McCaul Reintroduces the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act

Press Release 01.28.21

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul reintroduced the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) Act to authorize an interagency program to strengthen counterterrorism operations and better coordinate U.S. assistance to address rising extremism. The TSCTP program, created in 2005, is a multi-agency effort to help partners in West and North Africa […]

McCaul Joins Letter to President Biden Urging Prioritization of Emerging Technologies

Press Release 01.27.21

Washington, DC – Today, Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul joined a letter to the White House, led by Congressswoman Elise Stefanik and signed by twenty two House Republican colleagues, urging President Biden to prioritize engagement and cooperation with our allies on emerging technologies. “We saw during COVID the CCP’s willingness to weaponize […]

McCaul, Rogers Oppose Biden Administration’s Five-Year Extension of New START

Press Release 01.27.21

Washington, DC –The Biden Administration has reportedly decided it will sign a clean, five-year extension of New START with Russia. The current deal is set to expire on February 5th. The arms control treaty, which entered into force in February 2010, limits the strategic nuclear forces deployed by both nations and has served to reduce nuclear tensions between the two countries. However, the […]

McCaul Calls for Hold on Raimondo Confirmation until Biden Administration Clarifies Commitment on Huawei

Press Release 01.27.21

Washington, DC – After the Biden Administration’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, caused heads to turn by refusing to commit to keeping Huawei on the Entity List, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki seemed to double down by declining on two separate occasions when directly asked to say where President Biden stood on the issue. Huawei was placed […]

McCaul Statement on the Confirmation of Antony Blinken as Secretary of State

Press Release 01.26.21

Washington, DC – Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul released the following statement following the confirmation of Antony Blinken to serve as Secretary of State. “While I am still gravely concerned about some of the Biden Administration’s foreign policy agenda, most notably the day one decision to re-enter the deeply flawed […]

McCaul Welcomes Members to House Foreign Affairs Committee for the 117th Congress

Press Release 01.25.21

Washington, DC – Today, the House Steering Committee released its recommendations for Members to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Steering Committee’s recommendations will go before full Conference for ratification. “I am looking forward to working with our returning members and our new, diverse freshmen class on the House Foreign Affairs Committee for […]

McCaul, Meeks Applaud Removal of Controversial USAGM Leadership

Press Release 01.25.21

Washington, DC – Today, Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks of the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a joint statement praising the decision by Kelu Chao, acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to name three highly-qualified individuals as the heads of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (acting), Radio Free […]

Ranking Members McCaul & Katko Seek Answers to Shocking Insider Threat in U.S. Refugee Admissions Process

Press Release 01.25.21

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representatives Michael McCaul (TX-10) and John Katko (NY-24), the lead Republicans on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Homeland Security, launched an oversight inquiry into an unprecedented insider threat that has compromised the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. These revelations were first brought to light by a recently unsealed DOJ indictment charging three […]

McCaul, Meeks, Kaptur, Kinzinger, and Keating on Threats to U.S. International Broadcasting

Press Release 01.22.21

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul joined Chairman Meeks and Reps. Kaptur, Kinzinger, and Keating in sending a letter to the Biden Administration urging it to prioritize the growing external and internal threats to U.S. international broadcasting at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Most troublingly, the Putin regime is threatening […]

McCaul and Meeks Call for Investigation of Alexey Navalny Poisoning

Press Release 01.22.21

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory Meeks sent a letter to the Biden Administration expressing outrage over the poisoning of leading Russian political activist Alexey Navalny on August 20, 2020. In the letter, the lawmakers call for the administration to investigate the poisoning and to hold […]