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Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the below statement in observance of the twelve-year anniversary of the murder of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Jaime Zapata. In 2011, members of the Mexican cartel, Los Zetas, ambushed Agent Zapata and Former Special Agent Victor Avila, who served alongside Zapata and survived the attack. Avila remains committed to seeking justice for these heinous acts of crime and accountability for the murder of Agent Zapata.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R. 23, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act.
The bill, which Chairman Mast introduced alongside Rep. Chip Roy and 27 Republican co-sponsors, imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court for its unwarranted targeting of Isreal.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Intelligence Director Avril Haines regarding the DOE's assessment that concludes the COVID-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak in China.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa will hold a public hearing titled, "Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation" on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
What: House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa Hearing
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. ET
Location: 2200 Rayburn
Subject: Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has signed a subpoena that will be delivered to Secretary Blinken first thing tomorrow morning for the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable, written by 23 State Department officials working in the Kabul Embassy, and Secretary Blinken's response.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing titled, "The Need for an Authorized State Department" on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Subject: The Need for an Authorized State Department
Witnesses:
The Honorable James F. Jeffrey
Retired Career Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.– Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement on the safety of American citizens in Sudan.
Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast applauded the Justice Department’s indictment of a VOA employee for allegedly threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene:
“Voice of America was built to fight propaganda — now it’s spewing hate at our own leaders. This is just another example in a long string of liberal taxpayer-funded hit jobs.”
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Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific will convene a hearing entitled, "Standing United Against the People's Republic of China's Economic Aggression and Predatory Practices" on Thursday, May 18th.
What: Hearing – "Standing United Against the People's Republic of China's Economic Aggression and Predatory Practices"
Date: Thursday, May 18th, 2023
Time: 9:00amET
Location: HVC-210
Witnesses:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Salazar delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras".