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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) released the following statement on the news that 222 political prisoners in Nicaragua, including a U.S. citizen, have been released and are en route to the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement congratulating Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) on being selected by Steering Committee Republicans as the next chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Washington, D.C.– Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks ahead of the markup of his bill, H.R. 1153, which mandates the administration to ban TikTok or any software applications that threaten U.S. national security. H.R. 1153 passed out of committee 24-16.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee will hold a public hearing to examine the last four years in the EAP region and unseized opportunities.
What: East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee Hearing
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: 2172 Rayburn
Washington, DC - This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of passing H.R. 1093, To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on implementation of the advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The bill passed the House 393-4.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a full committee markup on various measures on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Rayburn 2172
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide an update regarding the Government of Ghana's failure to uphold commitments to Independent Power Producers, including power generation facilities owned by U.S. pension funds and the U.S. taxpayer, under the terms of its most recent International Monetary Fund program.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a markup to consider various measures on Wednesday, April 26th.
What: Markup of H.R. 1690 and H.R. 589
Date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
Time: 10:30amET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Week, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast wrote a letter to Boston University President Melissa Gilliam raising concerns over the “Impact Counter,” a dashboard promoted by the university that makes false and misleading claims about the impacts of restructuring at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) along with Europe Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) and Ranking Member William Keating (D-MA) introduced a resolution calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States citizen and journalist, who was wrongfully detained by Russian in March 2023.