Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman of the bipartisan Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events — questioned witnesses at a hearing entitled "A Scourge Against Humanity: Addressing Human Trafficking at Mass Gatherings.”
McCaul discussed the Department of Homeland Security's Blue Campaign, which he authorized into law, with Eliza McCoy, vice president of programs and impact at the American Hotel and Lodging Association Foundation.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman of the bipartisan Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events — held a hearing entitled "A Scourge Against Humanity: Addressing Human Trafficking at Mass Gatherings.”
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security — questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a committee hearing titled, "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland." McCaul and Noem discussed the administration's efforts to secure our nation's air, land, and sea.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul — chairman emeritus of the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security — issued the following statement after voting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — delivered the following remarks at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations hearing titled, “The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation."
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States House of Representatives unanimously passed the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act, a landmark bill to accelerate pediatric cancer treatments and expand access to life-saving therapies for children battling rare diseases.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) – co-chair and founder of the Childhood Cancer Caucus – spoke on the House floor in support of the passage of his bill, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act. The legislation combines two critical initiatives — the original Give Kids A Chance Act and the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act — to spur drug development for pediatric rare diseases, improve outcomes for patients, and close gaps in pediatric drug research.
AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees — joined Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week" to discuss the latest on the Trump administration's strikes in the Caribbean and the latest on the efforts to secure peace in Ukraine.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul (R-Texas) questioned witnesses at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Export Control Loopholes: Chipmaking Tools and their Subcomponents." McCaul, a congressional leader on semiconductor and high-tech issues, has long championed export controls on sensitive U.S. technology that could be used to bolster China's military apparatus.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul — chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — joined U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas) in urging the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize Texas when disbursing the $13.5 billion set aside in the One Big Beautiful Bill for states that incurred costs to secure the border under the Biden administration.