Mike McCaul

I view Iran as one of the greatest threats to the Western Hemisphere.

We have made some headway but not enough.

We are trying to encourage them to work in precisely the direction you describe, Congressman.

Does the Free Syrian Army understand that if they commit atrocities, if they rape and kill and execute Christians, or anyone else for that matter, that U.S. funding ceases?

I wish I could promise you that there won't be any--I wish I could promise you that we would be 100 percent successful in only sending assistance to the most high-minded.

Making two trips to an enrollment center is an onerous burden on transportation workers, and I will be very interested to hear how TSA will implement this provision.

It has been more than a decade since the legislation that required TWIC was first enacted, but it is troubling that we have never done a simple security or effectiveness assessment of the program.

I support a smart, risk-based approach to security, because I am convinced that maritime security is maximized through the use of a risk-based methodology.

I have urged the Federal Government to surge resources to Puerto Rico to alleviate this crisis.

The people of Puerto Rico are under siege.

My constituents are dying violent deaths every day and they are not being killed in terrorist attacks.

The President has repeatedly warned that the utilization or the moving around of chemical weapons in Syria would change his calculus, and it is a red line that should not be passed.

I have always and will continue to believe that we should not arm the rebels.

If Moscow does not cease arming the regime, the United States should re-evaluate its relationship with Russia.

Our President should demonstrate his commitment to defending the rights and interests of U.S. citizens by applying prohibition clauses of the Foreign Assistance Act to Vietnam.

As we continue to negotiate the Trans Pacific Partnership and we continue further economic ties with Vietnam, I believe we must insist that the government in Vietnam improve its record on human rights violations.

I don't think Iran will ever negotiate in good faith unless we ratchet up the pressure.

We share the goal of preventing a nuclear-capable Iran, which would pose a grave threat to the United States and our allies.

With Iran moving full speed ahead on its nuclear weapons program, time is of the essence.

I believe the designation is long overdue.

Shrinking Iran's oil exports to less than 0.5 million barrels a day will be the strongest step we have taken thus far.

I am alarmed about that. America is alarmed about that, and they are looking to us as Members of Congress to ask the hard questions about why.

Iran's drive for nuclear weapons is a threat not only to the United States and Israel but to the entire global community.

Iran is the largest state-sponsor of terror, lending support to Hezbollah, Hamas, and other anti-Western militant groups.

I am convinced, as are 325 of my colleagues, that only when the Iranian leadership truly feels a choice between maintaining power and the bomb does our diplomacy have a chance to succeed.