Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) along with Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) and Ranking Member Ami Bera (D-CA), issued the following statement regarding the Thailand Constitutional Court's rulings to dismiss the sitting prime minister and dissolve the Move Forward Party.

Sydney, Australia — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the administration's certification to Congress that Australia and the U.K. will be granted a defense trade exemption with the U.S. This exemption will remove significant red tape and administrative burdens on U.S. companies by relaxing the International Traffic in Arms Regulation's (ITAR) requirements that currently limit defense cooperation between the three countries.

Sydney, Australia – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the third anniversary of the Biden-Harris administration's deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which left behind hundreds of American citizens, abandoned thousands of our Afghan allies, and, unforgivably, left 13 heroic U.S. servicemembers dead.

Sydney, Australia – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken due to the State Department's failure to provide all documents central to the committee's investigation into a State Department grant promoting atheism overseas, which concerns possible violations of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. The committee's requests date back to August 2023.

Sydney, Australia – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement expressing frustration towards the Biden-Harris administration's failure to implement sanctions passed by Congress against an increasingly aggressive Iran.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the 12^th anniversary of Austin Tice's abduction in Syria.

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterating his expectation the secretary publicly testify before the committee following the September release of its report on the Biden administration's catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Manila, Philippines - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the two-year mark since Ryan Corbett's wrongful detainment by the Taliban. Chairman McCaul called on the Biden-Harris administration to prioritize bringing Ryan home as his health deteriorates and he continues to be held in horrific conditions.