Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and 109 House Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the administration to pull out of the fruitless Vienna talks to re-enter the JCPOA.  “Iran’s growing nuclear provocations, while stalling progress in negotiations, are the epitome of bad faith. The […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Lead Republican Jim Risch (R-ID) and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today sent a letter to President Biden requesting a restoration of U.S. leadership on the crisis in Syria. The leaders asked the president […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) released the following statement on introducing the Guaranteeing Ukrainian Autonomy by Reinforcing its Defense (GUARD) […]

Washington, D.C. – Almost one year into Biden’s presidency, the Biden Administration is participating in a series of high-stakes diplomatic engagements with the Putin regime next week. Unfortunately, this administration has failed time and time again to hold Russia accountable for its continued malign behavior. House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul outlined some areas where the administration’s Russia policy has missed the mark: […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding recent events in Sudan, including reports of the use of military equipment and excessive force against peaceful pro-democracy protestors. “We strongly and unequivocally condemn the Sudanese military’s violent crackdown against pro-democracy protestors and […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to licenses issued by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control today that provide broad sanctions carveouts that could benefit the Taliban.  “I have consistently supported efforts to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance directly to the Afghan people, who are […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) decision to issue a final rule to address the ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests presented by the People’s Republic of China’s efforts […]

Washington, D.C. – China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) along with other members of the China Task Force, Reps. Andy Barr (R-KY), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Mark Green (R-TN), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Diana […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and condemning Russia’s aggression on the Ukraine border. “We are deeply concerned by Russia’s aggressive military buildup in and around Ukraine. Support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up and passed several pieces of legislation authored by Lead Republican Michael McCaul, as well as additional bills McCaul supports. The first, H.R. 6089, the Stop Iranian Drones Act, clarifies that U.S. sanctions on Iran’s conventional weapons program under CAATSA include the supply, sale or […]