Committee Activity
Past Events
Sydney, Australia — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the administration's certification to Congress that Australia and the U.K. will be granted a defense trade exemption with the U.S. This exemption will remove significant red tape and administrative burdens on U.S. companies by relaxing the International Traffic in Arms Regulation's (ITAR) requirements that currently limit defense cooperation between the three countries.
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Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Money is Policy, Part II: Analyzing Select State Department Grant Awards," on Thursday, September 19th.
What: Hearing – "Money is Policy, Part II: Analyzing Select State Department Grant Awards"
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's delay in delegating sanctions authorities passed by Congress in April.
Washington, DC- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to reports the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is temporarily pausing all exports of critical U.S. technology to Huawei.
Austin, Texas – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following receipt of two reports from the State Department's inspector general (IG), which further confirm the chairman's investigative finding that U.S. Embassy Kabul abandoned and failed to secure significant amounts of sensitive security assets, including firearms and other lethal weapons, during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan. The IG reports also found the department has been unwilling and unable to learn from those mistakes.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) released the following statement ahead of the one year anniversary of Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement.
"I demand accountability for the deaths of peacekeepers in Eastern DRC. Continued instability only benefits those who see currency in the region's chaos and emboldens the recruitment efforts of the ISIS-affiliated Islamist rebel group ADF. In order for there to be stability in Eastern DRC, the parties must address the root causes of the conflict. I call on all sides to immediately return to the negotiating table."
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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined CBS‘ "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan to discuss the committee's ongoing efforts to get answers from the administration on the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Chairman McCaul announced he is prepared to issue a subpoena if the State Department fails to comply with the committee's document request ahead of Secretary Blinken's testimony before the committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in support of much-needed reforms at the U.S. Agency for Global Media following President Trump's executive order eliminating non-statutory components of the agency.
"The U.S. Agency for Global Media, its outlets, and its grantees are blatant examples of how the far left has hijacked your money and your agencies to support terrorist sympathizers, give cover to the CCP, and push anti-American propaganda at home and abroad.