Category: House Foreign Affairs Committee

Biden Administration Is Slow-Walking Taiwan Arms Sales, Holding Back on China Sanctions, House GOP Says

The Biden administration is slow-walking approvals for $19 billion in Taiwan weapons purchases and not aggressively imposing congressionally-mandated sanctions on Chinese companies because it fears angering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), several Republicans claimed during a July 18 House hearing on the State Department’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Eastern Asia and Pacific budget. That fear…


LIVE NOW: Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Testifies to House on Budget

John Kerry, Department of State special presidential envoy for climate, testifies on the budget at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 13 to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability hearing. …


Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Testifies to House on Budget

John Kerry, Department of State special presidential envoy for climate, testifies on the budget at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 13 to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability hearing. …


LIVE 2 PM ET: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on ‘US Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy” at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14. Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources U.S. Department of State; Arun Venkataraman, assistant secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, and director general, U.S. and Foreign Commercial…


LIVE NOW: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on ‘US Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy” at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14. Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources U.S. Department of State; Arun Venkataraman, assistant secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, and director general, U.S. and Foreign Commercial…


House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on ‘US Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy” at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 14. Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources U.S. Department of State; Arun Venkataraman, assistant secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, and director general, U.S. and Foreign Commercial…


House Committee to View Dissent Cable From Afghanistan Withdrawal

The House Foreign Affairs Committee will be able to view a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a victory for the committee’s chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas). The committee announced the development on June 5. McCaul, along with Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), viewed the cable on May 23…


McCaul Demands State Department Give Full Committee Access to Afghan Dissent Cable

A House Republican is calling on the State Department to allow further access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable on the military withdrawal from Afghanistan. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has asserted that for the State Department to fully comply with the March 28 subpoena from his committee, they must allow…


Blinken Fails for Second Time to Comply With Congressional Subpoena to Produce Cable From Afghan Withdrawal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has failed again to comply with a congressional subpoena, which required the State Department to hand over by May 1 a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Epoch Times has learned. This is the second time the State Department has failed to comply…


Blinken Fails Again to Comply With Congressional Subpoena to Produce Cable From Afghan Withdrawal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has failed again to comply with a congressional subpoena, which required the State Department to hand over by May 1 a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Epoch Times has learned. This is the second time the State Department has failed to comply…