McCaul & Engel Press Polish Prime Minister on Erosion of Democracy in Poland

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Washington D.C.— House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) today urged Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to address troubling rollbacks in Poland’s democracy. In a letter, the leaders of the Committee expressed concerns about recent government actions to curb political freedom in Poland. “The curtailing of judicial […]
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McCaul, Engel Statement on F-16 Sales to Taiwan

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) made the following statement regarding the sale of F-16s to Taiwan: “The sale of F-16s to Taiwan sends a strong message about the U.S. commitment to security and democracy in the Indo-Pacific. As leaders of the House Foreign […]
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McCaul, Engel Statement on Hong Kong

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement about China’s threats of military intervention against protesters in Hong Kong: “30 years after the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal massacre of peaceful democratic protestors in Tiananmen Square, we are concerned that China would consider […]
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Congressional Foreign Policy Leaders Urge Administration Not to Cancel Funding for Diplomacy & Development

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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), […]
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McCaul & Engel Statement on the Need to Impose Additional Chemical Weapons Sanctions on Russia

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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 […]
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McCaul Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from INF Treaty

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

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

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

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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 […]
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