Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at the committee‘s hearing with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Chairman McCaul emphasized that the United States must return to President Reagan's doctrine of achieving peace through strength amidst the Biden administration's weakness on the world stage.
New Delhi, India — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul led a bipartisan CODEL to Dharamshala, India to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on a Russian court's conviction of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been wrongly detained in Russia since March, 2023.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released a statement on the Biden-Harris administration's failed Gaza pier operation following a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at USAID.
Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the committee has undertaken a wide range of actions to get answers on the Biden administration’s chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, including:
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 2200
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter today to Secretary Blinken urging the administration to press Iraqi officials to make the political decisions necessary to promote the country's stability and serve the best interests of the Iraqi people.
Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul — author of the Peace Through Music Diplomacy Act — congratulated Dolly Parton on receiving the Peace Through Music Award for the ways in which her music has promoted peace and represented the United States across the globe.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) released the following statement after the Biden administration altered the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy. In 2018, the Trump administration changed the policy to elevate the importance of U.S. economic security, a move which directed the U.S. government to prioritize strengthening our defense industrial base.