News from 2023
McCaul Statement on CCP Ban of US Chipmaker Micron
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banning certain Chinese companies from using microchips produced by Micron Technology.
McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports, Strengthening AUKUS
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing with officials from the State and Defense Departments on challenges our allies and U.S. industry face with our arms exports processes and how those challenges can be bridged to ensure the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is successful.
McCaul on US Sanctioning Russia’s Wagner Group Head Ivan Maslov
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) implemented sanctions on Ivan Maslov, the Mali-based head of the Russian private military company Wagner.
McCaul, Risch Press Admin’s Handling of the Crisis in Sudan
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting information regarding the administration’s handling of the crisis in Sudan.
McCaul Presses State Department to Give All Committee Members Access to Afghanistan Dissent Channel Cable and Response
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Chairman Michael McCaul is once again reiterating that all House Foreign Affairs Committee Members must be granted access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable as well as the State Department’s official response in order to satisfy the March 28th subpoena he issued.
McCaul, Meeks Press Urgent Need to Address Political and Economic Crisis in Lebanon
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscoring the urgent need for action to address Lebanon’s growing political and economic crisis, including through the use of targeted sanctions to make clear to Lebanon’s political class the status quo is not acceptable.
McCaul, Gallagher Urge Commerce to Take Action Following CCP Micron Ban
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Following the Chinese Communist Party ban of Micron, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, calling on Commerce to work with Japan and South Korea to ensure their companies do not take market share lost to the ban and undercut Micron.
McCaul, Meeks, Wilson, Phillips, Baird, Allred Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Abraham Accords
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dean Phillips (D-MN) joined committee colleagues Rep. James Baird (R-IN) and Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX)
SFRC Chairman Menendez Statement on Republican Default Plan
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the Republican’s reckless default plan and how it only serves to embolden China:
SFRC Chairman Menendez Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing: “Accountability for Russian Atrocities in Ukraine”
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at this afternoon’s full Committee hearing:
SFRC Chairman Menendez Celebrates Historic Approval of the Chile Tax Treaty to Protect and Promote U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Chile
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the statement below following the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile, otherwise known as the Chile Tax Treaty.
El Senador Menéndez celebra la histórica aprobación del Tratado Tributario con Chile para proteger y promover la inversión Estadounidense en Chile
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Senator Bob Menéndez ( D-N.J. ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statements after the approval by the committee of the Convention between the governments of the United States and the Republic of Chile, also known as the Tax Treaty with Chile.
SFRC Chairman Menendez Opening Remarks at Business Meeting to Consider the Chile Tax Treaty and Various Nominees
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement at this morning’s Business Meeting.
Menendez, Risch Announce New Effort to Bolster the Abraham Accords and Negev Forum
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement to introduce legislation that seeks to deepen and expand the Abraham Accords and Negev Forum – relationships that are profoundly changing the dynamics in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.
SFRC Chairman and Senate Taiwan Caucus Co-Chair Menendez Statement on the U.S.-Taiwan Trade Initiative
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in reaction to successful negotiation of the first ever U.S.-Taiwan Trade Initiative:
SFRC Chairman Menendez Blasts Russia on Ukraine Nova Kakhovka Dam Emergency
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the statement below following the destruction of the Nova Kakhova dam in Ukraine.
SFRC Chairman Menendez Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing: “State Department Services for the American People: An Overview of Consular Affairs and Programs”
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at this morning’s full Committee hearing, “State Department Services for the American People: An Overview of Consular Affairs and Programs.
SFRC Chairman Menendez Opening Remarks at Today’s Business Meeting
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
This morning, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement at SFRC’s Business Meeting.
Menendez, Risch, Kaine, Rubio Laud SFRC Passage of their International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
Risch on China’s Ban of Micron
By State Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned certain Chinese companies from using microchips made by Micron Technology: