Mike McCaul

The American taxpayer wants and deserves accountability. They want to, and deserve to, know where their money is going.

I saw firsthand the process is working and delivered a clear message... about the importance that U.S. aid be spent appropriately.

Your work is a critical component to ensure that Congress is being good stewards of the taxpayers' money.

When Republicans took the majority, we made it very clear that accountability will be paramount to continued assistance in Ukraine.

I have supported U.S. assistance because a victory by Putin in Ukraine would further embolden America's adversaries.

Haiti comes here looking for assistance. They are a dignified people and, frankly, we lose credibility in the world.

We must show the people of Haiti that they have the opportunity to take this and control themselves and not allow the gangs to rule and dictate...

We must ensure that we do not repeat previous United States mistakes in Haiti.

Our job is to listen to the people of Haiti, work with our regional partners to add a semblance of stability in the country.

The United States should not and cannot be in the business of appointing leaders in sovereign nations.

I want to thank you both for introducing this measure to address the lawlessness and corruption in Haiti.

Once again this new amendment undermines the bill that we just introduced, H.R. 314.

I believe that your amendment should not be considered.

I would hope that everyone would be able to support this amendment.

And I hold myself to this same standard.

America is unique not because we are a democracy. We are not a democracy. We are a constitutional republic that protects our people.

I stand in strong support of Ms. Salazar's bill to fight the oppression until the reign of Castro ends.

I am firmly committed to this bill.

Evil stalks the world. It continues to stalk the world, and dictators do not change simply because we want to convince them to adopt democracy.

So I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill and continue to hold Cuba accountable for their bad acts until such time as they can finally see the light and treat their own residents, their own citizens, with the dignity and the…

We ought not undermine and delegitimize those classifications which mean something very, very specific

So the terrorism list is for terrorist States. If Cuba is a terrorist State, it should be on the list.

We cannot give the Castro regime an inch and we are one bad decision away from Russia reopening the Lourdes spy base in Cuba, only 90 miles off the coast of the United States.

It is time for a more carrots-based approach to the challenges being faced on the island.

We do not need to impose an inaccurate terror designation to signal our disapproval.