority ! Minority |- | {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top | * [[Jim Risch]], Idaho, ''Chairman'' * [[Marco Rubio]], Florida * [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|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) | {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top | * [[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