Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's failure to designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), which brings more impact and more penalties than the specially designated global terrorists (SDGT) designation. The Biden White House briefed the media before Congress on this designation, showing a real lack of seriousness in this administration's national security policy.
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Republican members of the committee sent a letter to Secretary of State Blinken following previous efforts to demand the State Department comply with the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) regarding oversight on humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a markup to consider various measures on Wednesday, March 20th.
What: Markup of nine measures, including H.R. 6727, H.R. 7256, H.Res. 901, H.R. 3334, H.R. 5245, and H.R. 6831.
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
MARKUP OF:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join CBS' "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan this Sunday, April 14th.
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned Scott Nathan, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), on the DFC's efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party's Belt and Road Initiative, including the need for reforms and updates as the committee works to reauthorize the DFC.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at the committee‘s hearing with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Chairman McCaul emphasized that the United States must return to President Reagan's doctrine of achieving peace through strength amidst the Biden administration's weakness on the world stage.
New Delhi, India — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul led a bipartisan CODEL to Dharamshala, India to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on a Russian court's conviction of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been wrongly detained in Russia since March, 2023.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released a statement on the Biden-Harris administration's failed Gaza pier operation following a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at USAID.
Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the committee has undertaken a wide range of actions to get answers on the Biden administration’s chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, including: