McCaul Demands Commerce’s BIS Verify SMIC is Not Violating U.S. Export Controls

Press Release 11.05.24

Austin, Texas — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez expressing his frustration regarding the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) overall aversion to enforcing export controls against China’s semiconductor industry, including Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), which undermines the […]

McCaul Urges President Biden to Take Urgent Action to Support Israel Amid Increasing Threats from Iran

Press Release 11.04.24

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter urging President Biden to end bureaucratic delays and surge defense articles to Israel amid increasing threats from Iran and its terrorist proxies. “We are seeing mounting, tangible evidence of the myriad ways that Russia, China, and Iran are enabling each other’s aggression […]

McCaul Demands USAGM Leadership Be Held Accountable for Whitewashing Agency Failures

Press Release 10.30.24

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the transcribed interview of Setareh Sieg, a senior official at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which was conducted after more than six months of stonewalling by USAGM and Ms. Sieg. In June of 2024, Chairman McCaul released his report into the culture of corruption and mismanagement […]

McCaul Congratulates Dolly Parton on Receiving Peace Through Music Award

Press Release 10.25.24

Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul — author of the Peace Through Music Diplomacy Act — congratulated Dolly Parton on receiving the Peace Through Music Award for the ways in which her music has promoted peace and represented the United States across the globe. “Music has a powerful and inexplicable ability […]

McCaul, Hill, McCormick, McClintock on the Release of Tigran Gambaryan

Press Release 10.24.24

Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Representatives French Hill (R-Ark.), Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) released the following statement on the release of U.S. citizen Tigran Gambaryan, who was unjustly detained by the Government of Nigeria since February 2024. “While long overdue, we are extremely pleased that Tigran Gambaryan has […]

McCaul on Reported Leak of Classified Information

Press Release 10.22.24

Austin, Texas – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement expressing concern over the alleged leak of classified information on Israel’s planned attack on Iran. “I am very concerned by the reported leak of classified information. Any leak of this gravity would be an inexcusable breach of U.S. national security […]

McCaul on State Department OIG Reports: “Persistent Refusal to Address Systemic Issues”

Press Release 10.22.24

Austin, Texas – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following receipt of two reports from the State Department’s inspector general (IG), which further confirm the chairman’s investigative finding that U.S. Embassy Kabul abandoned and failed to secure significant amounts of sensitive security assets, including firearms and other lethal weapons, during […]

Chairman McCaul Calls on President Biden to Fully Enforce Mandatory 21st Century Peace through Strength Act Sanctions

Press Release 10.18.24

San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Biden urging him to implement mandatory sanctions against U.S. adversaries under McCaul’s bipartisan 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act. Despite the grave and growing threat Russia, China, and Iran pose to U.S. national security interests, the Biden-Harris administration has not […]

Chairman McCaul Statement on the Death of Hamas Terrorist Leader Yahya Sinwar

Press Release 10.17.24

San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement after Yahya Sinwar — the architect of the brutal massacre that killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7 — was eliminated by the IDF in a military operation in Gaza. “Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was a brutal terrorist who […]

McCaul Statement on Admin’s Failure to Vet Afghan National Arrested for Attempted Terrorist Attack in U.S.

Press Release 10.17.24

San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following reports that the Biden-Harris administration failed to vet Afghan national Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi despite falsely claiming he cleared a rigorous vetting process. Tawhedi was arrested last week for plotting an Election Day terrorist attack in Oklahoma after he was brought into the United States in September 2021 […]