McCaul Responds to Taliban Effort to Reinstate Sharia Law

Press Release 11.18.22

Halifax, Nova Scotia – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul issued the following statement on reports the Taliban intends to reinstate Sharia law in Afghanistan following the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. “Unfortunately, it was all too clear that the Taliban always intended to reinstate the dark veil of Sharia […]

McCaul Calls For Oversight Of State For Women and Girls Forgotten Following Afghanistan Withdrawal

Press Release 11.12.22

Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to Katrina Fotovat, Senior Bureau Official of the Office of Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State to conduct oversight over the State Department’s response to the Taliban’s repression of women and girls in Afghanistan in the wake of […]

McCaul: With the Right Weapons, Ukraine Can Defeat Russia

Press Release 11.09.22

Austin, TX– House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement on Russia’s announced withdrawal from Kherson, the only regional capital illegally seized since the February 24 invasion by Russia’s invading forces. “A Russian retreat will confirm what I and many of my colleagues have been stressing for months: with the right weapons, Ukraine […]

McCaul: North Korean Aggression Will Continue if Biden Doesn’t Show Strength

Press Release 11.03.22

College Station, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch. “The rogue Kim regime has been given a moment of opportunity by the Biden administration’s weakness on the world stage and the support of the Chinese Communist Party […]

McCaul, Gallagher, Rubio and Hagerty Express Concern Over Indo-Pacific Force Posture

Press Release 11.02.22

Bryan, TX – Following reports that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reportedly plans to retire its entire fleet of F-15 fighter jets in Okinawa, Japan, without replacing them with a permanent U.S. military presence, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Bill […]

McCaul Urges Biden to Combat Iranian Weapons Proliferation

Press Release 11.02.22

Bryan, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to President Biden underscoring the need to take urgent and decisive action to combat Iranian weapons proliferation, particularly in light of reports that Iran intends to increase its support for Moscow’s illegal war against Ukraine through the provision of ballistic missiles. […]

McCaul Oversight Request Examines Effectiveness of New BIS Rules in Protecting Critical Technology From CCP

Press Release 11.01.22

Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement on a letter he sent to Secretary of Commerce Raimondo requesting licensing data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on the recently issued rules on advanced computing chips and supercomputers and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. This […]

McCaul, HFAC Republicans Demand Information on How U.S. Funds are Being Used in Mexico

Press Release 10.27.22

Houston, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and several House Foreign Affairs Committee members including Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA), Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), Rep. August Pfluger […]

McCaul Calls on Biden Administration to Take Action to Correct SIV Problems

Press Release 10.27.22

Houston, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to an Inspector General report on the State Department’s handling of Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) in Afghanistan. SIVs are issued to Afghans who worked for, or on behalf of, the U.S. government or NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) – work that […]

McCaul Slams Admin for Newest National Security Threat Caused by Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

Press Release 10.26.22

Houston, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to news that U.S.-trained Afghan commandos are being recruited by the Russian Private Military Company, the Wagner Group, to fight in Russia’s unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine. The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans released a report on […]