Mike McCaul

Due to the Administration's failure, many Americans saw the chaos of the withdrawal and felt a moral obligation to intervene.

On August 19th, with Americans and our Afghan partners behind enemy lines, President Biden then promised, 'If there is American citizens left, we are going to stay and get them all out.' He did not fulfill that promise either.

During the fall of Kabul, President Biden said, 'There is going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy from Afghanistan.' Sadly, that is exactly what happened.

In the spring of 2021, against the advice of his top generals in the intelligence community, President Biden announced that he would unconditionally withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan, a decision I opposed.

I urge my colleagues to support the bill and together we can eradicate this deadly disease.

I do have an amendment in the nature of a substitute to strike the provision that created a pathway for other foreign allies to obtain an exemption.

For too long State has remained silent in addressing how it would contribute to AUKUS' success.

If we are to maintain the global balance of power to ensure peace and prosperity, it is critical we must work with our closest allies to provide deterrence necessary to prevent additional aggression and a conflict with the CCP.

I want to followup on Mr. Waltz's comments. I think these submarines are probably, in terms of countering the CCP, the strongest thing that we have.

It is imperative that we bolster our allies' efficiencies and defense capabilities if and when possible.

This bipartisan solution provides the clearest signal to the Australians that this is not just another empty promise.

The AUKUS Submarine Transfer Authorization Act begins the conversation to fully realize the potential benefits of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership.

This will strengthen a key regional ally and help increase our force readiness in the Pacific to counter the CCP.

This will protect our national security and show the U.S. delivers on its commitments.

By authorizing this transfer, we are taking the first step toward fulfilling an agreement with two of our closest allies, Australia and the United Kingdom.

We are facing a generational threat in the Indo-Pacific.

Illegal border crossings are down more than 50 percent. That is on President Biden's watch.

The Biden administration has taken to combat transnational criminal organizations at the border.

My colleagues across the aisle think that everything can be solved by throwing money at it, and it cannot.

It is an utter disaster what is happening at the border.

What the Biden administration is doing is not doing very much to protect American lives. That is the duty of Government.

No amount of money that is funneled to these agencies is going to help the situation until the officers and agents are allowed to do their job.

The actions of this Secretary by rescinding Remain in Mexico, a policy that was effectively working, that has created this criminal enterprise.

There is no question there is a direct cause and effect between the rescission of Remain in Mexico and what we are seeing today.

I can't think from a Communist China standpoint a better foreign policy than introducing poison through Mexico into the United States, killing Americans and making money off it.