Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) introduced the No Official Palestine Entry (NOPE) Act to expand existing funding prohibitions to include U.N. organizations that afford status, rights, or privileges to the Palestinian Authority or Palestine Liberation Organization beyond observer status.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act. In his remarks, Chairman McCaul criticized the International Criminal Court's (ICC) baseless decision to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and reaffirmed U.S. support for our friend and ally Israel.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered remarks on the House Floor honoring the sacrifice of the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed as a result of the Biden administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. During last night's presidential debate, President Joe Biden lied, claiming to be the only president in the last decade without any U.S. servicemembers dying under his watch.
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on reports of the Maduro regime's plot to falsify the recent election in Venezuela and arrest leading opposition candidate María Corina Machado.
Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Europe will convene a hearing entitled, "Countering Malign PRC Influence in Europe," on Wednesday, September 11th.
What: Hearing – "Countering Malign PRC Influence in Europe"
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witnesses:
Dr. Dalibor Rohac
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C. – After the Biden administration's chaotic and deadly evacuation from Afghanistan, America's adversaries have been emboldened and the country has once again become a safe haven for terrorists. Despite requesting documents and information on the withdrawal dating back to August 2021, the Biden administration has refused to provide Congress the transparency our nation's citizens deserve. In one of his first actions as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep.
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on reports that the Biden-Harris administration may withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq despite continued threats posed by ISIS and affiliates to U.S. national security.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to strengthen the United States' policy to promote dialogue between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Tibet and the PRC.
WASHINGTON – The Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, "The Communist Cuban Regime's Disregard for Human Rights," on Wednesday, December 11th.
What: Hearing – "The Communist Cuban Regime's Disregard for Human Rights"
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: Rayburn 2200
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – Today, H.R. 1107, the People's Republic of China (PRC) Is Not a Developing Country Act, led by the Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Young Kim (R-CA), passed out of committee.