This weekend, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) will lead a Senate delegation to Monterrey, Mexico for the annual Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Meeting. The group will meet with their Mexican counterparts to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues including immigration, trade, border security, and ways to encourage cooperation across the border. Dodd, who is the longtime Chairman of the Senate Interparliamentary Group, will deliver remarks at the meeting’s opening ceremony on Saturday. 

“The United States and Mexico share much more than a common border. We share a history, and more importantly, we share a future,” said Dodd. “I look forward to a weekend of robust discussion of how our two nations can continue to work together for the common good of our citizens, our nations, and our region.”  

Dodd, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of its Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs, traveled to Bolivia, Argentina, and Ecuador last week, where he spoke before the Andean Parliament and outlined his vision for a strategic partnership between the United States and Latin America.

Earlier this year, Dodd laid out a blueprint for the future of hemispheric policy – a “Strategic Partnership in the Americas” – in remarks before the United States Naval Academy, the Organization of American States, and the World Affairs Council. Dodd believes that the United States should move forward toward a more comprehensive approach to Latin America, based on mutual respect, and a commitment to three key areas of interest: Strengthening Public Security and the Rule of Law; Reducing Poverty and Inequality, and Enhancing Energy Integration and Innovation.