Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – Last Friday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal faulting the Biden-Harris administration for jeopardizing the trilateral security agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia (AUKUS) by maintaining unnecessary barriers for cooperation on research and development in advanced defense technology. Chairman McCaul called on the administration to lift these restrictions to comply with congressional intent, deter China and maintain a peaceful Indo-Pacific.
Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) released the following statement in support of Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker and the national security implications of delaying the speakership.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's failure to use Congressionally-mandated authorities to support Ukraine's fight against Vladamir Putin's unprovoked war of aggression.
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, February 8th, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will be conducting an organizational meeting for the 118th Congress.
Date: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Time: 1:30pmET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
Participants: All House Foreign Affairs Committee members
Watch live here.
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Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, "Meeting the Challenges of Global Brain Health: Diagnosis and Treatment for the 21st Century," on Wednesday, November 20th.
What: Hearing – "Meeting the Challenges of Global Brain Health: Diagnosis and Treatment for the 21st Century"
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement on Ambassador Cindy McCain succeeding David Beasley as Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, The Washington Post published an op-ed exposing how Democrats long championed merging the United States Agency for International Development with the State Department before their hypocritical U-turn.
Marc A. Thiessen writes for the Post:
"Shuttering USAID is not some evil MAGA plot. In fact, it was first proposed by a Democrat — Secretary of State Warren Christopher — who tried to close the foreign aid agency during the Clinton administration."
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are urging the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to leverage their position in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to stop the bank's development funding from propping up the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led several members of the panel in demanding that UN Human Rights Council President Jürg Lauber reject Francesca Albanese's reappointment to another three-year term as special rapporteur for the "occupied palestinian territories."
Washington, D.C. – Following his trip to Northeast Asia, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a two-part session roundtable discussion focused on security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and opportunities and challenges in implementing the advanced capabilities pillar of AUKUS on Tuesday, April 18th. Session I of this roundtable is a classified discussion with senior government representatives of the United Kingdom and Australia not open to the public.