Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez underscoring the need to ensure full implementation of U.S. export control laws with respect to the People's Republic of China (PRC) given its ongoing trade ties to designated State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSTs).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast called for an investigation into the taxpayer funding of abortions in Mozambique through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned hearing witnesses to recount their experiences during the disastrous evacuation from Afghanistan and examine the Biden administration's stunning failure of leadership. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa Chairman Chris Smith delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation."

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Europe Subcommittee Chairman Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to impose mandatory sanctions in response to the Government of Iran's significant defense transactions with the Russian Federation. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in honor of Israel's Day of Independence.

"Seventy-seven years ago, the Jewish people declared sovereignty over their ancestral homeland. Happy Independence Day to Israel — our greatest ally in the Middle East," Chairman Mast said. 

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Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement encouraging cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea in quantum information science and technologies. 

"We must partner with our ally South Korea to ramp up technology innovations while preventing critical technologies from supporting the CCP's military or human rights abuses. As technological leaders, we must stand together against CCP economic coercion and demonstrate that any effort to split us will fail."

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism FY26 Budget Posture.