Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released a statement following reports the Biden administration failed to include Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in the latest arms package for Ukraine and the Scholz government is continuing to refuse to approve the transfer of Leopard 2 tanks. ATACMS are longer-range missiles the Ukrainians have been requesting for months in order to help liberate their sovereign territory and target command and control sites for Iranian drones being used by the Russian mi

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) decision to add six companies to the Entity List after learning of their involvement with the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) spy balloon. BIS is a bureau within the Department of Commerce that is responsible for regulating the export of dual-use items – goods or technology that have both commercial and military applications. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast introduced legislation with Rep. Chip Roy to sanction the International Criminal Court for its unwarranted targeting of Israel. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the department's ongoing failure to produce documents and information requested by the committee pertaining to the Biden administration's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. To date, the State Department has produced only 236 pages of documents, most of which were already publicly available or included substantial redactions. If the department's noncompliance persists, the committee will be forced to proceed with compulsory process.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Keith Self delivered opening remarks at subcommittee hearing titled, "Bridging the Gap: Turkey Between East and West."

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-Remarks-

I welcome everyone to the first Europe subcommittee hearing. It is an honor to chair this subcommittee that deals with a dynamic and potentially dangerous environment in a crucial region for U.S. national interests. I look forward to our work as a subcommittee.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following opening remarks at a full committee markup of H.Res.158, Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to congressionally appropriated funds to the nation of Ukraine from January 20, 2021 to February 24, 2023. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to Secretary Rubio's actions to protect free speech and ensure that the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office—formerly the Global Engagement Center (GEC)—remains relegated to the dustbin of history.