Press Releases
Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the below statement following the bipartisan passage of H. Res. 132, Responding to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023. The resolution is led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Chairman McCaul served as an original cosponsor.
Washington, DC- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on combatting the generational challenge of CCP aggression.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, on a bipartisan basis, has released the following statement regarding basic transparency of aggregated licensing outcomes for companies based in China who are on the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List. The licensing data covers a three-month time period – from January 3 through March 31, 2022. The licenses authorize sales of often sensitive and controlled technology to blacklisted companies.
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement today in advance of the World Health Organization's Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting this week.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Department of Energy (DOE) assessment that concludes the COVID-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak in China.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined ABC's "This Week" with Martha Raddatz this morning to discuss his recent visit to Ukraine, where he conducted vigorous, in-person oversight of U.S. assistance and met with top officials in the country. They also discussed the "unholy alliance" between Vladimir Putin and Chairman Xi in China.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) released the following statement in reaction to Mexican lawmakers' approval of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposal to cut funding and strip authorities from the National Electoral Institute (INE), the agency responsible for overseeing country's elections.
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join ABC's "This Week" with Martha Raddatz this Sunday, February 26th.
Washington, D.C. – Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large at the Office of International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain and Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes calling for urgent action on a group of Chinese dissidents, the Mayflower Church, fleeing religious persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They are still awaiting refugee status in Thailand.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) released the following statement after the Biden administration altered the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy. In 2018, the Trump administration changed the policy to elevate the importance of U.S. economic security, a move which directed the U.S. government to prioritize strengthening our defense industrial base.