McCaul, Engel Statement on Belarus Elections and Crackdowns

Press Release 08.10.20

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Committee, today released the following statement about the Lukashenko regime’s violent crackdowns and voter suppression during the Belarussian presidential elections: “We are deeply disturbed by the violent arrests and crackdowns on peaceful protestors, democratic […]

McCaul, Engel Statement on the 12th Anniversary of the Russia-Georgia War

Press Release 08.07.20

Washington, D.C. — Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Chairman, today made the following statement on the anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Georgia: “Twelve years after Russia’s reckless invasion, its occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and persistent interference in Georgian domestic politics […]

McCaul Unveils Legislation to Reform the United Nations, Increase US Leadership

Press Release 08.07.20

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the United Nations Transparency and Accountability Act of 2020, legislation that will increase U.S. leadership and engagement at the United Nations through key reforms. “For years, the Chinese Communist Party and other malign actors have infiltrated the United Nations system in […]

McCaul, Engel Statement Commemorating the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania

Press Release 08.07.20

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Chairman, today released the following statement remembering the al-Qaeda-led bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998 that claimed the lives of more than 200 people and wounded over 1,000. […]

McCaul Introduces Bills to Counter CCP’s Global Malign Influence

Press Release 08.05.20

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the China Task Force, introduced two pieces of legislation that will further empower United States strategic competition against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “The CCP is a generational threat and the U.S. must take decisive action to check […]

McCaul & Engel Applaud Passage of State Dept Authorization in NDAA

Press Release 07.23.20

Washington, D.C.—Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Ranking Member, today applauded the passage of the Eliot L. Engel State Department Authorization Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “The bipartisan State Department Authorization bill provides needed reforms to better support our […]

McCaul Amendment to Provide Additional Funding to Combat Generational Threat Posed by CCP Passes the House

Press Release 07.23.20

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House passed an amendment offered by House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican Leader and China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul to H.R.7608, the Fiscal Year 2021 State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. This amendment provides an additional $25 million to the Countering Chinese […]

McCaul Statement on Closure of Chinese Consulate in Houston

Press Release 07.22.20

Washington, D.C.- Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston. “As Assistant Secretary Stilwell said this morning, the Chinese consulate in Houston is the epicenter of the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing research theft in the US, particularly for stealing sensitive […]

Rep. McCaul Calls Indictment of CCP Hackers “Powerful Message to Those Intent on Exploiting This Pandemic”

Press Release 07.21.20

Washington, D.C.- Today, the Justice Department charged two hackers from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intelligence agency for targeting COVID-19 research. According to the 11-count indictment by the Justice Department, these hackers “have conducted a hacking campaign lasting more than ten years to the present” in countries around the world, including the United States, Germany, […]

Rep. McCaul: Political Amendment Sends Wrong Message to the Taliban

Press Release 07.21.20

Washington, D.C.- Yesterday, Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, submitted the below statement for the record to assert his opposition to NDAA amendment #614. Rep. Omar’s rash amendment, which ultimately failed, would have directed the President to completely withdraw from Afghanistan by April, thus prohibiting the presence of a potentially […]