Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "The State Department's Climate Agenda: A Budget Overview by the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate" on Thursday, July 13th.

What: Hearing – "The State Department's Climate Agenda: A Budget Overview by the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate"

Date: Thursday, July 13th, 2023

Time: 10:00am ET

Location: HVC-210

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issuing a worldwide arrest warrant on pro-democracy activists who have left Hong Kong. 

Washington, D.C. –  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in reaction to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference accepting the U.S. membership proposal put forward by the Biden administration. UNESCO admitted "Palestine" as a full-fledged member state in 2011. This triggered a cutoff of U.S. funding, and the Biden administration is now choosing to waive longstanding U.S. law prohibiting the U.S.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on his disappointment with the State Department's handling and the content of documents released today relating to the Afghanistan After-Action Review (AAR). This comes in response to the chairman's April 25, 2023 letter calling on the department to release an unclassified version of the AAR within 60 days.

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding additional details following reports U.S.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with leading Cuban activists on the Cuban regime's ongoing acts of repression and torture against brave Cuban protestors on Monday, July 10th. The discussion will be followed by a press conference where the representatives will be joined by Cuban dissidents who were forcibly exiled following their involvement with the July 11, 2021 protest movement.

Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance Ranking Member Bill Hagerty (R-TN) issued the following statement on n

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasizing the department must comply with a key unfulfilled document request in the committee's investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal by Friday, July 14 or face a subpoena.