Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, "The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World" on Tuesday, July 18th.

What: Hearing – "The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World"

Date: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

Time: 10:30am ET

Location: 2200 RHOB

Witnesses:

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned witnesses Colonel (Ret.) Seth Krummrich and Command Sergeant Major Jacob Smith at the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on the administration's failure to plan for the unconditional U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Washington, D.C. – Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul requested transcribed interviews of key State Department officials involved in the planning and execution of the Biden administration's deadly and chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal. Chairman McCaul released the following statement regarding the department's response.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) sent a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, urging the White House to immediately rectify the failures by the Department of Commerce to enforce export controls on advanced semiconductors.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement welcoming Australian Prime Minister Albanese to Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement expressing his disappointment with President Joe Biden's meeting with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping. Despite 4 hours of talks and the expenditure of US taxpayer dollars, Chairman McCaul highlights that the meeting yielded nothing substantial, except a mere promise of more meetings in the future.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and House Subcommittee the Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) released the following statement on the Maduro regime's backtracking on its commitments to the Biden administration last October.