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Risch, McCaul, Menendez Condemn PARLACEN’s Decision to Expel Taiwan

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) expelled Taiwan and admitted China as a permanent observer yesterday.


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LOCATION CHANGE: Chairman McCaul Announces Committee Roundtable with Abbey Gate Gold Star Families

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with some of the family members of the U.S. service members killed in the terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA)’s Abbey Gate on Aug. 26,...


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LOCATION CHANGE: Chairman McCaul Announces Committee Roundtable with Abbey Gate Gold Star Families

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with some of the family members of the U.S. service members killed in the terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA)’s Abbey Gate on Aug. 26,...


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McCaul, Risch, Menendez Condemn PARLACEN’s Decision to Expel Taiwan

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) have released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) expelled Taiwan and admitted China as a permanent observer yesterday.


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McCaul, Mast Frustrated with Lack of Transparency in Ongoing Malley Saga

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: Thank you for making John Bass, Under Secretary of State for Management, and Gentry Smith, Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, available for a closed briefing with us on July 28th on the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley’s, security clearance.


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McCaul, Scalise, Stefanik Express Concern over Biden Admin Deal with Iran

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) co-led a letter to President Biden underscoring concern over reports his administration has contemporaneously brokered a...


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McCaul, Mast Frustrated with Lack of Transparency in Ongoing Malley Saga

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: Thank you for making John Bass, Under Secretary of State for Management, and Gentry Smith, Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, available for a closed briefing with us on July 28th on the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley’s, security clearance.


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Chairman McCaul & Lawmakers Urge Commerce Secretary Raimondo to Abandon Chinese Working Group & Implement Tougher Export Controls

News Release: Dear Secretary Raimondo: On July 31, 2023, Bloomberg News reported that a potential deliverable from your planned trip to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the establishment of a “working group" with the Chinese government to discuss U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductors. As Chairman...


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Chairman McCaul & Lawmakers Urge Commerce Secretary Raimondo to Abandon Chinese Working Group & Implement Tougher Export Controls

News Release: Dear Secretary Raimondo: On July 31, 2023, Bloomberg News reported that a potential deliverable from your planned trip to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the establishment of a “working group" with the Chinese government to discuss U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductors. As Chairman...


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Risch, McCaul Statement on Nicaragua’s Proposal to Expel Taiwan as a Permanent Observer of the Central American Parliament and Invite China

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, today released the following statement on Nicaragua’s proposal to expel Taiwan as a permanent observer of the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and invite China:


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Risch Joins Scott, GOP Colleagues in Demanding Answers After Biden Admin Releases $6 Billion to Iran in Secret Negotiation

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week joined U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Roger ...


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McCaul Requests Interview with Sniper’s Commanding Officer at Abbey Gate on Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan

News Release: Dear Secretary Austin: Two years ago today, Kabul fell to the Taliban, and Americans and Afghan allies were forced to flee for their lives. This led to a deadly and chaotic evacuation that saw Americans being beaten in the streets by the Taliban, evacuees falling from planes to their doom, and the deadliest...


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McCaul Commemorates Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Taliban taking control of Kabul and the Afghan government.


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Chairman McCaul Announces Committee Roundtable with Abbey Gate Gold Star Families

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has announced the full committee will hold a roundtable discussion with some of the family members of the U.S. service members killed in the terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA)’s Abbey Gate on Aug. 26,...


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McCaul Commemorates Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Taliban taking control of Kabul and the Afghan government.


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McCaul, Kim Statement on VP Lai’s Visit to Washington

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 on Taiwanese Vice President Lai’s visit to Washington.


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McCaul, Kim Statement on VP Lai’s Visit to the US

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 on Taiwanese Vice President Lai’s visit to the United States.


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McCaul, Kim Statement on VP Lai’s Visit to Washington

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 on Taiwanese Vice President Lai’s visit to Washington.


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Risch: Two Years Later, Biden Admin Continues to Deflect Blame for Hazardous Afghanistan Withdrawal

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on August 15 and the Biden Administration’s hazardous withdrawal from Afghanistan:


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House Committee on Foreign Affairs publishes 66 press releases in April

There were 66 press releases published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in April.