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Sydney, Australia — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the administration's certification to Congress that Australia and the U.K. will be granted a defense trade exemption with the U.S. This exemption will remove significant red tape and administrative burdens on U.S. companies by relaxing the International Traffic in Arms Regulation's (ITAR) requirements that currently limit defense cooperation between the three countries.
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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 2172
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Power expressing his concern over USAID's gross negligence in failing to investigate credible allegations a nonprofit receiving a $110,000 grant is associated with designated terrorist organizations more than eight months after committee staff raised the issue.
San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following reports that the Biden-Harris administration failed to vet Afghan national Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi despite falsely claiming he cleared a rigorous vetting process. Tawhedi was arrested last week for plotting an Election Day terrorist attack in Oklahoma after he was brought into the United States in September 2021 following the administration's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise sent a letter to President Biden urging him to instruct UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to oppose and veto any one-sided, anti-Israel action at the UN Security Council.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following statement upon the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump as the 47th commander in chief of the United States of America.
"Sanity has returned. The United States is back. Today, we make America the greatest it has ever been!"
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Washington, DC- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa will hold a public hearing titled, "Streamlined and Rightsized: Consolidating State Department Administrative Services" on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
What: House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa Hearing
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location: 2172 Rayburn
Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL), and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R.1684 during yesterday's committee markup.