Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal editorial board published an article highlighting the House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority's report on our investigation into the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed Rep. Lisa McClain's (R-MI) H.R. 3334, the Sanction Tyrannical and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist Party (STOP CCP) Act of 2024, which sanctions top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for threatening Hong Kong and Taiwan, violating human rights in China, and infringing upon the sovereignty of Tibet.

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.