Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Africa will convene a hearing entitled, "The Sahel in Crisis: Examining U.S. Policy Options" on Tuesday, December 5th.
What: Hearing – "The Sahel in Crisis: Examining U.S. Policy Options"
Date: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: HVC-210
Witness:
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific will convene a hearing entitled, "Protecting Emerging Technologies for Peace and Stability in the Indo-Pacific" on Wednesday, January 17th at 2:00pm ET.
What: Hearing – "Protecting Emerging Technologies for Peace and Stability in the Indo-Pacific"
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: HVC-210
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled, "AUKUS Implementation and Challenges to International Security and Arms Control in the 21st Century" on Wednesday, February 14.
What: Hearing – "AUKUS Implementation and Challenges to International Security and Arms Control in the 21st Century"
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the Biden administration to formally intervene in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice alleging violations of the Genocide Convention. In the letter, Chairman McCaul notes that the United States must protect the Convention from South Africa's efforts to debase its significance, render hollow the meaning of genocide, and permit its use as a political tool by malign actors.
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced Taiwan's Representative to the United States, Ambassador Alexander Yui, will be his guest at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's joint address to Congress on Thursday, April 11th.
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken urging the repeal of NSM-20, which creates redundant bureaucratic requirements that erode America's ability to provide security assistance to its partners and allies, especially Israel.
Washington D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will postpone a hearing entitled, "Money is Policy: Assessing Shortcomings in the State Department's Foreign Assistance Grants Process."
What: Hearing – "Money is Policy: Assessing Shortcomings in the State Department's Foreign Assistance Grants Process"
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: Rayburn 2200
Witnesses:
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 Houthis' crackdown on aid operations.
Radical Islamist terrorists are determined to destroy our way of life. Through acts of terror and genocide, they are waging war on anyone who does not share their twisted ideology.
Over the past year, important progress has been made in the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. But despite these successes, the terrorist threat continues as fighters return home, and radical elements spread in Africa, Central Asia and across ISIS’s online “virtual caliphate.”
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement announcing committee activity in wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron deference.