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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday regarding the department's failure to comply with the committee's subpoena compelling it to produce of the July 13, 2021 Dissent Channel cable regarding Afghanistan and the department's official response to it, as well as the insufficiency of the department's summaries of these documents and its April 27 briefing on them.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks sent a letter with a bipartisan group of members to the United Nations Secretary-General conveying strong concern over the Taliban's mandates banning Afghan women from working for nongovernmental organizations (NGO) and the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan, and encouraging the UN to continue its support for Afghan women by opposing male-only humanitarian aid implementation.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Reviewing the Bureau of Industry and Security, Part I: U.S. Export Controls in an Era of Strategic Competition" on Thursday, May 11th.
What: Hearing – "Reviewing the Bureau of Industry and Security, Part I: U.S. Export Controls in an Era of Strategic Competition"
Date: Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Time: 2:00pmET
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) sent a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan expressing deep concern that the Taliban is detaining innocent American citizens and imploring the administration to do more to secure the release of all Americans in Afghanistan, including by immediately classifying the detainees as hostages.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul participated in a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference entitled "China and the United States: Navigating Strategic Competition."
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS" on Wednesday, May 10th.
What: Hearing – "Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports and a Stronger AUKUS"
Date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Time: 10:00amET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
Hearing Witnesses:
The Honorable Jessica Lewis
Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) issued the following statement in response to reports of Bashar al Assad potentially being readmitted to the Arab League.
Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on continuing efforts this Congress to implement AUKUS, building upon H.R. 1093 which passed the House overwhelmingly earlier this year.
Washington, D.C.- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will participate in a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference entitled "China and the United States: Navigating Strategic Competition." This panel will examine the economic and security tensions that are at the core of the United States' relationship with China, and how decision makers are adapting to this dynamic and pursuing strategic objectives shap
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E.