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Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, The Hill ran an op-ed, authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), criticizing the Biden administration's decision to increase flights from China to the United States as the Chinese Communist Party increasingly takes more Americans hostage. Chairman McCaul highlighted the case of Mark Swidan, a Texan held hostage by the CCP for more than a decade for a crime he never committed.
Washington, D.C. — On Friday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), House Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ), and Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA) led a letter to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze condemning the "foreign agents" bill currently making its way through the Georgian parliament.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled, "Great Power Competition in the Western Hemisphere" on Wednesday, June 12th.
What: Hearing – "Great Power Competition in the Western Hemisphere"
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin naming Derek Chollet as the department's new chief of staff. Chollet was nominated as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, but his nomination has stalled due to serious concerns with his previous role in the Biden administration's chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the State Department's ongoing lack of transparency and refusal to cooperate with the committee regarding the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's security clearance.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled, "Great Power Competition in Africa" on Wednesday, September 11th.
What: Hearing - "Great Power Competition in Africa"
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witness:
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined leading national security professionals in sending a letter to the editors of prominent scientific journals and news organizations to investigate their failures of stifling debate on the origins of COVID-19.
McCaul and the signers wrote:
Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America's Impact Abroad," on Thursday, September 26th.
What: Hearing – "Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America's Impact Abroad"
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Witnesses:
By Rep. Michael McCaul and Amb. Roya Rahmani
The Hill
February 7, 2023
Tonight, as elected officials and their guests gather in Washington to hear the State of the Union, women across Afghanistan are suffering under the brutal Taliban regime.
WASHINGTON — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement regarding the events in Syria.
"Bashar Al-Assad has been one of the world's most brutal war criminals and dictators. Backed by Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah, Assad and his cronies used chemical weapons and engaged in widescale bombing, torture, and disappearance of the Syrian people. The Assad regime's barbarity was a significant driver of years of regional instability that threatened the United States and our allies.