Committee Activity

Austin, Texas – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following receipt of two reports from the State Department's inspector general (IG), which further confirm the chairman's investigative finding that U.S. Embassy Kabul abandoned and failed to secure significant amounts of sensitive security assets, including firearms and other lethal weapons, during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan. The IG reports also found the department has been unwilling and unable to learn from those mistakes. 

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) released the following statement ahead of the one year anniversary of Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement.

"I demand accountability for the deaths of peacekeepers in Eastern DRC. Continued instability only benefits those who see currency in the region's chaos and emboldens the recruitment efforts of the ISIS-affiliated Islamist rebel group ADF. In order for there to be stability in Eastern DRC, the parties must address the root causes of the conflict. I call on all sides to immediately return to the negotiating table."

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined CBS‘ "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan to discuss the committee's ongoing efforts to get answers from the administration on the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Chairman McCaul announced he is prepared to issue a subpoena if the State Department fails to comply with the committee's document request ahead of Secretary Blinken's testimony before the committee. 

Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere will convene a joint hearing entitled, "The Ortega-Murillo Regime's War Against the Catholic Church and Civil Society in Nicaragua: Bishop Alvarez, Political Prisoners, and Prisoners of Conscience" on Wednesday, March 22nd. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Streamlined and Rightsized: Consolidating State Department Administrative Services." 

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-Remarks- 

Good morning, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

Taipei, Taiwan – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press" to discuss his bipartisan delegation's visit to Taiwan and how the United States can strengthen our economic and defense relationship with Taiwan in the face of growing threats in the region. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led fellow members of the panel in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raising serious concerns over the European Union's role in ensuring fair elections as Poland approaches the second round of its presidential elections on June 1, 2025.