Chairman McCaul Issues Statement Calling for Action in Response to Ongoing Houthi Attacks

Press Release 01.06.24

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the Houthis’ ongoing attacks against U.S. interests in the Red Sea region, even after the United States and international partners threatened consequences for more attacks in a statement issued on January 3. “The Iran-backed Houthis’ ongoing missile […]

ICYMI: Biden Administration Condemns African Economies—Greenlights World’s Biggest Polluter

Press Release 01.04.24

Austin, TX — Last week, the New York Post ran an op-ed, authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), criticizing the Biden administration’s draconian energy restrictions on growing African economies. Chairman McCaul and Congressman Diaz-Balart write this virtue signaling will have disastrous results for US interests in Africa […]

Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Examining the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan Policy Since the U.S. Withdrawal: Part II”

Press Release 01.04.24

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, “Examining the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan Policy Since the U.S. Withdrawal: Part II” on Thursday, January 11 at 2:00pm ET. What: Hearing – “Examining the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan […]

McCaul, Díaz-Balart, Green Send Letter on Former Ambassador’s Alleged Spying For Cuban Regime

Press Release 01.03.24

Austin, TX — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on charges against former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, which allege that Rocha acted as […]

McCaul, Risch Statement On Prisoner Swap With Criminal Maduro Regime

Press Release 12.20.23

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement after 11 wrongfully detained Americans were released by the Maduro regime in Venezuela in exchange for the release of Alex Saab, a Venezuelan-Colombian businessman with known connections to cartels and […]

Chairman McCaul Applauds Inclusion of HFAC AUKUS Provisions In the National Defense Authorization Act

Press Release 12.15.23

Washington, D.C. — Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) Security Partnership championed by Chairman McCaul, Subcommittee Chairs Young Kim (R-CA) and Tom Kean (R-NJ), and Representative Bill Huizenga (R-MI). “The Australia-U.K.-U.S. alliance, known as AUKUS, is critical to […]

McCaul, HFAC Provisions Included in NDAA

Press Release 12.14.23

Washington, DC – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2024 fiscal year. The legislation passed the House with broad bipartisan support. “Over the last year, we’ve witnessed the threat of our adversaries grow in alarming ways. We must do […]

Chairman McCaul Delivers Remarks On National Security and Infrastructure Bills At Full Committee Markup

Press Release 12.14.23

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered remarks at a full committee markup on bills to restrict the flow of critical technologies fueling the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and H.R. 3569, the Expansion of the Starr-Camargo Bridge near Rio Grande City, TX. During today’s markup, several bills—including H.R. 6602, To amend the […]

Chairman McCaul On OFAC Policies Countering Russian-CCP Collaboration

Press Release 12.12.23

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement following the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) implementation of sanctions on Chinese entities following the Putin regime’s unprovoked war of aggression and increasingly close cooperation between Putin and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “The […]

Chairman McCaul Announces HFAC Markup on Various Measures

Press Release 12.09.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a markup to consider various measures regarding export controls, restricting the flow of foreign nations’ support to the Taliban, and strengthening sanctions against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups for their ongoing use of human shields on […]