Press Releases
HEARING—Responding to China’s Infiltration and Coerc...
Mar 04, 2026Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2247 Stream live here While U.S. allies in Europe have spent the past several years prioritizing responding to Russia’s aggression, they have allowed another authoritarian […]
Helsinki Commission and Ukraine Caucus Leadership Ma...
Feb 24, 2026WASHINGTON—Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), and Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), leaders […]
BRIEFING—Georgian Dream’s Escalating Crackdown on Di...
Feb 11, 2026Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358-A Streaming live here Since October 2024, Georgian Dream, Georgia’s ruling party, has plunged the country into its worst human rights crisis since independence. They […]
Ranking Member Cohen Condemns Sentencing of Hong Kon...
Feb 09, 2026WASHINGTON—Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, strongly condemns the 20-year prison sentence handed to media tycoon and […]
Bipartisan Helsinki Commission Leadership Urge Depar...
Feb 06, 2026WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) and nine other […]
HEARING—Securing Syria’s Transformation by Diminishi...
Feb 03, 2026Cannon House Office Building, Room 360 Stream live here With the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria and its partners have a historic opportunity to degrade Russia’s ability to project force across […]
Bipartisan Helsinki Commission Leadership Ask Admini...
Jan 15, 2026WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) sent a letter […]
HEARING—Bosnia and Herzegovina at a Crossroads: Thir...
Dec 18, 2025Russell Senate Office Building, Room 232-A Stream live here Thirty years ago this month the United States brokered the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the Bosnian War and brought […]
Chairman Wicker Applauds Passage of the National Def...
Dec 17, 2025WASHINGTON—Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the U.S. Helsinki Commission, today applauded final passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 […]
BRIEFING—From Production to Procurement: How Europe...
Dec 10, 2025Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358-C Stream live here As Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine enters its fifth year, Kyiv is struggling to supply its troops and lacks the resources […]
Bipartisan Helsinki Commission Leadership Respond to...
Dec 03, 2025WASHINGTON—U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) today issued the following […]
BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach...
Dec 02, 2025Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358-C Stream live here Russia is pioneering a novel, low-cost approach to digital censorship and surveillance. In lieu of a centralized system to block unwanted […]