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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led several members of the panel in demanding that UN Human Rights Council President Jürg Lauber reject Francesca Albanese's reappointment to another three-year term as special rapporteur for the "occupied palestinian territories."
Washington, D.C. – Following his trip to Northeast Asia, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a two-part session roundtable discussion focused on security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and opportunities and challenges in implementing the advanced capabilities pillar of AUKUS on Tuesday, April 18th. Session I of this roundtable is a classified discussion with senior government representatives of the United Kingdom and Australia not open to the public.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to the successful U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
"President Trump assured America and the world that there would be no Iranian nuclear weapons and he has no fictitious red lines. America and Iran both had a choice and we both chose action."
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Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks sent a letter with a bipartisan group of members to the United Nations Secretary-General conveying strong concern over the Taliban's mandates banning Afghan women from working for nongovernmental organizations (NGO) and the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan, and encouraging the UN to continue its support for Afghan women by opposing male-only humanitarian aid implementation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast joined fellow Republicans in championing the Trump Administration’s decision to create the 50% subsidiary rule for the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Entity List and Military End-User List.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Europe Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) issued the following statement the Day of Commemoration of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced the AI Overwatch Act as part of a full committee markup.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding the department produce a key document by June 16 or face a subpoena.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific will convene a joint hearing entitled, "Examining Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for South and Central Asian Affairs" on Thursday, July 13th.
What: Hearing – "Examining Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for South and Central Asian Affairs"
Date: Thursday, July 13th, 2023
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: HVC-210
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing strong opposition to U.S. government officials traveling to meet with the Taliban and legitimizing their de-facto governance of Afghanistan, which continues to be contested.