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Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on Accountability for Russian Atrocities in Ukraine
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 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 accountability for Russian atrocities in Ukraine. The witness was The Honorable Beth Van Schaack, ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice at the Department of State.
McCaul, Meeks Press Urgent Need to Address Political and Economic Crisis in Lebanon
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We write to express grave concern as Lebanon grapples with an all-consuming political and economic crisis that is devastating the country. Despite months of negotiation to try to appoint a president, Lebanon continues to be led by a caretaker government with limited authority...
McCaul, Meeks Press Urgent Need to Address Political and Economic Crisis in Lebanon
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We write to express grave concern as Lebanon grapples with an all-consuming political and economic crisis that is devastating the country. Despite months of negotiation to try to appoint a president, Lebanon continues to be led by a caretaker government with limited authority...
Risch, McCaul Press Admin's Handling of Crisis in Sudan
By State Newswire | May 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, last week 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 | May 30, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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. Chairman McCaul...
McCaul Presses State Department to Give All Committee Members Access to Afghanistan Dissent Channel Cable and Response
By State Newswire | May 30, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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. Chairman McCaul...
McCaul, Risch Press Admin’s Handling of the Crisis in Sudan
By State Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 on US Sanctioning Russia’s Wagner Group Head Ivan Maslov
By State Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 | May 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports, Strengthening AUKUS
By State Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Modernizing U.S. Arms Exports, Strengthening AUKUS
By State Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 Slams State’s ‘Weakness and Passivity’ on China Policy, Blocking Competitive Actions Toward CCP
By State Newswire | May 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the department’s reported blocking of competitive actions, such as sanctions and export controls on entities like Huawei, aimed at countering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) growing aggression.
McCaul Statement on CCP Ban of US Chipmaker Micron
By State Newswire | May 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 Slams State’s ‘Weakness and Passivity’ on China Policy, Blocking Competitive Actions Toward CCP
By State Newswire | May 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the department’s reported blocking of competitive actions, such as sanctions and export controls on entities like Huawei, aimed at countering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) growing aggression.
ICYMI: Taiwan Deserves a Place at the Annual World Health Assembly
By State Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: This week, delegates from World Health Organization (WHO) member states will gather in Geneva for the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) - and once again, this key meeting on global health priorities will exclude Taiwan. It is unconscionable, especially after the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) coverup...
Chairman McCaul Reads Afghanistan Dissent Channel Cable and State Response
By State Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement today after reading the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable on the Afghanistan withdrawal. Previous Dissent Channel cable authors, Ambassadors Boyatt, Crocker, and Jeffrey, have said it’s important that Congress has access to these cables and that it would not have a chilling effect.
Risch on China’s Ban of Micron
By State Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - 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:
ICYMI: Taiwan Deserves a Place at the Annual World Health Assembly
By State Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: ICYMI: Taiwan Deserves a Place at the Annual World Health Assembly.
ICYMI: Chairman McCaul Joined Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” on Sunday
By State Newswire | May 22, 2023
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News‘ “Sunday Morning Futures" to discuss the G7 Summit and countering the malign influence of the CCP, Biden’s foreign policy failures, and the latest on his Afghanistan withdrawal investigation.
ICYMI: Chairman McCaul Joined Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” on Sunday
By State Newswire | May 22, 2023
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News‘ “Sunday Morning Futures" to discuss the G7 Summit and countering the malign influence of the CCP, Biden’s foreign policy failures, and the latest on his Afghanistan withdrawal investigation.