Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “The State Department’s Climate Agenda: A Budget Overview by the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate”

Press Release 07.06.23

Washington, D.C. – The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, “The State Department’s Climate Agenda: A Budget Overview by the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate” on Thursday, July 13th. What: Hearing – “The State Department’s Climate Agenda: A Budget Overview by the Special Presidential Envoy for […]

McCaul Statement on China Issuing Million-Dollar Bounty Targeting Activists Abroad

Press Release 07.05.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issuing a worldwide arrest warrant on pro-democracy activists who have left Hong Kong. “If you’re wondering what a world ruled by the CCP looks like, look no further than Hong Kong. In just […]

McCaul on Admin Decision to Rejoin UNESCO

Press Release 06.30.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in reaction to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference accepting the U.S. membership proposal put forward by the Biden administration. UNESCO admitted “Palestine” as a full-fledged member state in 2011. This triggered a cutoff of U.S. funding, […]

McCaul: Released Afghanistan Docs Another Attempt to Hide Admin’s Culpability in the Evacuation

Press Release 06.30.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on his disappointment with the State Department’s handling and the content of documents released today relating to the Afghanistan After-Action Review (AAR). This comes in response to the chairman’s April 25, 2023 letter calling on the department to release an unclassified version […]

McCaul Demands Answers on Rob Malley Clearance Suspension

Press Release 06.30.23

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding additional details following reports U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley’s security clearance was suspended amid an investigation into his potential mishandling of classified documents. The letter also requests the department and administration make […]

Chairman McCaul Announces Member Roundtable on the Second Anniversary of Cuba’s Historic July 11 Pro-democracy Protests

Press Release 06.30.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with leading Cuban activists on the Cuban regime’s ongoing acts of repression and torture against brave Cuban protestors on Monday, July 10th. The discussion will be followed by a press conference where the representatives will be joined […]

McCaul, Hagerty: U.S. Tech Found in CCP Spy Balloon ‘Heightens Our Concerns’

Press Release 06.29.23

Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance Ranking Member Bill Hagerty (R-TN) issued the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated American sovereignty and traversed the United States for eight […]

McCaul Demands Blinken to Produce Missing Afghanistan After-Action Review Files

Press Release 06.28.23

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasizing the department must comply with a key unfulfilled document request in the committee’s investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal by Friday, July 14 or face a subpoena. While the department has produced two of the three items requested […]

McCaul, Mast to Biden: No Taxpayer Money to UN Climate Fund Pledging Millions to China

Press Release 06.27.23

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing serious concerns about America’s financial commitment to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund – an investment funneling millions to China, the world’s largest carbon-emitter, under its continued […]

McCaul Introduces Bipartisan Res Declaring a Nuclear Iran is Unacceptable

Press Release 06.27.23

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) along with Congressmen Brad Schneider (D-IL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jared Golden (D-ME), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rich McCormick (R-GA), and Kathy Manning (D-NC) introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United State’s enduring commitment to preventing a nuclear Iran. “In the face of unprecedented nuclear provocations from the […]