In Response to Embassy Kabul Suspending Visa Operations, McCaul Calls on Biden to Explore Humanitarian Parole for Afghans Awaiting Special Immigrant Visas

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan announced it would be suspending visa operations beginning June 13th in response to an increase in the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country. At a time when thousands of Afghans are desperately trying to get their visas processed before the U.S. fully withdraws from the […]
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McCaul, Rogers, and Nunes Urge Biden to Take Steps to Expose and Counter Chinese Nuclear Build Up

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WASHINGTON, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to send a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to expose China’s duplicity and rapidly […]
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McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Join Biden Administration Push to Restore Cross-border Aid Deliveries in Syria

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Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined together to reaffirm their support for the Biden Administration’s push to restore life-saving humanitarian assistance to millions […]
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McCaul, Meeks, Gallagher, Malinowski Lead International Effort Urging Alternative Locations for 2022 Beijing Olympics

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Washington, DC – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) introduced a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games unless the Chinese government ends its ongoing crimes against the Uyghur people. Legislators in […]
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Rep. McCaul Presses Secretary Blinken on Evacuation Plan for Afghans Awaiting Special Immigrant Visas

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Washington, D.C.-In his opening remarks at today’s hearing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican McCaul highlighted his strong objection to the Biden Administration waiving sanctions on Nord Stream 2AG, the need to honor our promises to those who helped us in Afghanistan, the importance of working across the aisle […]
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McCaul, Meeks, Smith, Bass Introduce Resolution Condemning Violence and Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia

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Washington, DC – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Ranking Member and Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Congressman Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) and Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), issued the following joint statement after introducing a resolution to condemn violence and human rights […]
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McCaul Calls for Answers on Reports of Misuse of Money, Falsified Credentials at USAGM

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement highlighting his concern with the rehiring of a USAGM executive who was fired after repeated reports of mismanagement, misuse of funds and falsification of credentials, and after a thorough investigation initiated by career civil servants. The employee was allowed […]
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McCaul, Meeks Condemn Coup in Mali

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Michael McCaul and Gregory W. Meeks, Lead Republican and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the second coup to occur in Mali in less than one year: “We are shocked and dismayed by the second military-led coup in Mali in less than one year, and […]
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