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Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere will convene a hearing entitled, "Ignoring Our Allies in the Western Hemisphere: Reviewing President Biden's FY24 Budget Request" on Wednesday, June 7th.

What: Hearing – "Ignoring Our Allies in the Western Hemisphere: Reviewing President Biden's FY24 Budget Request"

Date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Time: 2:00pmET

Location: RHOB 2200

Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Examining the Fiscal Year 24 Bureau of Consular Affairs Budget" on Wednesday, June 7th.

What: Hearing – "Examining the Fiscal Year 24 Bureau of Consular Affairs Budget"

Date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Time: 2:00pmET

Location: RHOB 2154

Witnesses:

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscoring the urgent need for action to address Lebanon's growing political and economic crisis, including through the use of targeted sanctions to make clear to Lebanon's political class the status quo is not acceptable. 

Washington, D.C. — Chairman Michael McCaul is once again reiterating that all House Foreign Affairs Committee Members must be granted access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable as well as the State Department's official response in order to satisfy the March 28^th subpoena he issued. Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Meeks were granted access to the cable last week, but the State Department has refused to give other Members – including those Members on the committee who served in Afghanistan – the same access.

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 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting information regarding the administration's handling of the crisis in Sudan.

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) implemented sanctions on Ivan Maslov, the Mali-based head of the Russian private military company Wagner.

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing with officials from the State and Defense Departments on challenges our allies and U.S. industry face with our arms exports processes and how those challenges can be bridged to ensure the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is successful.

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banning certain Chinese companies from using microchips produced by Micron Technology.