Press Releases

AUSTIN, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the second anniversary of the Abbey Gate terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul, Afghanistan during the emergency evacuation of the country. The attack, carried out by an ISIS-K terrorist, killed 13 U.S. servicemembers and more than 170 Afghans, and injured another 45 U.S. servicemembers and countless Afghans. It was the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since 2011. 

Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo this Sunday, August 27th.

Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with some of the family members of the U.S. service members killed in the terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA)'s Abbey Gate on August 26, 2021. The attack happened during the emergency evacuation from Afghanistan following the Taliban seizing control of the country on August 15, 2021. Thirteen U.S. servicemembers were killed and 45 more were wounded in the attack, making it the deadliest day for U.S.

Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) have released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) expelled Taiwan and admitted China as a permanent observer yesterday.

Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) co-led a letter to President Biden underscoring concern over reports his administration has contemporaneously brokered a $6 billion prisoner deal and a nuclear understanding with the Iranian regime that are intrinsically linked, without submitting it for Congressional review pursuant to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 ("INARA"; 42 U.S.C. 2160e). 

Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) wrote a letter to Secretary Blinken reiterating their request to be kept regularly informed on the investigation into why Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's security clearance was suspended and the status of his employment with the State Department.

WASHINGTON, DC –House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Young Kim (R-CA), House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) wrote a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo after reports revealed that she is considering joining the Chinese government in a working group after her trip to China later this m