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Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the unprecedented attack on Israel by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists. The situation is continuing to develop, but there are reports that at least 40 Israelis have been killed and hundreds more injured.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) sent a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, urging the White House to immediately rectify the failures by the Department of Commerce to enforce export controls on advanced semiconductors.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding his administration to engage transparently with Congress on its strategy for supporting a Ukrainian victory and the status of official and unofficial discussions with the Russian Federation about how to end the war.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the recent Turkish actions in Syria. 

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement welcoming the leaders of the Pacific Island Forum to Capitol Hill last week.

Washington, D.C. – In a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week, top Biden administration officials attempted to downplay the Taliban's terrorist ties in an effort to exclude them from an updated authorized use of military force (AUMF). They repeatedly claimed the Taliban is meeting their counterterrorism obligations under the Doha agreement because they are working to defeat ISIS-K.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on repealing and replacing the 2001 and 2002 AUMF's with a new, updated counterterrorism AUMF. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last evening House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke at the State Department's launch of their Global Music Diplomacy Initiative. The State Department's new program is a result of McCaul's PEACE Though Music Diplomacy Act, which was signed into law in 2022. A key provision in McCaul's bill required the State Department to submit a multi-pronged strategy for advancing U.S. foreign policy goals, including conflict resolution and peacebuilding through music-related exchange programs.