Committee Activity

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nomination of Michael Waltz to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

"Outside of Elise Stefanik, there is no one in Washington the unaccountable UN bureaucrats fear more than Mike Waltz. He will fight to put America First every single day at the UN," said Chairman Mast. 

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee markup of H.R. 1690. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will recognize the “State of Palestine:”

“Choosing to reward terrorism, hostage taking, and genocide against Jews is the wrong choice.”

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on introducing the Project Precursor Act. This bill would help address America's fentanyl epidemic by seeking to add fentanyl to the chemical weapons convention, working with the Mexican government to disrupt the fentanyl supply chains, countering Chinese fentanyl operations in Mexico, and taking significant steps to strengthen global law enforcement cooperation and U.S. sanctions against synthetic drug trafficking.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dean Phillips (D-MN) joined committee colleagues Rep. James Baird (R-IN) and Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) in releasing the following statement regarding the introduction of the U.S.-Israel Partnership and Abraham Accords Enhancement Act of 2023.

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA Director William Burns calling for a classified briefing on the reported Chinese spy facility in Cuba. The chairmen are deeply alarmed with the national security implications of the CCP growing intelligence and military capabilities 90 miles from America's shores.  

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for a classified briefing on the circumstances surrounding Special Envoy Robert Malley's clearance suspension by Wednesday, July 26^th. This follows the Department's failure to provide any substantive information in response to a letter sent last month.

Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Taliban taking control of Kabul and the Afghan government.