Mike McCaul

It is simply not credible to exclude these extreme ongoing terror threats from a new counterterrorism AUMF.

My preference would be to repeal or replace all the AUMFs with a new, more limited authorization scoped to the terror threats that we face today.

War should not be on autopilot. Congress owes our troops a clear commitment to the missions we are asking them to undertake.

The People's Republic of China is actively destabilizing the Indo-Pacific region through its nefarious activities on the high seas.

If the Republican Majority follows through on its threats to shut down the Government, these workers will be forced to work without pay, jeopardizing their ability to advance U.S. interests at home and abroad.

I am grateful that we have before us witnesses representing not only the U.S. Coast Guard, but also U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the U.S. Department of State, which together represent three important components of national power in the…

I do not want to see us start a new Cold War.

As a nation dependent upon not only free and uninhibited access to the world's oceans but also the bedrock of international law and norms to maintain peace and order, the United States must stand strong in the face of the PRC's…

So if we sit back as the No. 1 force, military force, in the world, we will watch in the next decade that Mandarin will replace English as the second language in Latin America.

I have just proven with a few examples that China is on the offense while the United States is ignoring our allies in Latin America.

I view the next several months as critical in demonstrating whether it will put our important partnership back on track.

I believe it entirely appropriate to scrutinize the conduct of our important partner.

I believe these actions are inconsistent with South Africa's proud tradition of nonalignment.

This legislation undermines the fundamental democratic principle of proportional representation.

If left unchecked, it will certainly impact us.

There is a national security imperative that the United States do the same, that we continue to engage with defense, diplomacy, and development.

We cannot have a foreign policy or a defense strategy that is based just on sticks and not carrots.

If we do not engage and continue to engage and increase our engagement in Africa, we will all regret it.

There is a crisis at our Southern Border, and it is harming our country and it is killing Americans and it is empowering drug cartels, and it needs to stop.

I think it's the socialist, far-left government in Venezuela that destroyed that country.

The current situation at the border is untenable.

Our national security is tied to border security.

We're giving them billions of dollars with these policies that are gone and this incentive that we've created.

The cartels took advantage of that. The cartels saw an opportunity.

Millions came. A migration crisis was created by the removal of those policies.