Committee Activity

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled, "AUKUS Implementation and Challenges to International Security and Arms Control in the 21st Century" on Wednesday, February 14. 

What: Hearing – "AUKUS Implementation and Challenges to International Security and Arms Control in the 21st Century"

Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Time: 10:00am ET

Location: Rayburn 2172

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the Biden administration to formally intervene in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice alleging violations of the Genocide Convention. In the letter, Chairman McCaul notes that the United States must protect the Convention from South Africa's efforts to debase its significance, render hollow the meaning of genocide, and permit its use as a political tool by malign actors.

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced Taiwan's Representative to the United States, Ambassador Alexander Yui, will be his guest at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's joint address to Congress on Thursday, April 11th.

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced another release of transcribed interviews with State Department officials charged with leading the United States' civilian evacuation from Afghanistan.

Washington, D.C.  — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) issued the following statement on the Biden administration's determination that the Cuban regime is in compliance with U.S. counterterrorism efforts.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned Biden administration State Department officials on their failure to ensure that the U.S. remains the leading superpower in the Western Hemisphere. During his questioning, Chairman McCaul emphasized the importance of establishing working partnerships in our hemisphere to deter the unholy alliance of China, Russia, and Iran from spreading their malign influence and promote greater prosperity in the region. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered remarks at a full committee markup supporting H.Res. 1328, which declares the acts committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Darfur region of Sudan against non-Arab ethnic communities as acts of genocide. Chairman McCaul called for warring parties, and their backers, to end the violence in Darfur and to hand power over to the people of Sudan.

Sydney, Australia – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement expressing frustration towards the Biden-Harris administration's failure to implement sanctions passed by Congress against an increasingly aggressive Iran.