Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the bipartisan committee action to disclose updated data on licensing outcomes from the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
"It is unacceptable BIS approved more than $23 billion worth of licenses to sell U.S. technology to blacklisted companies based in China. This critical U.S. technology is going to the Chinese Communist Party's surveillance and military efforts. BIS must and can do more."
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the department's ongoing failure to produce documents and information requested by the committee pertaining to the Biden administration's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. To date, the State Department has produced only 236 pages of documents, most of which were already publicly available or included substantial redactions. If the department's noncompliance persists, the committee will be forced to proceed with compulsory process.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing grave concern regarding the administration's failure to impose visa restriction sanctions on members of the Taliban who are responsible for the abhorrent treatment of Afghan women and girls.
Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, "Expanding the Abraham Accords" on Thursday, March 9th.
What: Hearing – "Expanding the Abraham Accords"
Date: Thursday, March 9th, 2023
Time: 2:00pmET
Location: U.S. Capitol, HVC-210
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the United States to seek a finding of non-compliance and refer Iran's violations to the U.N. Security Council at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full Committee will convene a hearing entitled "During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration's Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan" on Wednesday, March 8th to examine the administration's disastrous emergency evacuation from Afghanistan.
What: Hearing – "During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration's Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan"
Date: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement on Ambassador Cindy McCain succeeding David Beasley as Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
Washington, D.C.– Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks ahead of the markup of his bill, H.R. 1153, which mandates the administration to ban TikTok or any software applications that threaten U.S. national security. H.R. 1153 passed out of committee 24-16.
Washington, D.C.- Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) led a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Poland and Ukraine from February 19-23 to conduct oversight of U.S. assistance to Ukraine. He was joined by U.S. Representatives Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Max Miller (R-OH), and Keith Self (R-TX). Upon returning, the members released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Today, H.R. 1107, the People's Republic of China (PRC) Is Not a Developing Country Act, led by the Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Young Kim (R-CA), passed out of committee.