Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has secured an agreement with Secretary Blinken that would allow all Members of the committee a reasonable opportunity to view the dissent channel cable and the response. In response, Chairman McCaul has agreed this would be a satisfactory accommodation to the subpoena and would take contempt off the table. This is the first time in U.S. history that a dissent channel cable has been provided to Congress.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing serious concerns about America's financial commitment to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund – an investment funneling millions to China, the world's largest carbon-emitter, under its continued status as a "developing country."
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has signed a subpoena that was delivered to Secretary of State Antony Blinken this morning for the "Afghanistan AAR files," the collection of underlying documents used to produce the State Department's After-Action Review (AAR).
Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) co-led a letter to President Biden underscoring concern over reports his administration has contemporaneously brokered a $6 billion prisoner deal and a nuclear understanding with the Iranian regime that are intrinsically linked, without submitting it for Congressional review pursuant to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 ("INARA"; 42 U.S.C. 2160e).
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued a statement following reports that Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — three West African Sahel countries ruled by military juntas — signed a mutual defense security pact establishing the Alliance of Sahel States.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "The Global Engagement Center: Helping or Hurting U.S. Foreign Policy" on Wednesday, October 25th.
What: Hearing – "The Global Engagement Center: Helping or Hurting U.S. Foreign Policy"
Date: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
Time: 3:00pm ET
Location: HVC-210
Witness:
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) sent a letter today to Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expressing support for free, fair, and transparent general elections in December.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing entitled, "The U.S. Border Crisis and the American Solution to an International Problem." In his remarks, Chairman McCaul underscored the catastrophic policies of the Biden administration which enabled an unchecked flow of migrants over America's southern border.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL), Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Chairman Christopher Smith (R-NJ), and Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter demanding answers to reports that Hamas is diverting food, fuel, and supplies from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and that the agency has failed to address or prevent these thefts.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs conducted a transcribed interview of Marta Costanzo Youth, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. The transcribed interview is a part of the committee's work to provide transparency to the American people regarding taxpayer funded activities the State Department oversees in Central and South America that likely are exacerbating the crisis at our southern border.