MCCAUL, MICHAEL

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: Experience: House: District 10, 2005-Present; Home State: Texas; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,320,032Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Michael T. McCaul

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Linda; 5 Children: Caroline, Jewell, Lauren, Michael, Avery

Birth Date: 01/14/1962

Birth Place: Dallas, TX

Home City: Austin, TX

Education

Graduate, Senior Executive Fellows Program, School of Government, Harvard University

JD, School of Law, Saint Mary's University, 1987

BS, Business/History, Trinity University, 1984

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2004-present

Assistant Whip, United States House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Foreign Affairs, Member

Homeland Security, Chair

Science, Space, and Technology, Member

Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Member

Subcommittee on Space, Member

Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Co-Chair, Cancer Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus

Founder, Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus

Founder, Congressional Cyber Security Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Cyber Security Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional High Technology Caucus

Founder, Congressional High Technology Caucus

Co-Founder, Congressional Pediatric Cancer Caucus

Member, Executive Committee, State Infrastructure Protection Advisory Committee

Member, Governor's Anti-Crime Commission

Founder, Green Schools Caucus

Co-Chair, Green Schools Caucus

Member, House Republican Policy Committee

Member, Joint Terrorism Task Force

Co-Chair, Public Broadcasting Caucus

Founder, Sudan Caucus

Co-Chair, Sudan Caucus

Member, Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus

Vice Chair, United States-Mexico Inter-Parliamentary Group, 2005

Professional Experience

Former Chief, Counter-Terrorism and National Security Section, Criminal Division, Western Judicial District of Texas, United States Attorney's Office

Senior Advisor, Homeland Security, Office of the Texas Governor

Former Trial Attorney, Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division, United States Justice Department

Former Deputy Attorney General, State of Texas

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Vice Chair, United States-Mexico Inter-Parliamentary Group, 2005-present

Total: 2

Van Hollen, McCaul, Speier, Reed, and Capito Introduce Bipartisan Childhood Cancer STAR Act

07/29/2015

Noodls

Congressman McCaul Introduces Legislation to Cut Government Regulations

07/28/2015

Noodls

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Support We should have open trade with every country in the world. The government has no right to make restrictions on imports or exports.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Oppose Further health coverage should be promoted through free market rather than the government.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Oppose Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 103

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
06/08/2017	H.R.2825	DHS Authorization Act of 2017	06/08/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. (All Actions)
05/22/2017	H.R.1370	Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017	05/22/2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92. (All Actions)
05/18/2017	H.Res.188	Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims.	05/18/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. (All Actions)
04/27/2017	H.R.2188	Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act	04/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. (All Actions)
04/27/2017	H.R.2184	Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017	04/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. (All Actions)
04/25/2017	H.R.2138	Sinai Service Recognition Act	04/25/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
03/20/2017	H.R.1626	Student Agriculture Protection Act of 2017	03/20/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
03/03/2017	H.R.1231	RACE for Children Act	03/03/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/09/2017	H.Res.112	Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.	02/09/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
02/08/2017	H.R.674	One In, One Out Act	02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (All Actions)
02/06/2017	H.R.380	IRGC Terrorist Designation Act	02/06/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
02/03/2017	H.R.820	Childhood Cancer STAR Act	02/03/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
12/16/2016	H.R.6381	DHS Reform and Improvement Act	12/16/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. (All Actions)
12/07/2016	H.R.3381	Childhood Cancer STAR Act	12/07/2016 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
09/22/2016	H.R.5859	Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act	09/22/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
09/21/2016	H.Con.Res.159	Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims.	09/21/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
07/21/2016	H.R.5924	To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone.	07/21/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
07/20/2016	H.R.5697	Taking Responsibility Using Secured Technologies Act of 2016	07/20/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
07/14/2016	H.R.5858	RACE for Children Act	07/14/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
06/20/2016	H.R.5471	Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act	06/20/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)

Total: 2155

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
09/29/2006	H.R.5594	Solar Utilization Now Demonstration Act of 2006
09/29/2006	H.R.5538	Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2006
09/28/2006	H.Res.944	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities.
09/28/2006	H.R.4409	Fuel Choices for American Security Act of 2005
09/28/2006	H.Res.402	Supporting the goals and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month.
09/27/2006	H.R.2808	Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act	Passed	Yea
09/27/2006	H.R.867	Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005
09/26/2006	H.R.6183	No Match Immigration Enforcement Act of 2006
09/26/2006	H.Res.1030	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Border Patrol is performing an invaluable service to the United States, and that the House of Representatives fully supports the more than 12,000 Border Patrol agents.
09/25/2006	H.Res.1033	Condemning Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for his anti-American remarks at the September 20, 2006, United Nations General Assembly meeting.
09/25/2006	H.Res.940	Recognizing the 185th anniversary of the independence of Peru on July 28, 2006.
09/25/2006	H.R.1951	American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin
09/22/2006	H.R.4777	Internet Gambling Prohibition Act
09/21/2006	H.R.6155	Communities Leading Everyone Away from Narcotics Through Online Warning Notification Act
09/21/2006	H.R.6136	Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act
09/21/2006	H.R.4315	To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes.
09/20/2006	H.Res.942	Recognizing the centennial anniversary on August 5, 2006, of the Iranian constitution of 1906.	Passed	Yea
09/20/2006	H.Con.Res.210	Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015.	Passed	Yea
09/14/2006	H.Res.1012	Celebrating the first Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence Brides Walk and recognizing all brides walks in protest of domestic violence.
09/14/2006	H.Res.1000	Providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives.

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