McCaul Urges the Biden Administration to Address Deteriorating U.S.- Mexico Security Partnership

Press Release 06.28.22

Washington, DC – Ahead of Mexican President López Obrador’s visit to the White House on July 12th and in response to the recent slaughter of priests by Mexican cartels, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement. In addition to being the Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, […]

McCaul Slams State Department for Lying, Covering Up Afghanistan Failures

Press Release 06.27.22

Washington, D.C. – Last Tuesday, the State Department indicated it would cease almost all cooperation with the congressionally mandated Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a move which SIGAR described as “illegal obstruction.” When asked about this unprecedented break with official norms, State Department spokesman Ned Price pointed to a report published by SIGAR last […]

McCaul Urges State Department to Hold Unclassified Briefing on Afghanistan Policy

Press Release 06.27.22

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to Brian McKeon, the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources asking the State Department to release their unclassified opening statements from the June 15 classified briefing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). Additionally, McCaul asked the State Department […]

McCaul Slams President Biden for His Refusal to Cooperate with Congressionally Mandated Afghanistan Investigation

Press Release 06.22.22

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released a statement in response to the Biden administration’s unprecedented refusal to work with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. (SIGAR). SIGAR is statutorily mandated to continue its work through 2023, so prematurely cutting off access to information is contrary to explicit congressional directives. […]

McCaul Statement on the Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Press Release 06.21.22

Washington, DC – Today, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entered into force. This bill passed with broad bipartisan support in December of 2021 and required the administration to block major categories of imports from China within 180 days due to the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide against Uyghurs, which involves forced labor. Following the administration’s […]

McCaul, Turner, Rogers to Biden: The U.S. cannot be a passive spectator as Russia uses nuclear intimidation

Press Release 06.17.22

WASHINGTON, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Lead Republican of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee sent a letter urging President Joe Biden to detail what the U.S. response would be if Russia were […]

HFAC Republicans Call for Open, Unclassified Hearing on Afghanistan Withdrawal

Press Release 06.16.22

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a briefing on the deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that was closed to the public. The briefing was conducted at one of the highest classification levels, even though the vast majority of the information provided was not classified. Since the Afghanistan withdrawal was completed […]

McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Statement on Threatened Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria

Press Release 06.15.22

Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), released the below statement in reaction to the threatened Turkish incursion into Northern Syria: “We are extremely concerned about continued threats by Turkey […]

HFAC Republicans Call for Robust, Transparent Investigation into Chaotic, Deadly Afghanistan Withdrawal

Press Release 06.14.22

Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow morning at 9:00amET, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a briefing on Afghanistan with representatives from the Biden administration. Even though the State Department offered to have a portion of the hearing unclassified, the majority decided to close it to the public and make the question-and-answer section at one of […]

McCaul, Fitzpatrick, Spartz, DeLauro, Pascrell, Cornyn, Casey Statement on National Critical Capabilities Committee Proposal

Press Release 06.13.22

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), and U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bob Casey (D-PA) released a joint statement on the new proposal for an outbound investment mechanism in the conference of […]