Washington D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) gave the following remarks on four bills that enhance national security and reaffirm partnerships with our trusted allies. Specifically, these bills increase international pressure on Syria’s Assad regime, address cybersecurity concerns at the Department of State (DOS), reaffirm our support for NATO, […]

Washington D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) gave the following remarks on H.J. Res. 30, disapproving of easing Russia sanctions. To watch the full remarks as delivered, click here.  Remarks as prepared by Ranking Member McCaul: “Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this resolution. I have long […]

Today, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 394 to 1, the U.S. House took a rare and powerful step to declare crimes against Burma’s Rohingya Muslim minority genocide.

Last night, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition honored Chairman Ed Royce with its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award.

In advance of World AIDS Day, Congress demonstrated its continued support for PEPFAR by passing the PEPFAR Extension Act (H.R. 6651).

This week, the Foreign Affairs Committee unveiled a portrait of retiring Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) in a ceremony at the National Archives. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was on hand to accept the portrait into the House collection, and he joined House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), Assistant Secretary of State Marie Royce and others in honoring the tireless statesman from Orange County.

Today Hezbollah remains a grave threat to the security of the U.S. and its partners and allies. It’s amassing missiles along Israel’s borders, helping the Assad regime butcher and torture innocent civilians in Syria and threatening U.S. forces in Iraq.

Yesterday, Rep. Steve Chabot, Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel introduced a bipartisan measure to declare the Burmese military’s atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority genocide.

For more than 25 years, Chairman Royce has been fighting to protect the world’s most unique landscapes, the iconic animals that inhabit them and the communities that call them home.

When deployed thoughtfully and consistently, sanctions can leverage America’s economic might to peacefully end urgent threats to our national security.