Michael McCaul
The Public Record
Michael Thomas McCaul is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, he has been active in various legislative efforts, particularly focusing on national security and foreign policy. McCaul has played a significant role in discussions surrounding U.S. relations with countries like Ukraine and Russia, often emphasizing the importance of NATO and the need for a strong response to aggression.
International terrorist networks are expanding their ties to ruthless Mexican drug-trafficking organizations and creating risks to our Nation's borders.
They are even talking about disavowing a treaty from 1947 that deals with the Monroe Doctrine where an attack on one is an attack against all.
This is an area that I know Mr. Duncan shares my concerns. I believe, Mr. Cilluffo, as you stated, this is an area that has gone largely ignored, overlooked, and yet it is right in our backyard.
Iran also tries to flout international economic sanctions by using Venezuela as a major destination to ship its exports.
Hugo Chavez is an able broker between Hezbollah and the narco-traffickers because I believe his regime is a narco-state.
They have laundered about $30 billion to the Venezuelan economy to evade international sanctions.
We saw a huge Hezbollah presence, billions of dollars being sent from that area, that region, to Hezbollah to Iran.
Iran is attempting to cement relations with certain Latin American countries to expand its influence and challenge the United States.
Many people don't even realize that there are Hezbollah cells in the United States.
the Hezbollah/Iranian presence in Latin America constitutes a clear threat to the security of the U.S. homeland.





