Committee Activity
Past Events
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday regarding the department's failure to comply with the committee's subpoena compelling it to produce of the July 13, 2021 Dissent Channel cable regarding Afghanistan and the department's official response to it, as well as the insufficiency of the department's summaries of these documents and its April 27 briefing on them.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement upon Israel and Hamas agreeing to the first phase of President Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
“President Trump just did what career diplomats never could — he brought the world closer than it’s ever been to peace in Gaza. This deal only works if Hamas follows through. We don’t trust terrorists, we trust results.”
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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will postpone a markup to consider a resolution recommending the House of Representatives find U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for his continued refusal to comply with a subpoena served by the committee on March 28th, 2023.
What: Markup of H.Res.__
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in support of President Trump’s expanded Mexico City policy which ensures U.S. foreign assistance does not subsidize for abortion, gender ideology, or DEI programs.
“Under President Biden, foreign assistance funding was siphoned off for Beltway bandits, woke NGOs, and abortion. That era is over. By issuing a new, expanded version of the Mexico City policy, President Trump is preventing such a despicable misuse of taxpayer funding from occurring again.”
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement expressing deep concerns regarding the Biden administration's China policy ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's upcoming talks with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Beijing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced the Foreign Military Financing Loan Authorization Act among several bills to improve the foreign arms sales process as part of a full committee markup.
The measures, passed alongside a broader package of legislation advanced by the committee, will help codify President Trump’s executive orders on improving arms sales and expand America’s circle of equipped allies without requiring new foreign aid spending.
Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join CNN's "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper this Sunday, July 9th.
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) led the introduction of legislation to prohibit the Biden administration from extending or reissuing Syria General License 23, which authorized direct transactions with the Assad regime for 180 days after the February Turkey–Syria earthquake.
Washington, D.C. – Starting today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is leading a congressional delegation (CODEL) to meet with allies and partners in Finland, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
The bipartisan delegation includes House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Rep. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Congressional Caucus on the Kingdom of the Netherlands Chairman Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA).
Washington, D.C. – In a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week, top Biden administration officials attempted to downplay the Taliban's terrorist ties in an effort to exclude them from an updated authorized use of military force (AUMF). They repeatedly claimed the Taliban is meeting their counterterrorism obligations under the Doha agreement because they are working to defeat ISIS-K.