Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin naming Derek Chollet as the department's new chief of staff. Chollet was nominated as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, but his nomination has stalled due to serious concerns with his previous role in the Biden administration's chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the State Department's ongoing lack of transparency and refusal to cooperate with the committee regarding the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's security clearance.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled, "Great Power Competition in Africa" on Wednesday, September 11th.
What: Hearing - "Great Power Competition in Africa"
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witness:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined leading national security professionals in sending a letter to the editors of prominent scientific journals and news organizations to investigate their failures of stifling debate on the origins of COVID-19.
McCaul and the signers wrote:
Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America's Impact Abroad," on Thursday, September 26th.
What: Hearing – "Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America's Impact Abroad"
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witnesses:
By Rep. Michael McCaul and Amb. Roya Rahmani
The Hill
February 7, 2023
Tonight, as elected officials and their guests gather in Washington to hear the State of the Union, women across Afghanistan are suffering under the brutal Taliban regime.
Austin, Texas – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the reported prisoner swap between the United States and China that resulted in the release of Kai Li, John Leung, and Texan Mark Swidan.
Washington, DC- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on combatting the generational challenge of CCP aggression.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast welcomed Jordan's King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah to Capitol Hill for a meeting with committee members.
During the meeting, Chairman Mast underscored the close friendship between the U.S. and Jordan and thanked the two leaders for their work to further strengthen the bilateral ties.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability of Ukraine Assistance" on Wednesday, March 29th.
What: Hearing – "Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability of Ukraine Assistance"
Date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Time: 10:00amET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
Witnesses: