Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Rule Changes

Risch has not scheduled a hearing despite Van Hollen's Oct. 9 request

The Senate voted 47-51 in late September to block a resolution that would have forced the State Department to report on the killings of nine American citizens in the West Bank by Israeli settlers or security forces since 2022. Days later, the New York Times reported that a US Embassy official in Israel suppressed a staff report that said no one had been held accountable for any of the deaths.

Updated Oct 18