Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Exposing Putin's Crimes: Evidence of Russian War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine" on Wednesday, April 19th following a briefing with war crimes survivors.
What: Hearing – "Exposing Putin's Crimes: Evidence of Russian War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine"
Date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
Time:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled, "Building Bridges, Countering Rivals: Strengthening U.S.-ASEAN Ties to Combat Chinese Influence."
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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS" on Wednesday, May 10th.
What: Hearing – "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS"
Date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Time: 10:00amET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
Hearing Witnesses:
The Honorable Jessica Lewis
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) participated in a roundtable discussion focused on the challenges facing women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. Members of the committee heard from former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani, former Afghan diplomat Hadeia Amiry, and former Kabul Deputy Governor Hanifa Girowal. The chairman delivered the following remarks at today's roundtable.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the United States Agency for International Development's decision to end U.S.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in reaction to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference accepting the U.S. membership proposal put forward by the Biden administration. UNESCO admitted "Palestine" as a full-fledged member state in 2011. This triggered a cutoff of U.S. funding, and the Biden administration is now choosing to waive longstanding U.S. law prohibiting the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere will convene a hearing entitled, "Colombia's Descent to Socialism: Assessing Gustavo Petro's Presidency" on Thursday, July 27th.
What: Hearing – "Colombia's Descent to Socialism: Assessing Gustavo Petro's Presidency"
Date: Thursday, July 27th, 2023
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: HVC-210
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the Biden administration's decision to start a working group aimed at addressing economic and commercial issues with China, including export controls.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific will convene a hearing entitled, "Lasers and Water Cannons: Exposing the Chinese Communist Party's Harassment in the South China Sea" on Thursday, September 28th.
What: Hearing – "Lasers and Water Cannons: Exposing the Chinese Communist Party's Harassment in the South China Sea"
Date: Thursday, September 28th, 2023
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: RHOB-2200
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack, issuing a clear and unambiguous declaration that Hamas has committed acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against the Jewish people and the State of Israel, and calling upon the Department of State to consider a formal determination of the same.