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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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Rep. Michael McCaul has submitted bipartisan legislation to provide border sheriffs and other local law enforcement agencies along the northern and southern borders $2.5 billion in federal assistance over five years.
If approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, the measure would add $500 million-a-year to Operation Stonegarden, a Department of Homeland Security program that currently spends $60 million-a-year to help state, county and local law enforcement agencies.
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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:
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.
McCaul: “North Korea’s most recent nuclear ballistics test, which was in direct violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution, leaves no question that the United States must act with our international partners to deter the threats that continue to emanate from the regime. This should include strong sanctions enforcement specifically targeting the main revenue streams and supply chains which allow for the continued procurement of such weapons.