Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "After Assad: The Future of Syria."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Foreign Arms Sales Task Force held the third in a series of roundtables featuring defense industry perspectives on reforming and improving America's foreign arms sales process.
As part of the bipartisan engagement, members heard from industry representatives from RTX, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris and Boeing on the need for regulatory reforms to the foreign arms sales process to meet the growing demand for cutting edge, American-made defense systems and hardware.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee Chairman Keith Self delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO."
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The purpose of this hearing is to provide members with an informed perspective of the U.S. policy toward NATO and an opportunity to discuss NATO's trajectory in advance of the June summit in The Hague. I now recognize myself for an opening statement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led fellow members of the panel in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raising serious concerns over the European Union's role in ensuring fair elections as Poland approaches the second round of its presidential elections on June 1, 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "A Dire Crisis in Sudan: A Global Call to Action."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled, "FY26 State Department Posture: Protecting American Interests."
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Since day one, President Trump and yourself, you've taken bold action to clean house, to restore accountability, to slash waste, and to put America—and Americans—first. I would say that this was desperately needed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled, "National Economic Security, Advancing US Interests Abroad."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Spread Freedom, Not Woke Values: An American Agenda for Democracy and Human Rights."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Maximum Impact: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Bureau of Counterterrorism and the Path Forward."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nomination of Michael Waltz to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
"Outside of Elise Stefanik, there is no one in Washington the unaccountable UN bureaucrats fear more than Mike Waltz. He will fight to put America First every single day at the UN," said Chairman Mast.
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