Committee Activity

Washington, DC- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX),  House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa will hold a public hearing titled, "Streamlined and Rightsized: Consolidating State Department Administrative Services" on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

What: House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa Hearing

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Time: 10:00 a.m. ET

Location: 2172 Rayburn

Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL), and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R.1684 during yesterday's committee markup.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nomination of Michael Waltz to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

"Outside of Elise Stefanik, there is no one in Washington the unaccountable UN bureaucrats fear more than Mike Waltz. He will fight to put America First every single day at the UN," said Chairman Mast. 

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee markup of H.R. 1690. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will recognize the “State of Palestine:”

“Choosing to reward terrorism, hostage taking, and genocide against Jews is the wrong choice.”

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on introducing the Project Precursor Act. This bill would help address America's fentanyl epidemic by seeking to add fentanyl to the chemical weapons convention, working with the Mexican government to disrupt the fentanyl supply chains, countering Chinese fentanyl operations in Mexico, and taking significant steps to strengthen global law enforcement cooperation and U.S. sanctions against synthetic drug trafficking.

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast applauded the passage of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which includes several key HFAC-led provisions. 

“This bill delivers exactly what America has needed — bombs and bullets from America, for America,” said Chairman Mast. “But it also does something very important — it rebuilds American foreign policy.”