115th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauds the House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018. This critical legislation strengthens our nation's defense programs and includes McCaul's Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act, which was introduced in the House earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the below statement following President Donald J. Trump's speech in Seoul, South Korea.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) and Robert Pittenger (NC-09) introduced the Taiwan Security Act to enhance the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. This legislation was introduced in the Senate as S.1620 by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) announced that he will retire at the end of his current term:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the introduction of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This is bold legislation to overhaul our nation's tax code for the first time in 31 years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after Chairman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) announced that he will retire at the end of his current term:
Much of the recent debate about immigration in America has centered on President Trump's plan to build a wall to secure our southern border. This physical barrier is meant to protect our homeland from drug smugglers, human traffickers, would-be terrorists, and transnational gangs such as MS-13. As this debate has raged on, the state of California has been working to construct a different kind of barrier with the potential to have devastating effects.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Michael McCaul (TX-10) and Joaquin Castro (TX-20), both members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation aiming to make the United States' international development efforts more impactful and cost-efficient. The Global Development Lab Act authorizes and augments the capabilities of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) U.S.
Let me be frank, one of the greatest threats to our homeland is a nuclear-armed Iran.
The "Iran Deal" negotiated by President Obama was extremely flawed. Not only did it leave much of the nuclear infrastructure in place for Iran to rush towards a bomb once the deal expired, it also did nothing to address the regime's ballistic missile program nor its support for terrorism. Despite verification provisions agreed to within the deal, the regime has continuously prohibited inspectors from accessing military sites where suspected nuclear-related covert activities may be taking place.
Washington, D.C. – House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), a senior member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to U.S.-backed forces claim of victory over ISIS in Raqqa, Syria.