Mike McCaul

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5041 offered by the Honorable Michael T. McCaul.

Venezuela, a nation rich in resources continues to face record inflation, scarcity, and insecurity.

The President's statements undermining our immigration laws have increased and encouraged this mass migration havoc.

The humanitarian crisis along our border underscores the importance of policies to promote economic freedom and the rule of law.

The United States should be unapologetic in promoting the principles of entrepreneurship, economic freedom, and free trade.

And I think in our State of Texas, we ought to be concerned because we generate 11 percent of the energy in this country and we are going to bear better than 20 percent of the burden for this.

Isn't it fair to say we are borrowing from China, money, so our neighbors can put solar panels on their house?

It is not a proven technology inasmuch as carbon capture and storage as a waste disposal of CO2.

The government exists to help develop technology, not to pick winners and losers.

I believe it is an important topic as well, but passing this regulation isn't going to do anything about the climate change.

I think, as I had mentioned earlier, it was an awkward dance because very often the inconvenient truths of technical evaluation didn't fit the political agenda.

This is why I find the EPA's claims of unprecedented outreach to stakeholders to be rather egregious.

When President Obama was a candidate in 2008, he pledged to the San Francisco Chronicle that he would bankrupt the coal industry.

The targets that have been set are all about finding a mechanism to eliminate coal and ultimately natural gas from our energy mix.

It is a disingenuous "all pain for no gain" program and it is difficult to understand.

Restoring peace to Ukraine would be a good start in deterring a potential new Cold War and establishing perhaps some stability and peace in the world.

Igniting a new Cold War would be a tragedy for not only the people of the United States and Russia, but for the people of the world.

The ongoing violence in Eastern Ukraine, however, can be traced right back to the violence and extralegal nondemocratic maneuvers of those who brought down that elected President.

I would argue, Mr. Chairman, that sanctions would be certainly appropriate, the ones that we passed out of the House.

I have always had some fundamental concerns about the premise, in general, and that is that we could ever negotiate with the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah, in good faith to give up his nuclear weapons program.

The overwhelming majority of our sanctions remain in place.

We remain confident that 4 months from now our sanctions will continue to bite and Iran's economy will remain under great stress.

The Congress feels very, very strongly that sanctions should be right there so that Iran will understand what it faces if it doesn't negotiate in good faith.

We can't afford a bad deal that will threaten our allies and our interests, and we must be prepared to walk away, if necessary.

Iran continues to be the leading state sponsor of terrorism, providing support to Hamas and Hezbollah.