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Chairman McCaul: “Today, the Senate passed a cart-before-the-horse border security strategy. The Senate’s ‘border surge’ is a textbook example of government waste, as it throws arbitrary resources at the border without a long-term national strategy or required outcomes. By not including a 90% apprehension requirement, it fails to guarantee progress, and instead borrows money we don’t have to fast-forward immigration reform.

Washington, DC – Congressmen Michael McCaul (TX-10) and Tom Rooney (FL-17) today introduced legislation prohibiting the Obama Administration from taking military action in Syria, including providing weapons or other support to warring factions, without first receiving Congressional authorization.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced that H.R. 1417, the Border Security Results Act, has received more than 1,000 “citizen cosponsors” on Cosponsor.Gov, an interactive website established by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement in response to the announcement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton will be stepping down.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives has once again passed language proposed by Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) to prohibit the practice of using taxpayer dollars to fund projects and programs named for sitting House members. The latest language is contained in Section 407 of HR 2216, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, introduced by Rep.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement urging President Obama not to sign the UN small arms treaty:

Chairman McCaul: "Today, as we commemorate the bravest of Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms we hold so dear, we are surrounded by a world that has become increasingly volatile. It is fueled by extremist elements that fill the power vacuums created by uprisings and toppled regimes, in far-away lands such as Libya, Egypt and Syria. Their hatred now circles the globe at the speed of the Internet. Make no mistake: America remains at war with this radical ideology.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech today on counterterrorism and national security policy.