Mike McCaul

I am not opposed to biometric technology and recognize it can be valuable to Homeland Security in facilitation.

I think it is always a balance in this committee and when we deal with security issues, you know, we deal with privacy and civil liberties, we always have to balance these as Americans.

I introduced the BITMAP bill, which is the Biometric Transnational Migration Alert Program.

This technology, in my judgment, has really protected the Nation from drug smugglers, gang members, and potential terrorists.

We all want to protect civil liberties and privacy.

There is no credibility to our attacks on Iran's human rights record if we do not hold Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain to that same standard.

This bipartisan bill strengthens the management and operations of the Department of State.

We need a fully authorized, reinvigorated State Department.

We should not politely support regimes that turn into dictatorships or also abuse human rights just because we have been allies with them for a long time.

Cameroon is a perfect example of a country where a serious and pressing security problem has caused us to approach our policies there with too emphasis on defense and not enough on diplomacy and development.

Addressing root causes, empowering communities, insisting that our partners respect human rights, these are proven tools in the fight against extremism and terrorism.

Our long-time alliance with Saudi Arabia is under the microscope now. That is long past due.

We must take a smarter approach that focuses on root causes and brings people to the negotiating table.

To emphasize the importance of alliances, we need to make sure that we strengthen the alliances that we currently have...

We need to make sure that governments that are in this kind of struggle, we need to speak out and loud...

We cannot turn our backs on any circumstances against anyone when there are huge violations of human rights.

I think that we are all better off if we put it into diplomacy...

Vladimir Putin is not our friend. He is an enemy.

It is vital that the committee that has the constitution authority to declare war better express our oversight.

This committee is the most bipartisan committee in the Congress.

I am proud to support, once again, Chairman Engel's BURMA Act of 2019.

The President does not want to go to war with Iran.

I believe that President Trump believes that Iran is an adversary that does not respect weakness, they only respect strength.

I think as Churchill talked about, you know, weakness invites aggression. Reagan talked about strength through peace, peace through strength.

Just last week, Norwegian and Japanese oil tankers lawfully traversing the Gulf of Oman were attacked by Iran.