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March 29, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) – a senior member on the Foreign Affairs Committee – supported the passage of three bipartisan measures out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that address the urgent threats posed by the regime of North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Specifically, these measures enhance North Korea sanctions, condemn its ICBM development, and urge the State Department to designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.

March 10, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-TX) - senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee - and Eliott Engel (D-NY) – Ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee – introduced a resolution to expose the Iranian regime's state-sponsored 1988 massacre of men, women, and children.

March 9, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, questioned the former President of Estonia and other witnesses on the panel at the Foreign Affairs hearing on ways the U.S. can better counter Russia's weaponization of information and other hostile acts.

Watch the clip of Congressman McCaul here.

Read the transcript below:

March 8, 2017

Most of time, North Korea is a minor international irritant: a regime that throws public temper tantrums and makes outlandish claims and accusations. However, in recent weeks the world was reminded why the North poses a persistent threat to American and international security—and why the United States should do more to deter Pyongyang's increasing belligerence.

Issues:Foreign Affairs
February 16, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Norma J. Torres (D-CA) and John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), and Albio Sires (D-NJ), introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to reaffirm the United States Congress's commitment to fighting corruption in Central America.

February 3, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement following the administration's imposition of sanctions on the Islamic republic of Iran in response to its ballistic missile test on Monday, January 30th.

January 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement after Mexico's extradition of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, to the United States.

January 10, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), along with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), introduced The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Terrorist Designation Act to protect America and her allies from the threat of Iranian terror. Specifically, this legislation directs the U.S. State Department to determine whether the IRGC should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
The IRGC serves as both a major military and economic entity for the Iranian regime.
January 5, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), senior member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 11 to reject the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.