Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging U.S. engagement in support of Jamaica’s recovery and electrical infrastructure reconstruction following Hurricane Melissa.
The hurricane, which made landfall in October, was the strongest storm to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin in history and left catastrophic damage to core infrastructure in its wake.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern—CPC”: a serious, well-founded wake-up call ".
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Salazar delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras".
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "Export Control Loopholes: Chipmaking Tools and their Subcomponents".
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options".
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options".
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. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast was joined by Subcommittee Chairs in issuing the following statement condemning the persecutions of Christians in Nigeria:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman John Moolenaar sent a letter to U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper raising concerns over the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) egregious plans to construct a “super embassy” in London.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks issued the following statement condemning the Rapid Support Forces’ escalation of violence against non-Arab communities in Sudan and urging the safe passage of humanitarian assistance to those in need: