Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability and Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a joint hearing entitled, "UNRWA Exposed: Examining the Agency's Mission and Failures" on Tuesday, January 30 at 2:00pm ET.

What: Hearing - "UNRWA Exposed: Examining the Agency's Mission and Failures"

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned retired General Mark A. Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the U.S. Department of Defense, and retired General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., former Commander of United States Central Command at the U.S. Department of Defense, during a hearing examining the Biden administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, which left 13 American servicemembers dead and enabled the Taliban's takeover of the country.

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, The Hill ran an op-ed, authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), criticizing the Biden administration's decision to increase flights from China to the United States as the Chinese Communist Party increasingly takes more Americans hostage. Chairman McCaul highlighted the case of Mark Swidan, a Texan held hostage by the CCP for more than a decade for a crime he never committed. 

Washington, D.C. — On Friday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), House Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ), and Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA) led a letter to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze condemning the "foreign agents" bill currently making its way through the Georgian parliament.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled, "Great Power Competition in the Western Hemisphere" on Wednesday, June 12th.

What: Hearing – "Great Power Competition in the Western Hemisphere"

Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Time: 10:00am ET

Location: Rayburn 2172

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin naming Derek Chollet as the department's new chief of staff. Chollet was nominated as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, but his nomination has stalled due to serious concerns with his previous role in the Biden administration's chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the State Department's ongoing lack of transparency and refusal to cooperate with the committee regarding the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's security clearance.