House Foreign Affairs Republicans Visit Southern Border

Press Release 04.09.21

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Vice Lead Republican Ann Wagner (R-MO) and International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee Lead Republican Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) visited the southern U.S. border. The group, led by Minority Whip Steve Scalise and joined by other Members of Congress, met with […]

McCaul Statement on the Biden Administration Lifting ICC Sanctions

Press Release 04.05.21

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement after the Biden Administration lifted sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s prosecutors. “The United States is committed to justice both at home and abroad, including when ICC prosecutors target military personnel in a rogue inquiry. There must be real consequences to their […]

ICYMI: McCaul and Diaz-Balart in WSJ: Appeasing Cuba’s Regime Didn’t Work

Blog 04.05.21

ICYMI: McCaul and Diaz-Balart in WSJ: Appeasing Cuba’s Regime Didn’t Work By: House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Wall Street Journal April 2, 2021 For more than 60 years, a dictatorship has imposed a violently oppressive system on the Cuban people. Its human-rights abuses grew worse under […]

McCaul, Meeks Lead Letter to Secretary Blinken Urging Accountability Over Crisis in Ethiopia

Press Release 03.30.21

Washington, DC – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms reported atrocities and gross violations of human rights committed against civilians, […]

ICYMI: McCaul and Risch in Foreign Policy: Biden Must Follow the Law and Sanction Nord Stream Now

Blog 03.30.21

ICYMI: McCaul and Risch: Biden Must Follow the Law and Sanction Nord Stream Now By: House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) Foreign Policy March 30, 2021 New U.S. administrations are always tried and tested by the country’s adversaries. So it came as […]

HFAC Republicans: Rescinding Immigration-Related Agreements with Mexico, Central America a “Serious Foreign Policy Blunder”

Press Release 03.29.21

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul, along with Republican members of the committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The members also addressed the misguided decision by Biden Administration to rescind the “Remain in Mexico” agreement as […]

McCaul, Rogers Urge Biden Administration to Prioritize Counter-Narcotics Initiatives in Syria

Press Release 03.29.21

Washington, DC – Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to “prioritize counternarcotics initiatives in light of recent, significant seizures of amphetamines from Syria.” “In the last two years, there have been multiple internationally publicized seizures of amphetamines from […]

McCaul: “A Report Censored by the CCP Is Worse Than No Report at All”

Press Release 03.29.21

Washington, D.C. – Ahead of the expected release of a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) report on the origins of COVID-19, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement expressing his concerns about the heavy-handed nature of the CCP on the report. Secretary Blinken […]

McCaul: Reports of Ongoing Terrorist Attacks in Mozambique “Describe a Bloodbath”

Press Release 03.27.21

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to news of violent terrorist attacks in Mozambique. “Reports of the ongoing terrorist attacks in Palma, Mozambique describe a bloodbath. The U.S. and our partners must do more to combat this threat before ISIS controls more territory […]

McCaul Statement on Full Committee Vote to Repeal the 2002 AUMF

Press Release 03.25.21

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement following the full committee vote to repeal the 2002 authorized use for military force (AUMF). “There is bipartisan support for updating the outdated authorized uses of military force. But we must do this as part of a comprehensive replacement to provide clear authorities […]