Press Releases
August 1, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement on the House passage of legislation to address the surge of unaccompanied children crossing the border, including a supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 5230) and a bill to prevent the continuation or expansion of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program (H.R. 5272).
Issues:Border Security
July 21, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following Governor Perry’s announcement of his intention to send up to 1,000 National Guardsmen to the border as a force multiplier and to act as a deterrent to further illegal crossings into the United States, Congressman McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement.
June 18, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Today following the arrest of two Central Texas men on charges of supporting terrorism, Congressman Michael McCaul, who represents Texas’ 10th Congressional District, and Serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement.
May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following President Obama’s announcement that he has accepted the resignation of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement.
May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved language proposed by Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) that would ensure a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of Expanded Access (aka: Compassionate Use) of experimental drugs that hold lifesaving potential for terminally ill cancer patients who have exhausted all other treatment options.
May 13, 2014
AUSTIN, TX – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul joined twenty three of his colleagues from the Texas delegation in signing a letter led by Congressman Lamar Smith to the Inspector General of Veterans’ Affairs. The letter calls for an investigation into the allegations that Veterans Affairs officials in Central Texas manipulated appointment data in order to conceal long wait times for veterans seeking an appointment.
May 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Today following Speaker Boehner’s announcement the House will vote on forming a Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi terror attacks of September 11, 2012, Congressman Michael McCaul, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement.
April 3, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, following the tragic shooting at Fort Hood Army Base located in Killeen, TX, Congressman Michael McCaul, who represents Texas’ 10th Congressional district and serves as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement.
April 1, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Michael McCaul introduced H.R. 4349, the Crude Oil Export Act, which lifts the 1970s era prohibition on the export of American crude oil and would remove the major remaining barrier that keeps the U.S. from being competitive with other oil exporting nations.
March 4, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC - Today following the release of President Obama’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, Congressman Michael McCaul, who represents Texas’ 10th congressional district and serves as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement.