Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's announcement of an atrocities determination in Sudan after months of congressional pressure on the issue. This announcement comes after the Biden administration sanctioned three Bashir-era Islamists and signaled its initiation of engaging in high-level diplomacy to curb foreign support for the Rapid Support Forces.

Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will host a bipartisan roundtable with U.S.-led veterans groups assisting Afghans hunted by the Taliban following the Biden administration's disastrous 2021 withdrawal, which left our Afghan allies vulnerable to retribution by the illegitimate Taliban regime.

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

"We are concerned at the resumption of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of October 2023, more than five million people there have been displaced due to conflict with armed groups, including M23 and former genocidaires (FDLR). Instability remains despite the efforts of the UN and East African Community missions.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered remarks at a hearing to examine the future of democracy in Pakistan and the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. During his remarks, Chairman McCaul highlighted Pakistan's importance as a regional partner in efforts such as combatting terrorism and emphasized the importance of democracy and human rights in Pakistan.

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ), and Representative Keith Self (R-TX) co-led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for a permanent end to sanctions waivers exempting certain types of nuclear cooperation with Iran from sanctions under the Iran Freedom and Counter Proliferation Act (IFCA).

Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's report required by National Security Memorandum 20. The report provided an assessment of certain countries who received U.S. security assistance, including Israel.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement regarding the June 1, 2024 decisions by World Health Organization (WHO) member states at the 77^th World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend negotiations of the Pandemic Treaty and to adopt amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR).

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement on the Kenyan security forces arriving in Haiti to quell rampant gang violence there as violent protests erupted in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.