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March 26, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement of new export control measures aimed at restricting critical technologies from reaching Chinese military-linked companies.

March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — alongside Congressman Andy Barr (R-Ky.), and Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between Chinese Communist Party John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to prevent American capital from financing the Chinese Communist Party’s military buildup, technological dominance, and human rights abuses.

March 20, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — issued the following statement on the release of American citizen George Glezmann, who had been held in Afghanistan by the Taliban for more than two years.

February 24, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — released the following statement on the 3-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine.

February 20, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — released the following statement on honoring the U.S.' commitment to our Afghan allies.

February 20, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas)—chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs—released the following statement on Hamas’ latest hostage handover.

February 13, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — provided remarks at the committee's hearing examining USAID’s misuse of taxpayer dollars under the Biden administration. McCaul highlighted several “woke” programs he uncovered and worked to stop during his time as committee chairman, and he questioned former Representative Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) on the agency’s core mission and national security importance.

February 11, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — released the following statement on Marc Fogel's release from Russia.

February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees — joined CBS' "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan to discuss the need to restore U.S. foreign aid to its original mission: countering our adversaries. He also discussed the need to protect our Afghan allies, whom the Biden administration abandoned during its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

February 5, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — released the following statement on President Trump’s February 4 executive orders re-establishing maximum pressure on Iran and extending a halt on U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).