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"While today’s unemployment report shows a marginal improvement in the number of jobs created in March, it falls well below most economists’ job growth predictions. This should be a clear sign to the Obama administration that it must shelve its half decade-old policies that continue to hinder America's ability to prosper. Last month, House Republicans passed a budget that balances within ten years, keeps tax rates low and commits to reforming entitlements that we desperately need to nurse our way back to economic health.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.Con.Res. 25, "Path to Prosperity", the budget resolution for FY 2014:
Congressman McCaul: "This morning the House passed a responsible, conservative budget which balances in 10 years without raising taxes, that reforms entitlements – the biggest drivers of our spending, and that repeals Obamacare before it becomes another entitlement that American families and businesses cannot afford.
By Rob Margetta, CQ Staff
Immigration and Customs Enforcement head John T. Morton last week maintained that the thousands of illegal immigrants released from detention were an unavoidable part of living under a short-term continuing resolution, but he apologized if the news came as a shock to Congress.
Bill Provides Tools to Help Stop Cyber Threats to American Military and Economic Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) released the following statement after the President’s meeting with House Republicans:
Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) released the following statement on Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, released today:
Statement by Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) on the latest unemployment figures of 7.7%:
"This administration's policies aren't working and today's jobs report continues to show too many people without work and whose situations become more dire by the month. Reducing government spending, cutting
taxes and giving our small businesses certainty are proven remedies for a sputtering economy.
"I am hopeful that after almost a decade and a half of Hugo Chavez’s disastrous reign over the citizens of Venezuela, today offers a new opportunity for the people of that country. The United States desires a peaceful and cooperative relationship with the government of Venezuela, rather than the demagoguery and provocation of tensions that has characterized Venezuelan geopolitics since Chavez took power in 1999.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, re-introduced legislation today calling on the Department of State to formally designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Qods Force (IRGC-QF) as a foreign terrorist organization. This long-standing priority of Chairman McCaul was also included in a second piece of legislation introduced today by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce.