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November 23, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson today calling on him to enforce applicable laws governing employee conversions from political to career positions. The practice, known as “burrowing” can impede the priorities of the incoming Administration.

November 22, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement on the heels of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General report highlighting the mishandling of thousands of Green Cards over the past three years.

November 15, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10) released the following statement after the U.S. House passed H.R. 6297, Iran Sanctions Extension Act.

November 4, 2016

Washington, D.C. – House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement on the heels of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement of their efforts to expand air preclearance operations to eleven additional foreign airports. Preclearance is an integral part of a layered approach to our homeland security where Customs and Border Protection personnel screen all travelers prior to departing to the United States.

October 28, 2016

AUSTIN, TX – Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10)released the statement below following the FBI’s announcement that it would be reopening its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email arrangement:

October 27, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10) released the statement below following Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s undemocratic decision to halt the opposition’s recall vote drive, causing mass protests in the streets.

October 24, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement following a Los Angeles Times report that some California National Guard soldiers are being forced to pay back signing bonuses given to them a decade ago.

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October 18, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding accusations that Undersecretary Pat Kennedy offered a “quid pro quo” with the FBI during the investigation into Secretary Hillary Clinton’s email scandal.

October 7, 2016

Washington, D.C. - House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security regarding Russian government hacking against U.S. persons and institutions:

September 22, 2016

WASHINTON, DC.– Yesterday, following the introduction of a bipartisan resolution highlighting the 1988 massacre of thousands of Iranians deemed political opponents of the brutal, oppressive regime in Iran, Congressman McCaul and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliott Engel (D-NY) released the following statements.