Press Releases
September 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Congressman Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act. If enacted into law, this legislation would give the American people’s representatives the chance to vote up or down on the President’s plan to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States and improve the security vetting process. Specifically, this bill will:
Issues:Homeland Security
August 14, 2015
AUSTIN, TX– Today, following the announcement that the U.S. Commerce Department has approved limited sales of U.S. crude oil to Mexico, Congressman Michael McCaul, author of the Crude Oil Export Act, released the following statement.
Issues:Energy
July 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Michael McCaul introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act of 2015. Congressman McCaul was joined by his fellow co-chair of the Childhood Cancer Caucus Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) as well as Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) in introducing the legislation in the House and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the legislation in the Senate.
Issues:Health Care
July 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC– Today Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), Congressman Michael Conaway (R-TX-11), the Chairman of the Agriculture Committee, and Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced the bipartisan Student Agriculture Protection Act. The legislation would exempt from taxation the first $5000 in proceeds on the sale of livestock or agricultural projects by Future Farmers of America and 4-H participants.
July 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) a introduced the One In, One Out Act. This legislation, which is based on existing policies in the U.K. and Canada, would require government agencies to repeal or revise one or more existing regulation before any new regulation can be implemented. The net effect of this legislation would be to neutralize the economic impact of any new regulations by ensuring that the cost for the new regulation cannot exceed the cost for the regulation it is replacing.
July 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC– Today Congressman Michael McCaul made the following statement in response to a report about the Assad regime's continuing chemical weapons program in Syria:
July 15, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, was joined by Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in sending a letter to the President regarding the recently announced Iran nuclear agreement.
July 14, 2015
AUSTIN, TX – Today following the announcement of an Iran nuclear deal Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement.
July 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following passage of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10) issued the following statement about the bill including two provisions which he spearheaded:
Issues:Health Care
June 25, 2015
AUSTIN, TX – Following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold ObamaCare subsidies in the King v. Burwell case, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement.
Issues:EconomyHealth Care