Chairmen McCaul, Green, Rogers, Turner Statement on ODNI 2023 Annual Threat Assessment

Press Release 03.09.23

Washington, DC- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. “As […]

Hearing Witness Says No One Held Accountable for Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal

Press Release 03.09.23

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned hearing witnesses to recount their experiences during the disastrous evacuation from Afghanistan and examine the Biden administration’s stunning failure of leadership. “And then you said we made everyone aware on the ground, operations had halted, started again plain and simple – ‘we were ignored. Our […]

McCaul Questions Senior Decision-Making at USAGM After Recent VOA Censorship

Press Release 03.08.23

Washington, D.C. – This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Amanda Bennett in response to recent censorship at Voice of America (VOA) that calls into question the objective, non-partisan journalistic integrity USAGM is charged to uphold. The committee takes its constitutional duty […]

McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing Examining Admin’s Disastrous Evacuation From Afghanistan

Press Release 03.08.23

Washington, DC- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing examining the administration’s disastrous emergency evacuation from Afghanistan. WATCH HERE. -Remarks as delivered- In the spring of 2021 –against the advice of his top generals and the intelligence community – President Biden announced he would unconditionally […]

McCaul Demands Clarification on Huawei Licensing Policy, Biden Admin Still Allowing CCP Access to U.S. Tech

Press Release 03.07.23

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Under Secretary of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Alan Estevez requesting clarification of the Biden administration’s licensing policy regarding Huawei. At the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on February 28th, the chairman expressed deep concern after Secretary Estevez […]

Chairs McCaul, Rodgers Urge Transparency From DOE and Intelligence Community on COVID-19 Origins

Press Release 03.07.23

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Intelligence Director Avril Haines regarding the DOE’s assessment that concludes the COVID-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a […]

UPDATE Witnesses Added for Hearing on Afghanistan Emergency Evacuation

Press Release 03.07.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full Committee will convene a hearing entitled “During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration’s Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan” on Wednesday, March 8th to examine the administration’s disastrous emergency evacuation from Afghanistan. New witnesses have been added. What: Hearing – “During and After the Fall […]

McCaul, Meeks Require POTUS to Authorize Sanctions Against CCP Surveillance Company

Press Release 03.06.23

Washington, D.C.– This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) sent a letter to President Biden calling for a determination and sanction authorization on Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., a surveillance company facilitating internationally recognized human rights violations against Uyghur and Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. […]

McCaul Shares Updated Data on Tech Transferred to Blacklisted Chinese Companies

Press Release 03.03.23

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the bipartisan committee action to disclose updated data on licensing outcomes from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). “It is unacceptable BIS approved more than $23 billion worth of licenses to sell U.S. […]

McCaul Presses State on Repeated Failure to Provide Requested Afghanistan Withdrawal Documents to Congress

Press Release 03.03.23

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the department’s ongoing failure to produce documents and information requested by the committee pertaining to the Biden administration’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. To date, the State Department has produced only 236 pages of documents, […]