Mike McCaul

We can and should be proud of America's continued leadership on these issues.

Last year, I had the honor to meet the President of Botswana and he told me that thanks to the PEPFAR program that the United States saved, in his words, a generation--what is going on here? Anyway, he told me that PEPFAR saved in his…

I recognize the importance of empowering women and girls to succeed and that starts with access to health resources and education.

I am proud that this subcommittee has devoted time to this important issue.

I am grateful to you, Chairman Keating, for convening such an important hearing.

It is important to fight all of it, all anti-Semitism wherever it rears its ugly head.

America is and must remain the leading voice in combating anti-Semitism around the world.

Education matters, and all of you, actually, everyone today mentioned the education.

This is a tragedy. It is unacceptable, and Congress must lead the charge to addressing this scourge.

It saddens me today that we are still struggling with the same issues that the greatest generation defeated.

It is our responsibility to stand with these protesters and defend their rights.

President Trump's strike on Soleimani was a needed step to achieve peace through strength.

The Soleimani strike is consistent with U.S. National Security strategy as it relates to Homeland Security.

Everything I have seen, read, and understand regarding this strike underscores its legality, importance, and proportionate nature to reset the balance of power in the Middle East.

It would have been irresponsible for President Trump not to act. And he did so decisively and proportionally.

The worst example of our behavior was Iraq.

The one lesson I have learned over the last 20 years is we are very good at breaking things.

We cannot deny terrorists a few acres here or there, after all, they plotted against us in an apartment building in Hamburg.

I know the President hopes he can negotiate with the Taliban. I am a bit skeptical, sir, that you can never negotiate with the Taliban.

I think the most important thing we can do though is to have a residual force of some sort to take out terrorist threats to the homeland.

SIGAR has found that much of this money was wasted, stolen, or failed to address the problems it was meant to fix.

We have led the charge on other important issues as well beyond those on the battlefield.

We could no longer sit back and wait while our enemies plotted attacks thousands of miles away.

We sacrifice much on the battlefield, but we have also achieved a great deal.

The United States has been in Afghanistan for almost 19 years. It is the longest war in the history of the United States.