Committee Activity

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia will hold a public hearing titled, "Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department" on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Time: 10:00 a.m. ET

Location: Rayburn 2172

Subject: Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department

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Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific will convene a hearing entitled, "Surrounding the Ocean: PRC Influence in the Indian Ocean" on Tuesday, April 18th.

What: Hearing – "Surrounding the Ocean: PRC Influence in the Indian Ocean"

Date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Time: 2:00pmET

Location: RHOB 2200

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Foreign Arms Sales Task Force held the third in a series of roundtables featuring defense industry perspectives on reforming and improving America's foreign arms sales process.

As part of the bipartisan engagement, members heard from industry representatives from RTX, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris and Boeing on the need for regulatory reforms to the foreign arms sales process to meet the growing demand for cutting edge, American-made defense systems and hardware.

Washington, D.C.- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will participate in a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference entitled "China and the United States: Navigating Strategic Competition." This panel will examine the economic and security tensions that are at the core of the United States' relationship with China, and how decision makers are adapting to this dynamic and pursuing strategic objectives shap

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed its comprehensive bipartisan State Department Reauthorization package.

This legislation, consisting of nine separate bills, is the result of nine months of open, transparent, and bipartisan work, with over 2,300 member priorities. The package of legislation sets a clear accountability structure to ensure every dollar and every diplomat puts America First.

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, "Bring Abducted Children Home" on Tuesday, May 23rd.

What: Hearing – "Bring Abducted Children Home"

Date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

Time: 10:00amET

Location: Rayburn 2200

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Europe Subcommittee Chairman Keith Self pledged to work alongside the Trump administration in meaningfully modernizing the United States’ arms control and risk reduction approaches amid increasing challenges posed by Russia, China, and other adversaries.

In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio the lawmakers underscored Russia’s blatant violations of the New START Treaty, an Obama-era negotiated arms control agreement set to expire on February 5, 2026.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), along with Subcommittee on Europe RM Bill Keating (D-MA), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Jared Golden (D-ME) announced the introduction of a bipartisan House Resolution aimed at urging the Biden administration to swiftly provide Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine.