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Michael Thomas McCaul, Sr. (born January 14, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. Since the beginning of the 113th Congress, he has been the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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In order to have greater visibility of the larger cyber threat landscape, we must remove the government bureaucratic stovepipes that inhibit our abilities to effectively defend America while ensuring citizens' privacy and civil liberties are also protected

– Michael McCaul

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As the entire House Foreign Affairs Committee saw in this week’s hearing, Secretary Blinken struggled to defend the haphazard decisions that he and President Biden made that led to the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. This week I announced that Committee Republicans hired an investigator to join our team as we look into this systemic failure, and I hope that we are able to work together to come to an accurate conclusion and determine how this absolute tragedy could have been avoided.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News 1 month ago Latest Headlines

As Mike said, they are the most heavily armed terrorist organization in the world now.

– Michael McCaul

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We are dark in Afghanistan and we are also dark when it comes to Russia, China and Iran.

– Michael McCaul

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I think he almost got caught up in that assignment, that he was going to be successful, he was going to get this deal cut, he was going to make a difference.

– Michael McCaul

Found on Reuters 1 month ago Top News

( The Taliban) are not clearing the airplanes to depart. They've sat at the airport for the last couple of days, we know the reason why is because The Taliban want something in exchange. This is really Chris, turning into a hostage situation where they're not going to allow American citizens leave until they get full recognition from the United States of America.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 1 month ago US News

I worry we are sending the wrong message to our allies and adversaries of weakness, our allies are questioning whether they can trust us, and our enemies no longer fear us, that is dangerous foreign policy to be engaged in.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News 2 months ago Latest Headlines

President Biden has reversed every single Trump policy — the JCPOA, 'Remain in Mexico,' but then he says he was bound by this agreement? he wasn't.

– Michael McCaul

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My fear is that President Biden is projecting weakness, not strength, and that is very dangerous in the international community.

– Michael McCaul

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It is an even bigger threat.

– Michael McCaul

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The winners here are the terrorists, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Russia, Iran and China.

– Michael McCaul

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This is a great victory for the radical Islamist jihad world, and they will gain momentum from this.

– Michael McCaul

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It is like watching history repeat itself.

– Michael McCaul

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I think the secretary has been devoid of reality this whole time since the decision was made in May. I think it's an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 months ago US News

And I think the President -- this is going to be a stain on this President and this presidency. And I think he's going to have blood on his hands for what they did.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 months ago Top News

I hate to say this : I hope we don't have to go back there, but it will be a threat to the homeland in a matter of time.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 months ago Top News

I think the secretary has been devoid of reality this whole time, since the decision was made in May. I think it's an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 months ago Top News

The CCP is currently committing genocide against ethnic and religious minorities in their country and are brutally cracking down on peaceful protesters in Hong Kong who are simply crying out for freedom, until they stop murdering and imprisoning their own people, I don’t believe anyone in the world should look to them for moral advice.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News 3 months ago Politics

You know, I do think it's more likely than not it emerged out of the lab. Most likely accidentally.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 4 months ago Top News

There are a couple fundamentals, here, though, that I think most Americans do agree with. That is, asking for an I.D., you know when someone votes. I don't believe that's voter suppression, the idea of verifying signatures I think is very important as well. I think what the Republicans here will tell you is that they're trying to make sure that the person voting is the person on paper so it's a legitimate vote devoid of fraud.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 4 months ago Top News

The United States has a moral obligation and a national security interest in fulfilling its promises to those who have risked their lives to support our mission, we recognize that a very important task is to ensure that we remain faithful to them, and that we do what’s necessary to ensure their protection, and if necessary, get them out of the country.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News 4 months ago Latest Headlines

My question is -- what is the holdup ? It's been six months since the conflict started. The atrocities are continuing and the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 5 months ago US News

We have a duty and a moral responsibility to protect them from the Taliban and al-Qaeda. If we do not give them special immigrant visas, they will be left behind and be slaughtered by the enemy.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News 5 months ago Politics

When I spoke to Secretary of State Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, they both told me that they believe China poses the greatest long-term national security threat to the United States, so it was good to get their assurances on that.

– Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News 8 months ago Politics

We're playing a limited -- limited -- but important role in defending American national security and American interests against terrorists who would like nothing more than for the most powerful force for good in the world to simply pick up our ball and go home, they would love that.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 11 months ago Politics

President Trump deserves major credit -- major credit -- for reducing Michael McCaul forces in Afghanistan to a sustainable level, scoring major victories against terrorists across the region and ensuring the Afghans themselves are at the front of the fight, that same successful approach should continue until the conditions for long term defeat of ISIS and al Qaeda have been achieved.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 11 months ago Politics

I think President Donald Trump does enjoy a relationship with President Xi. President Donald Trump wants the trade, you know, the trade deal to work. At the same time, President Donald Trump recognizes where this virus came from, michael McCaul know I don't call it the Chines virus. I call it the coronavirus or Covid-19. But the fact remains, where did this come from ? It came out of the wildlife markets in Wuhan, and it spread beyond control outside of China. For nearly two months, there were many things they could've done to contain the virus, and they failed to do that. And I think they need to be held accountable.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

We think it's important as a statement to say' this was an act of terror,' the El Paso case will no doubt be The El Paso case. He's charged with capital murder. But The El Paso case's also important to identify to the American people that this is domestic terrorism in the United States. We're simply giving another tool in the toolbox to law enforcement and prosecutors.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Interestingly, the domestic terrorism definition was included in the 9-11 legislation with international terrorism, but there are no charges or penalties associated with it, so, New York City.The FBI will open up a case under domestic terrorism, but they don't have the ability to be able to charge a domestic terrorism case. We simply added charges to domestic terrorism to give New York City.The FBI a tool in addition to their crimes that they can charge whether New York City.The FBI be capital murder to assault.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I don't associate Michael McCaul with the rhetoric on both sides of the aisle.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I wasn't hardline enough, I guess.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I decided if I'm going to do this again, I'm going to work it hard, maybe harder than I ever have.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I am deeply disturbed that Saudi Arabia has reportedly detained two more American citizens as well as other peaceful activists. This is a grave and provocative act, the Saudi government's detention of American citizens is completely unacceptable and I call for their immediate release.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

If we cut all this funding, and a lot of it, quite honestly, is seriously law enforcement that we're doing down there ... I think it's going to make things tragically worse, not better.

– Michael McCaul

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

I don't think they thought it through.

– Michael McCaul

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

The war on terror did not end with the death of Usama bin Laden, in fact, there have been more terror plots against the West since his killing than any time since 9/11, there was an imminent threat to our aviation sector and I think the administration took very responsible actions to safeguard the safety of Americans here in the homeland.

– Michael McCaul