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December 10, 2025

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.  

December 4, 2025

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."

December 1, 2025

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.

Issues:Health Care
December 1, 2025

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.

Issues:Health Care
November 24, 2025

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.

November 20, 2025

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.

November 17, 2025

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.

October 17, 2025

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Trump's White House meeting with President Zelensky, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — along with Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), and Caucus Member Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) — led a letter to President Trump, commending his recent efforts to secure peace in Ukraine and supporting his stated intentions to deliver additional weapons.

October 7, 2025

WASHINGTON – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

September 17, 2025

WASHINGTON  Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman of the Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events — held a roundtable briefing with representatives from FIFA and the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28) as part of the task force's oversight of security preparations for major upcoming events hosted by the United States. Members and briefers delivered public opening statements and then transitioned to a closed-door briefing.