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June 12, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the below statement following the summit between President Donald J. Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un.

June 8, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Bill Keating (D-MA) announced the introduction of H.R. 6018, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2018.

June 6, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers today introduced legislation to require the U.S. government to make an assessment of North Korea's existing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities—its "baseline"—in advance of the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore.

May 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after President Trump announced there would be no summit with North Korea next month.

May 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urges support for his amendment to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act.

May 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, questioned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his first appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee today.

McCaul questioning the Secretary on Iran:

May 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today urged President Trump to reconsider lifting penalties on the Chinese telecommunications firm Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment (ZTE) on grounds that it poses a significant risk to U.S. national security.

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Rep. McCaul speaking at a hearing
May 17, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today welcomed the Foreign Affairs Committee's approval of their bipartisan measure the Protecting Diplomats from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act (H.R.

May 10, 2018

WASHINGTON – Today the House passed H. Res. 835, a resolution introduced by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Nita Lowey (D-NY). The resolution calls for all nations to enter into robust diplomatic relations with Israel upon its 70th year of statehood. It also highlights Israel's recent advances in diplomacy and affirms the importance of diplomatic recognition of the nation in multilateral fora globally.

Statement by Representative McCaul:

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Rep. McCaul speaking at a hearing
May 9, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauds the committee passage of his legislation: H.R. 5535, the Energy Diplomacy Act.