Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), and 14 of their House colleagues sent a letter to Secretary Yellen of the U.S. Department of Treasury requesting a review of the merger between ChemChina, Sinochem, and Syngenta AG. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) […]

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging tighter restrictions on the sale of chip-making tools to China. The members argue that electronic design automation (EDA) tools, which are used to design semiconductor chips, should […]

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s new sanctions against Russia for the Putin regime’s widespread SolarWinds cyber hack, attempts to influence U.S. elections and other malign activity. “I appreciate the Biden Administration’s actions today to punish dozens of Russian […]

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on renewing the United States’ commitment to addressing the root causes of migration from Central America.  Click to Watch -Opening Statement as Delivered- “Thank you Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member for holding this very important and […]

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) introduced a resolution condemning the genocide being committed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), under the direction and control of the Chinese Communist Party, against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups. The resolution calls upon […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting information on the relationship between Iran and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The PRC’s role as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council gives it significant power to block […]

Washington, DC – Earlier this month, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican and Chairman of the China Task Force Michael McCaul reintroduced his “Countering Chinese Communist Party Malign Influence Act,” a measure to authorize $300 million in existing funding to counter the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party. The Act will help ensure these resources remain […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement ahead of Ambassador John Kerry’s trip to China after further reports reveal forced labor central to the Chinese Communist Party’s green energy policies. “Ambassador Kerry is sending the absolute wrong signal by planning to travel to the People’s Republic […]

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on reports of a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan by September. “I am shocked and extremely concerned by reports of President Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September. This will mean we are not leaving a residual force […]

Washington, DC – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement in response to the lower house of the Somali parliament voting to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term by two years:  “We are deeply concerned by recent developments surrounding Somalia’s elections, particularly the legislation to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s (Farmaajo) mandate […]