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TUNE IN: Chairman McCaul to Join Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” This Sunday at 10amET/9amCT
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join Fox News‘ “Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo this Sunday, June 25th.
Chairmen McCaul, Menendez Call on Blinken, Burns to Receive Classified Briefing on China-Cuba Spy Facility
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA Director William Burns calling for a classified briefing on the reported Chinese spy facility in Cuba. The chairmen are deeply alarmed with the national security implications of the CCP growing intelligence and military capabilities 90 miles from America’s shores.
TUNE IN: Chairman McCaul to Join Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” This Sunday at 10amET/9amCT
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join Fox News‘ “Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo this Sunday, June 25th.
McCaul and Kim Welcome Prime Minister Modi
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) issued the following statement welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Congress.
Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on Combating Human Trafficking
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on examining U.S. and global commitments to combatting human trafficking. Witnesses included The Honorable Cynthia Dyer, ambassador ...
Risch on Senate Approval of Chile Tax Treaty
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded Senate passage of a tax treaty with Chile.
Risch, Hagerty, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Require Congressional Vote on Any Iran Sanctions Relief
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led colleagues in reintroducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA), a bill to ensure that the president ...
McCaul and Kim Welcome Prime Minister Modi
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) issued the following statement welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Congress.
McCaul Presses Blinken to Produce Missing Afghanistan Documents or Face Subpoena
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary Binken: I wrote to you on June 8, 2023 about the Department of State’s (the Department) ongoing failure to produce documents and information regarding the Afghanistan withdrawal, warning you that I was prepared to initiate compulsory process should you fail to produce three specific priority...
McCaul Calls for Accountability in COVID-19 Origins
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on reports that Ben Hu, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) who was conducting gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at dangerously unsafe biosafety levels, was one of three scientists who were ill with COVID-like symptoms in November 2019.
McCaul Speaks on House Floor in Support of Resolution Calling on Russia to Release Paul Whelan
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of passing H.Res. 272, Calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to immediately release United States citizen Paul Whelan.
Risch, Hagerty, Colleagues Urge Biden Officials to Sanction Mexican State and Local Officials Enabling Drug Cartels
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretaries Yellen and Blinken: We are concerned that the Biden Administration’s current approach toward Mexico has fundamentally failed to persuade the government of President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador to counter the growing security threat posed by the Mexican drug cartels. We urge you to use ...
Risch, Whitehouse, Wilson, and Phillips Lead Introduction of Bill to Improve Sanctions Enforcement
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), as well as U.S. Representatives Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) today introduced the Sanctions Evasion Whistleblower Rewards Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would protect national security by offering rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of sanctions evaders.
McCaul Calls for Accountability in COVID-19 Origins
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on reports that Ben Hu, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) who was conducting gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at dangerously unsafe biosafety levels, was one of three scientists who were ill with COVID-like symptoms in November 2019.
McCaul Applauds Committee Passage of Multiple Foreign Affairs Bills
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) reacts to today’s committee passage of multiple bills.
McCaul Speaks on House Floor in Support of Resolution Calling for Release of Mark Swidan
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of passing H.Res. 90, demanding that the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party immediately release Mark Swidan.
McCaul Speaks on House Floor in Support of Resolution Calling for Release of Mark Swidan
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of passing H.Res. 90, demanding that the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party immediately release Mark Swidan.
Chairman McCaul on Secretary Blinken’s Disappointing China Trip
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement expressing his disappointment with Secretary Blinken’s recent trip to China. Despite 11 hours of talks and the expenditure of thousands of US taxpayer dollars, Chairman McCaul highlights that the meeting yielded nothing substantial, except a mere promise of more meetings in the future.
Risch, Coons, Colleagues Write Open Letter of Support for Imprisoned Reporter Evan Gershkovich
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.) last week led 30 of their colleagues in writing an open letter to wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The letter condemns his unjust detention by the Russian government and shows him their support during his wrongful imprisonment.
Risch, Wicker, Rubio, Colleagues Blast Biden for Sidestepping Spy Balloon Inquiry
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2023
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write to express our deep concern with the lack of transparency from your administration over the information it has collected regarding the surveillance platform that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) deployed over our country. In your State of the Union address this year, ...