Committee Activity
Past Events
Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking the Pentagon to make Lieutenant Colonel Brad Whited, USMC, available to the committee for a transcribed interview (TI). Lt. Col. Whited was the commanding officer of Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a Marine sniper who was gravely injured in the terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport's (HKIA) Abbey Gate on August 26, 2021.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" to discuss the Hunter Biden investigation, the White House's $6 billion hostage deal with Iran, and the China threat.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act, legislation to permanently freeze the $6 billion of Iranian funds released as part of the Biden administration's 2023 hostage deal.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) sent a letter today to Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expressing support for free, fair, and transparent general elections in December.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing entitled, "The U.S. Border Crisis and the American Solution to an International Problem." In his remarks, Chairman McCaul underscored the catastrophic policies of the Biden administration which enabled an unchecked flow of migrants over America's southern border.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL), Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Chairman Christopher Smith (R-NJ), and Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter demanding answers to reports that Hamas is diverting food, fuel, and supplies from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and that the agency has failed to address or prevent these thefts.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs conducted a transcribed interview of Marta Costanzo Youth, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. The transcribed interview is a part of the committee's work to provide transparency to the American people regarding taxpayer funded activities the State Department oversees in Central and South America that likely are exacerbating the crisis at our southern border.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), along with Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) and Ranking Member Ami Bera (D-CA) issued the following statement to welcome Philippine President Bongbong Marcos to the United States for the U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit.
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Biden administration's international cybersecurity strategy meant to counter increasing threats from America's adversaries, like Russia, the Chinese Communist Party, and cybercriminals.