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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast welcomed Jordan's King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah to Capitol Hill for a meeting with committee members.
During the meeting, Chairman Mast underscored the close friendship between the U.S. and Jordan and thanked the two leaders for their work to further strengthen the bilateral ties.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to examine United States Agency for International Development programs.
What: Full Committee Hearing
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Time: 8:30am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
Subject: The USAID Betrayal
Witnesses:
The Honorable Ted Yoho
Former U.S. Representative
Florida's 3rd Congressional District
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a public, bipartisan roundtable discussion with family members of Americans held hostage by Hamas following the October 7th attack on Israel.
What: Roundtable – Republican and Democrat members will hear from family members of Americans being held hostage by Hamas.
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Time: 9:00am ET
Location: Rayburn 2172
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, The Washington Post published an op-ed exposing how Democrats long championed merging the United States Agency for International Development with the State Department before their hypocritical U-turn.
Marc A. Thiessen writes for the Post:
"Shuttering USAID is not some evil MAGA plot. In fact, it was first proposed by a Democrat — Secretary of State Warren Christopher — who tried to close the foreign aid agency during the Clinton administration."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court.
"Thank you, President Trump, for standing with Israel despite Senate Democrats' decision to side with terrorists and the globalist bureaucrats in the ICC. The ICC is fighting Israel who is fighting to bring American hostages home."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following statement after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Great to meet with America's strong friend and ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. America and Israel share an unbreakable bond that is forged by battle for common values and against common enemies."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the New York Post dropped more receipts exposing the Biden State Department's radical, far-left agenda with an article that reveals video of a drag workshop in Ecuador funded by American taxpayers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following video exposing radical, far-left grants issued by the State Department and United States Agency for International Development under the Biden administration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement on President Trump's proposal to potentially reorganize the United States Agency for International Development and bring it under the purview of the State Department.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast joined Margaret Brennan on CBS' "Face the Nation" to discuss the review of foreign assistance and the Biden State Department's fixation on DEI.