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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "A Dire Crisis in Sudan: A Global Call to Action."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled, "FY26 State Department Posture: Protecting American Interests."
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Since day one, President Trump and yourself, you've taken bold action to clean house, to restore accountability, to slash waste, and to put America—and Americans—first. I would say that this was desperately needed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled, "National Economic Security, Advancing US Interests Abroad."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Spread Freedom, Not Woke Values: An American Agenda for Democracy and Human Rights."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Maximum Impact: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Bureau of Counterterrorism and the Path Forward."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nomination of Michael Waltz to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
"Outside of Elise Stefanik, there is no one in Washington the unaccountable UN bureaucrats fear more than Mike Waltz. He will fight to put America First every single day at the UN," said Chairman Mast.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement in honor of Israel's Day of Independence.
"Seventy-seven years ago, the Jewish people declared sovereignty over their ancestral homeland. Happy Independence Day to Israel — our greatest ally in the Middle East," Chairman Mast said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement after the U.S. and Ukraine signed today's historic agreement, led by President Trump, to create the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.
"Thank you, President Trump, for creating American partnerships, instead of American dependents," Chairman Mast said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled, "The Need for an Authorized State Department."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Foreign Arms Sales Task Force held the second in a series of roundtables featuring defense industry perspectives on reforming and improving America's foreign arms sales process.
As part of the bipartisan engagement, members heard from industry representatives from the Aerospace Industries Association and National Defense Industrial Association on the regulatory and bureaucratic challenges U.S. companies face in arming our allies and partners with American-made equipment and technology at the pace of war.