Committee Activity

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to new sanctions against major Russian oil companies announced by President Trump.  

"Not only is Putin’s daily choice not peace or reconciliation, it is instead bombing kindergartens. A nation buying oil from Russia funded that attack. There will now be a steep cost to financing Russian attacks."

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Vice Chairwoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) sent a letter to U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) conveying deep concern about the priorities of S/GWI under the Biden administration and seeking information about how these priorities align with the work that preceded senior official Katrina Fotovat's arrival.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon: Obstacles to Dismantling Hezbollah’s Grip on Power". 

Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on assessing U.S. efforts to counter China's Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy. 

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with leading Cuban activists on the Cuban regime's ongoing acts of repression and torture against brave Cuban protestors on Monday, July 10th. The discussion will be followed by a press conference where the representatives will be joined by Cuban dissidents who were forcibly exiled following their involvement with the July 11, 2021 protest movement.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Warren Davidson's (R-OH) H.R. 

Washington, D.C. – Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul requested transcribed interviews of key State Department officials involved in the planning and execution of the Biden administration's deadly and chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal. Chairman McCaul released the following statement regarding the department's response.