Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) urged National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, to utilize the full application of sanctions, export controls, and dipl

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement upon the Trump administration's notification to Congress of it's intent to realign certain USAID functions to the State Department by July, 1, 2025, and to discontinue remaining USAID functions that do not align with American interests.

"The State Department will never again be in a state of waste," Chairman Mast said.

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Exposing Putin's Crimes: Evidence of Russian War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine" on Wednesday, April 19th following a briefing with war crimes survivors. 

What: Hearing – "Exposing Putin's Crimes: Evidence of Russian War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine"

Date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

Time: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled, "Building Bridges, Countering Rivals: Strengthening U.S.-ASEAN Ties to Combat Chinese Influence."

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS" on Wednesday, May 10th. 

What: Hearing – "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS"

Date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023

Time: 10:00amET

Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210

Hearing Witnesses:

The Honorable Jessica Lewis

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) participated in a roundtable discussion focused on the challenges facing women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. Members of the committee heard from former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani, former Afghan diplomat Hadeia Amiry, and former Kabul Deputy Governor Hanifa Girowal. The chairman delivered the following remarks at today's roundtable. 

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the United States Agency for International Development's decision to end U.S.

Washington, D.C. –  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in reaction to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference accepting the U.S. membership proposal put forward by the Biden administration. UNESCO admitted "Palestine" as a full-fledged member state in 2011. This triggered a cutoff of U.S. funding, and the Biden administration is now choosing to waive longstanding U.S. law prohibiting the U.S.