Press Releases

Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Representatives French Hill (R-Ark.), Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) released the following statement on the release of U.S. citizen Tigran Gambaryan, who was unjustly detained by the Government of Nigeria since February 2024.

Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement expressing concern over the alleged leak of classified information on Israel's planned attack on Iran.

Austin, Texas – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following receipt of two reports from the State Department's inspector general (IG), which further confirm the chairman's investigative finding that U.S. Embassy Kabul abandoned and failed to secure significant amounts of sensitive security assets, including firearms and other lethal weapons, during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan. The IG reports also found the department has been unwilling and unable to learn from those mistakes. 

San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Biden urging him to implement mandatory sanctions against U.S. adversaries under McCaul's bipartisan 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act. Despite the grave and growing threat Russia, China, and Iran pose to U.S.

San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement after Yahya Sinwar — the architect of the brutal massacre that killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7 — was eliminated by the IDF in a military operation in Gaza. 

San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following reports that the Biden-Harris administration failed to vet Afghan national Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi despite falsely claiming he cleared a rigorous vetting process. Tawhedi was arrested last week for plotting an Election Day terrorist attack in Oklahoma after he was brought into the United States in September 2021 following the administration's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released a statement on the anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, during which Iran-backed Hamas terrorists brutally murdered 1,200 people, committed widespread sexual violence, and took 250 hostages, including American citizens.
 

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to advance long delayed weapons sales to Israel amid increasing threats from Iran and its terrorist proxies, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. The letter specifically highlights the urgent need for the Biden-Harris administration to advance the 2,000-pound bombs purchased by Israel via Foreign Military Financing and at least ten additional cases purchased via Direct Commercial Sale.