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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul introduced legislation that will serve as the fourth pillar of the House Republican national security supplemental package, the "21st Century Peace through Strength Act."

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of two bills: H.R. 4691, the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2023, and H.R. 6046, the Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act. H.R. 6046 would require the State Department to re-designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, thereby expanding restrictions against the Houthis terrorizing Yemeni civilians and threatening global commerce. Furthermore, H.R.

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), Subcommittee on Europe Chairman Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ), and Representative Keith Self (R-TX) co-led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for a permanent end to sanctions waivers exempting certain types of nuclear cooperation with Iran from sanctions under the Iran Freedom and Counter Proliferation Act (IFCA).

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to discuss the importance of providing foreign assistance to America's allies following an unprecedented attack by the Iranian regime on Israel launched from Iranian soil. 
 

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, The Hill ran an op-ed, authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), criticizing the Biden administration's decision to increase flights from China to the United States as the Chinese Communist Party increasingly takes more Americans hostage. Chairman McCaul highlighted the case of Mark Swidan, a Texan held hostage by the CCP for more than a decade for a crime he never committed. 

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Defense Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA), and House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) released a statement in support of Speaker Johnson's plan to pass the full nation

Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will host a bipartisan roundtable on the implementation of AUKUS with representatives from U.S. defense industry involved in AUKUS Pillar II. 

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 10:00am ET
Location: RHOB 2172
Participants:

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) issued the below statement following Argentina's highest criminal court ruling holding Iran accountable for its terrorist acts amid the regime's unprecedented violence towards Israel and our partners around the world.