Taipei, Taiwan – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul landed in Taipei, Taiwan with a bipartisan congressional delegation to meet with the newly inaugurated Taiwan administration. The bipartisan delegation includes Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA), Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson […]

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Biden administration’s failure to project strength on the world stage inviting aggression from our adversaries.  WATCH HERE. — As delivered —  Chairman McCaul: “Thank you Mr. Secretary. Let me ask first, we, as you know, have been conducting […]

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at the committee‘s hearing with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Chairman McCaul emphasized that the United States must return to President Reagan’s doctrine of achieving peace through strength amidst the Biden administration’s weakness on the world stage.  WATCH HERE. — Remarks as delivered —  Mr. Secretary, […]

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at a full committee markup in support of H Res. 616, to express his support for the people of Afghanistan. During his remarks, Chairman McCaul emphasized the importance of working with our allies to pressure the Taliban to end its ceaseless human rights abuses […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the death of Majd Kamalmaz, an American humanitarian and psychologist, following his wrongful detention by the Assad regime in Syria. “This week we found out Majd Kamalmaz, a Texan wrongfully detained in Syria in 2017, died while held hostage […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at the full committee markup in support of the bipartisan and committee passed H.R. 8315, the “Enhancing National Frameworks for Overseas Critical Exports Act” (ENFORCE Act). During his remarks, Chairman McCaul highlighted the enormous impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on our economy and […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at the Full Committee markup in support of H.R. 8437, the “Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act.” Chairman McCaul emphasized the critical need to ensure Congress is appropriately notified and consulted on any pause delay in arms shipments to Israel. This includes the weapons the Biden […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL), and Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) sent a letter to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma memorializing the Biden administration’s contradictory statements regarding a State Department program that promoted atheism overseas, in […]

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Emily Loeb, counsel to former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, requesting Psaki’s testimony before the committee on the Biden administration’s catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal, which led to the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers. In his letter, Chairman McCaul stated Psaki […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on findings by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) detailing the extent to which the Taliban is benefitting from U.S. taxpayer dollars since they took over Afghanistan in August 2021. “Since the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, the […]