Press Releases
"We are dealing with a lack of information sharing on two fronts: within our intelligence community, and between the administration and Congress. It is unacceptable that our intelligence community had information that would have allowed us to disrupt the Christmas Day attack before it materialized, but failed to act on it. If this resulted from a procedural flaw we must correct it.
I commend the President's selection of Howard Schmidt as Cybersecurity Coordinator. Schmidt's experience protecting high profile private sector networks combined with his extensive government and defense background is the right combination to ensure the nation's critical infrastructure is secure.
Today’s meeting was the first contact with the Army following Monday’s ruling by the GAO that the Army’s process for reviewing bids to build the FMTV was flawed and that the bids should be re-evaluated.
AUSTIN – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) addressed the Sealy FMTV Task Force Tuesday to briefly discuss the GAO’s ruling and what steps will be taken moving forward. Rep. McCaul, who is in Washington for votes, spoke to the task force in Sealy by phone. The following are excerpts from his remarks:
"This is a great day for BAE, its employees and for Texas. The GAO has upheld what we have claimed from the beginning – that the Army’s evaluation was flawed and that Oshkosh’s bid to build the FMTV was not realistic. Through my close working relationship with BAE I have always maintained that the Sealy workforce produces the world’s finest trucks.
“Just in time for the holidays Democrats decided to go on another spending spree borrowing more money on the American taxpayers’ credit card. At a time when we need to tighten our belts, the majority just ballooned the budgets of government agencies by more than 12 percent.
Statement by Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Intelligence Subcommittee, on the President’s military orders for Afghanistan: