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February 11, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — released the following statement on Marc Fogel's release from Russia.

February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees — joined CBS' "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan to discuss the need to restore U.S. foreign aid to its original mission: countering our adversaries. He also discussed the need to protect our Afghan allies, whom the Biden administration abandoned during its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee — delivered remarks and questioned witnesses regarding the state of the American cybersecurity workforce and the need for skilled cyber professionals capable of thwarting evolving global threats in cyberspace. He addressed his questions to Dr.

February 5, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — released the following statement on President Trump’s February 4 executive orders re-establishing maximum pressure on Iran and extending a halt on U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

February 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — released the following statement on reports Panama has decided not to renew its participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative after Secretary Rubio’s visit to Panama.

January 29, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee — attended President Trump’s signing of the Laken Riley Act, legislation named after the 22-year-old nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant with a prior criminal record on Feb.

January 28, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — issued the following statement on the conflict in the DRC.

January 27, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) penned an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman highlighting the opportunity for the Trump administration to strengthen and reclaim the CHIPS program created through their Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Actwhich was signed into law in 2022, to restore semiconductor manufacturing back to American soil. 

Austin-American Statesman

January 27, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) reintroduced the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act, along with Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Young Kim (R-Calif.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), and 61 original cosponsors.

January 22, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — issued the following statement on President Trump's re-designation of the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.