Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement.
"I demand accountability for the deaths of peacekeepers in Eastern DRC. Continued instability only benefits those who see currency in the region's chaos and emboldens the recruitment efforts of the ISIS-affiliated Islamist rebel group ADF. In order for there to be stability in Eastern DRC, the parties must address the root causes of the conflict. I call on all sides to immediately return to the negotiating table."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following statement on President Trump's retaliatory measures against Colombia for refusing to accept the return of illegal aliens.
"We don't allow our people to cross Colombia's borders illegally, they shouldn't allow theirs to cross ours illegally. If they do, they should work with us to clean up the mess. The rule of law and the law of the jungle have returned."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following statement upon Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Senate confirmation.
"Secretary Rubio is exactly what America needs on the global stage after four failed years of the Biden administration. I can't wait to partner with him and the entire Trump administration to root out DEI and waste at the State Department. A Golden Age of America First foreign policy is here. Let's get to work."
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following statement upon the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump as the 47th commander in chief of the United States of America.
"Sanity has returned. The United States is back. Today, we make America the greatest it has ever been!"
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast called for an investigation into the taxpayer funding of abortions in Mozambique through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to the Israel–Hamas ceasefire deal.
"We don't trust Hamas. We trust that President Trump has put the fear of God into Hamas."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch issued the following statement regarding the events in Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Republicans united behind legislation introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Rep. Chip Roy to sanction the International Criminal Court for its unwarranted targeting of Israel.
"I don't care if you are a terrorist in a cave or a lawyer at the Hague, if you get in the way of bringing American hostages home, then you will be given no quarter and you damn well shouldn't expect to be welcomed on American soil with open arms," said Chairman Mast.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar issued the following statement regarding the events in Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R. 23, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act.
The bill, which Chairman Mast introduced alongside Rep. Chip Roy and 27 Republican co-sponsors, imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court for its unwarranted targeting of Isreal.