Committee Activity

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "After Assad: The Future of Syria."

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Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) issued the following statement in response to reports of Bashar al Assad potentially being readmitted to the Arab League.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, along with House Foreign Affairs Committee members, sent a letter urging International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) leadership to formally invite Taiwan to participate in its upcoming triennial meeting. 

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing with USAID Administrator Power on the Biden Administration's 2024 Fiscal Year USAID Budget that has misplaced priorities and remains ineffective at advancing strategic U.S. interests in an era of great power competition and budget constraints. 

Washington D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast introduced the AI OVERWATCH Act. This bill ensures congressional oversight keeps pace with advancing technology, blocks adversary militaries from accessing weapon-enabling AI, and accelerates American AI exports to allies and partners around the world.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding the department comply with unfulfilled document requests surrounding the committee's investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal by next Thursday, June 15^th or face a subpoena. The department has failed to produce two of the three documents – the investigation files associated with the After-Action Report and the roughly sixty-page section of U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding additional details following reports U.S.