McCaul, Meeks Release Statement Regarding U.S. Hostages Held in Iran

Press Release 06.06.22

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks released a statement urging the Biden administration to pursue the expeditious release of innocent U.S. civilians currently being held hostage by Iran: “While nuclear negotiations may be stalled, we urge the Biden administration to continue to vigorously pursue the […]

McCaul on Administration’s Announcement of Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine

Press Release 06.01.22

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement following the administration’s announcement of the latest security assistance package for Ukraine. “I am glad to see the Biden administration send much-needed MLRS to Ukraine. However, the hesitation to provide these systems is unfortunately consistent with this administration being too slow […]

McCaul, Barr on State Department’s Continued Prolonged Travel Documentation Process

Press Release 05.31.22

Washington, D.C.– House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Member Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) issued the following statement on the State Department’s continued prolonged travel documentation processes. For certain classes of visas, routine appointments are sometimes taking a year to a year-and-a-half to be scheduled, passport processing has still […]

McCaul on BIS Decision to Change Terminology, Dodge Statutory Responsibility

Press Release 05.25.22

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry’s (BIS) decision to recharacterize their terminology for the control of emerging and foundational technology. The transfer of this type of so-called “foundational” U.S. technology to a military company of the People’s […]

McCaul Discusses China and Taiwan at World Economic Forum

Press Release 05.24.22

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul participated in a panel at the World Economic Forum entitled, “Cold War 2.0.” Watch here “I would say we’ve been in a cold war with China for quite some time… When we look at Taiwan which is 90 percent of the world’s advanced […]

TUNE IN: McCaul to Participate in Panel at World Economic Forum

Press Release 05.22.22

Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul will participate in a panel at the World Economic Forum entitled “Cold War 2.0.” This panel will examine the direction of recent geopolitical shifts from a Ukrainian, Russian, North American, and Asian perspective. The panel will be moderated by Deutsche Welle Editor-in-Chief Manuela Kasper-Claridge, and include […]

McCaul Joins Bipartisan CODEL to Europe

Press Release 05.20.22

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and a bipartisan delegation in departing on a congressional delegation to Austria, Switzerland, Moldova, and the Czech Republic to address current strategic transatlantic security issues and threats to democracies. The bipartisan delegation includes House Foreign Affairs […]

McCaul Joins Washington Post Live to Discuss Securing Cyberspace

Press Release 05.19.22

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul joined Washington Post Live yesterday to discuss securing cyberspace against the U.S’s foreign adversaries. Watch here On Russian cyber-attacks: “There’s a lot of talk that Russia had not conducted a cyberattack in advance of the invasion. That’s just simply not correct. They did attack […]

McCaul, Meeks, Smith, Bass Issue Joint Statement Regarding Somali Presidential Election

Press Release 05.18.22

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) along with the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) issued the following statement on the results of the May 15 presidential selection […]

McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Introduce Bicameral Resolution Celebrating Enduring U.S.-Greece Partnership, Welcoming Prime Minister Mitsotakis to the U.S.

Press Release 05.18.22

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) were joined by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing a concurrent resolution welcoming His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, to the […]