Congressional Foreign Policy Leaders Urge Administration Not to Cancel Funding for Diplomacy & Development

Press Release 08.09.19

Engel, McCaul, Risch & Menendez: Law Requires Funding to Be Spent as Congress Intended Washington—Top foreign policy leaders in the House and Senate today called on the Administration to reverse its reported plan to cancel more than $4 billion dollars in funding for American diplomacy and development efforts. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), […]

McCaul & Engel Statement on the Need to Impose Additional Chemical Weapons Sanctions on Russia

Press Release 08.02.19

Washington D.C.—Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chairman, today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s response to Russia’s chemical weapons attack in the United Kingdom: “We’re encouraged that the President has issued an Executive Order to lay the groundwork for a possible second round of sanctions […]

McCaul Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from INF Treaty

Press Release 08.02.19

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee made the following statement in support of withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: “Following the announcement in February that the U.S. would suspend and eventually withdraw from the INF Treaty, we gave the Russians six months to remedy […]

McCaul Supports House Passage of Bill to Protect Venezuelans Living in the United States

Press Release 07.26.19

Washington D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 549, the Venezuela TPS Act, designating Venezuelan nationals as eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States: Lead Republican McCaul: “We are witnessing an unprecedented humanitarian and refugee crisis that threatens to […]

McCaul, Engel Introduce Legislation Reaffirming Commitment to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

Press Release 07.26.19

Washington—Representatives Michael McCaul, Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Committee, this week introduced legislation supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. “I am proud to lead this resolution demonstrating the United States’ longstanding commitment to the Global Fund, which has saved millions […]

McCaul, Engel Call on China to End Retaliatory Detention of Canadian Citizens, Commend Canada for Following Rule of Law

Press Release 07.25.19

Washington, D.C. – In a resolution introduced this week, Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lead Republican and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, commended Canada for upholding the rule of law regarding the extradition of Huawei Technology’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou, and expressed their concern with China’s retaliatory and […]

McCaul, Engel Applaud House Passage of State Department Authorization Act

Press Release 07.25.19

First State Department Authorization Bill to Clear the House since 2013 Washington—Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Committee of Foreign Affairs, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the Committee, today welcomed unanimous House passage of their legislation authorizing the Department of State for 2020. This authorization bill, H.R. 3352, […]

“Don’t Mess with Taiwan”

Op-Ed 07.24.19

The U.S. commitment to Taiwan will never be up for discussion with China, warns House Representative Michael McCaul Don’t Mess with Taiwan By: House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) The Diplomat July 24, 2019 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not been shy about its goals in the Indo-Pacific region. Over the next […]

ICYMI: Lead Republican McCaul Op-ed: Don’t Mess with Taiwan

Blog 07.24.19

McCaul, Engel State Authorization Bill Coming to the Floor TOMORROW with Strong Republican Support

Press Release 07.23.19

Foreign Affairs Committee passed first State Authorization Act in six years, House to consider bill on the floor Wednesday Washington, D.C. – For the first time in six years, Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) successfully passed the State Department Authorization Act out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Wednesday […]