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January 31, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) joined Reps. David Rouzer (R-N.C.), Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and 189 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers to rescind their recent Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule and postpone any additional agency action until the U.S. Supreme Court issues an opinion on the EPA’s full scope of authority.

January 27, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced bipartisan legislation — the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act — along with Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Congresswoman Kathy Manning (D-N.C.), and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.).

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Rep. McCaul at a Press Conference on the Southern Border
January 24, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) joined Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) and the entire Texas Republican delegation in sending a letter to President Biden, urging immediate action on the border crisis — including a reimbursement of resources used throughout Operation Lone Star. 

January 18, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement on Texas A&M’s decision to block access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks. Yesterday, Rep.

January 17, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement on the University of Texas’s decision to block access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks. 

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Tree lined side of the Capitol building
January 12, 2023

WASHINGTON – This week, during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) reintroduced the Stop Human Trafficking in School Zones Act, legislation to increase penalties for human trafficking offenses involving children.

January 10, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement on reports that the Biden administration is considering a ban on gas stoves, which are used by 40 percent of Americans.

Issues:Energy
December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement after voting ‘no’ on the Democrats’ $1.7 trillion lame-duck spending spree.

“Last month, Americans voted for a Republican House majority to keep the Biden administration in check. Yet in the final hours of their one-party rule, Democrats rammed through 4,155 pages that will fund their failing agenda for another year.

Issues:Economy
December 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), founder and co-chair of the Childhood Cancer Caucus, released the following statement after Congress passed the Childhood Cancer STAR (Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research) Reauthorization Act, legislation he introduced along with Representatives G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.). 

Issues:Health Care
December 16, 2022

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (Texas-10) joined Representative Tony Gonzales (Texas-23) and 47 of their House Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, expressing concern over the discontinuation of Title 42 on December 21st, 2022.