Committee Activity

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the tragic attack on U.S. forces in Syria, conducted with an Iranian-origin UAV, which killed an American contractor and wounded five servicemembers and a contractor. Prior to this attack, Iranian proxies had attacked U.S. forces 78 times since the beginning of 2021, yet this administration only responded kinetically three times.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Foreign Arms Sales Task Force Chairman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) applauded President Trump's executive order taking action on key reforms to improve the foreign defense sales process. 

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on exposing Putin's war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled, “Breaking China’s Chokehold on Critical Mineral Supply Chains.”

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will postpone today's scheduled hearing entitled "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS" to a future date soon. 

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

Date: TBD

Time: TBD

Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210

Hearing Witnesses:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement after meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa:

“Last evening, the new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and I broke bread. We had a long and serious conversation about how to build a future for the people of Syria free of war, ISIS, and extremism.

He and I are two former soldiers and two former enemies. I asked him directly ‘Why we are no longer enemies?’

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the department's reported blocking of competitive actions, such as sanctions and export controls on entities like Huawei, aimed at countering the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) growing aggression.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Joe Biden underscoring concern over recent revelations that the administration is pursuing a new nuclear deal with Iran, calling into question the administration's intent to adhere to its legal obligations under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA).