Michael McCaul

Michael McCaul was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004.

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Michael McCaul
stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview:

“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 11, 2024

Michael McCaul
stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing:

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border

By Bayliss Wagner • February 12, 2024

Michael McCaul
stated on December 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year."

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 20, 2019

Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News:

"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018

Michael McCaul
stated on October 31, 2017 in an interview by Fox News:

Says the New York bike path assault "was the ninth vehicle assault used by ISIS."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017

Michael McCaul
stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:

Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2015

Michael McCaul
stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

More money is dedicated within the Department of Homeland Security to climate change than what's spent combating "Islamist terrorists radicalizing over the Internet in the United States of America."

By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2015

Michael McCaul
stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on CBS "Face the Nation":

Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."

By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2015

Michael McCaul
stated on December 2, 2014 in a committee hearing:

President Barack Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2014

Michael McCaul
stated on April 6, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"When people enter the service, there’s not a mental health evaluation."

By Steve Contorno • April 6, 2014

Michael McCaul
stated on June 5, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.:

Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 21, 2013

Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 in a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:

Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."

By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012

Michael McCaul
stated on February 28, 2011 in a statement:

Says a Lubbock terror suspect’s alleged plan "to use baby dolls to conceal chemical explosives" is similar to a 1995 plot "to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the Pacific Ocean."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 28, 2011

Michael McCaul
stated on December 20, 2010 in a newsletter:

"I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008."

January 5, 2011

Michael McCaul
stated on July 19, 2010 in an e-mail:

Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 4, 2010

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