Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join ABC's "This Week" with Martha Raddatz this Sunday, February 26th.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, The Washington Post published an op-ed exposing how Democrats long championed merging the United States Agency for International Development with the State Department before their hypocritical U-turn.

Marc A. Thiessen writes for the Post:

"Shuttering USAID is not some evil MAGA plot. In fact, it was first proposed by a Democrat — Secretary of State Warren Christopher — who tried to close the foreign aid agency during the Clinton administration."

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are urging the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to leverage their position in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to stop the bank's development funding from propping up the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led several members of the panel in demanding that UN Human Rights Council President Jürg Lauber reject Francesca Albanese's reappointment to another three-year term as special rapporteur for the "occupied palestinian territories." 

Washington, D.C. – Following his trip to Northeast Asia, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a two-part session roundtable discussion focused on security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and opportunities and challenges in implementing the advanced capabilities pillar of AUKUS on Tuesday, April 18^th. Session I of this roundtable is a classified discussion with senior government representatives of the United Kingdom and Australia not open to the public.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Bureau of Industry and Security FY26 Budget: Export Controls and the AI Arms Race."

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul participated in a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference entitled "China and the United States: Navigating Strategic Competition." 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Mike Waltz as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. 

“The Senate made the right call confirming Mike Waltz as U.N. Ambassador. A Green Beret, combat veteran, and proven foreign policy leader, Mike understands both the costs of war and the necessity of peace through strength. He’ll put America First at the U.N.”

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