Mike McCaul: “You and they work hard to protect American families every day, and we thank you for that.”

I'm very bullish. I'm very optimistic.

I think, if you look at the flight pattern of the balloon, it tells a story as to what the Chinese were up to as they controlled this aircraft throughout the United States.

We can do both. We're a great nation. And the fact of the matter is, unfortunately, this administration has chosen not to secure the border.

AUKUS, the Taiwan-U.S. drone initiative and support from Japan and the Philippines, which McCaul described as 'very concerned,' would provide the deterrence needed to stop Chinese President Xi Jinping from pursuing what McCaul called 'a…