Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered opening remarks at a hearing on the great power competition in the Indo-Pacific. During his remarks, Chairman McCaul emphasized the threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the national security interests of the United States and our allies and partners.
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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has invited former Afghan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani to be his guest for the State of the Union next week. Ambassador Rahmani was Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States, serving in the post from December 2018 until July 2021, as well as Afghanistan's first female ambassador to Indonesia and ASEAN. Ambassador Rahmani has been an outspoken champion for women's rights both in Afghanistan and around the world.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter urging President Biden to end bureaucratic delays and surge defense articles to Israel amid increasing threats from Iran and its terrorist proxies.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join ABC's "This Week" with Martha Raddatz this Sunday, February 26th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the New York Post dropped more receipts exposing the Biden State Department's radical, far-left agenda with an article that reveals video of a drag workshop in Ecuador funded by American taxpayers.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific will convene a hearing entitled, "Renewed U.S. Engagement in the Pacific: Assessing the Importance of the Pacific Islands" on Thursday, March 23rd.
What: Hearing – "Renewed U.S. Engagement in the Pacific: Assessing the importance of the Pacific Islands"
Date: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Time: 2:00pmET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
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