Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Vice Chairwoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) sent a letter to U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) conveying deep concern about the priorities of S/GWI under the Biden administration and seeking information about how these priorities align with the work that preceded senior official Katrina Fotovat's arrival.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration's announced support for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will postpone a markup to consider a resolution recommending the House of Representatives find U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for his continued refusal to comply with a subpoena served by the committee on March 28th, 2023.
What: Markup of H.Res.__
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, pressing the Department of Defense for information on the events surrounding the August 26, 2021, terrorist attack at Abbey Gate – including information on the request for engagement authority by Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews' sniper team.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Europe Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) issued the following statement the Day of Commemoration of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) released the following statement on recent news of the Pentagon's three-billion-dollar accounting error.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken accepting the department's invitation for himself and Ranking Member Meeks to review the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable regarding Afghanistan and the department's response with the names of the signatories redacted. The letter also expresses the chairman's insistence that all committee Members be allowed to review the dissent cable and response.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing with USAID Administrator Power on the Biden Administration's 2024 Fiscal Year USAID Budget that has misplaced priorities and remains ineffective at advancing strategic U.S. interests in an era of great power competition and budget constraints.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul hosted Taiwan's Legislative Speaker, Mr. You Si-kun, in a meeting with committee members.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) participated in a roundtable discussion focused on the challenges facing women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. Members of the committee heard from former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani, former Afghan diplomat Hadeia Amiry, and former Kabul Deputy Governor Hanifa Girowal. The chairman delivered the following remarks at today's roundtable.