Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) have released the following statement on the Biden administration's decision to send dual purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM), also known as cluster munitions, to Ukraine.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) sent a letter to President Biden underscoring their opposition to extending or reissuing Syria General License 23, which authorized direct transactions with the Assad regime for 180 days after the February earthquake.
Washington, D.C. -House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join CNN's "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper this Sunday, September 10th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last evening House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke at the State Department's launch of their Global Music Diplomacy Initiative. The State Department's new program is a result of McCaul's PEACE Though Music Diplomacy Act, which was signed into law in 2022. A key provision in McCaul's bill required the State Department to submit a multi-pronged strategy for advancing U.S. foreign policy goals, including conflict resolution and peacebuilding through music-related exchange programs.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Jonathan Karl on ABC News' "This Week" to discuss Hamas' unprovoked war against Israel and the impact of the House Speaker election on support to Israel and U.S. national security.
On the risk of Hezbollah and Iran-backed proxies escalating:
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing regarding the Biden administration's disastrous Afghanistan policy, which has led to the growth of terrorism, the loss of rights for Afghan women and girls, the taking of American hostages, and the theft of humanitarian aid.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement following the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) implementation of sanctions on Chinese entities following the Putin regime's unprovoked war of aggression and increasingly close cooperation between Putin and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
College Station, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to reports that United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) employees were complicit in Hamas' October 7th attacks in Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead and resulted in more than 240 people taken hostage.
Washington, D.C. – Tonight, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken threatening to hold him in contempt of Congress if the department continues to withhold interview documents relied on to draft their After-Action Review (AAR) of the Biden administration's deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered remarks and questioned witnesses at a hearing to examine export controls as a tool to counter the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and America's adversaries. Chairman McCaul noted numerous examples of how American technology is fueling the CCP's military expansion and espionage, such as the its spy balloon and hypersonic missile program. During his questioning, witnesses confirmed America's export control regime needs dire reform to counter America's allies and strengthen U.S.