Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the State Department's report that Russia is in non-compliance with key aspects of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). McCaul made his concerns clear about Russia violating the New START in a January 23 letter to the State Department.
Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement expressing concern over the alleged leak of classified information on Israel's planned attack on Iran.
Washington, D.C. – Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large at the Office of International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain and Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes calling for urgent action on a group of Chinese dissidents, the Mayflower Church, fleeing religious persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They are still awaiting refugee status in Thailand.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) released the following statement in reaction to Mexican lawmakers' approval of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposal to cut funding and strip authorities from the National Electoral Institute (INE), the agency responsible for overseeing country's elections.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following video exposing radical, far-left grants issued by the State Department and United States Agency for International Development under the Biden administration.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko requesting that SIGAR examine U.S.-supported humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and report to the committee on the sufficiency of mechanisms to prevent the diversion of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban. The Afghan people are suffering from dire humanitarian needs, especially Afghan women and children.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing titled, "A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime's Malign Activities" on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Subject: A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime's Malign Activities
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Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, "12 Years of Terror: Assad's War Crimes and U.S. Policy for Seeking Accountability in Syria" on Tuesday, April 18th.
What: Hearing – "12 Years of Terror: Assad's War Crimes and U.S. Policy for Seeking Accountability in Syria"
Date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
Time: 10:30amET
Location: RHOB 2200
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee Chairman Keith Self delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO."
-Remarks-
The purpose of this hearing is to provide members with an informed perspective of the U.S. policy toward NATO and an opportunity to discuss NATO's trajectory in advance of the June summit in The Hague. I now recognize myself for an opening statement.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E.