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 […]

Washington D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability will postpone a hearing entitled, “Money is Policy: Assessing Shortcomings in the State Department’s Foreign Assistance Grants Process.” What: Hearing – “Money is Policy: Assessing Shortcomings in the State Department’s Foreign Assistance Grants Process” Date: TBD Time: TBD Location: Rayburn 2200 Witnesses: Max Primorac Senior Research Fellow […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) sent a letter to President Biden urging the administration to implement the REPO Act ahead of the G7 finance ministers’ meeting this week. The REPO Act, […]

Washington, D.C.  — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s determination that the Cuban regime is in compliance with U.S. counterterrorism efforts. “The Biden administration’s decision to declare the communist Cuban dictatorship—a legally established state sponsor […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced another release of transcribed interviews with State Department officials charged with leading the United States’ civilian evacuation from Afghanistan. Over the past few weeks, the committee released its first, second, third, fourth, and fifth tranches of transcribed interviews with key State Department and Department of Defense (DoD) officials involved in […]