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chairman mccaul? mr. mccaul: i agree with everything you said and we live in a border state and we're most impacted by the violence and human trafficking. and the impeachment of mayorkas. we have a president that is not willing to enforce the law. and we have a senate that will not pass our bills. we passed h.r.2 and we're going to pass it again p. this is more of an enforcement issue than it is legislative. this is where elections have consequences because he has all the the authority that he needs. remain in mexico, i marked that up out of my committee and it wasn't bipartisan. that was one of the few times. but it's a 30-year-old statute. you know, he has the same authorities that president trump had that he used successfully to get the border shut and secure and this president is failing to do that. so i would ask -- and i get it. and i wish the senate would pass h.r.2 but the reality is they won't. but i would not jeopardize the future of democracy and the future of israel and what's happening in ukr
chairman mccaul? mr. mccaul: i agree with everything you said and we live in a border state and we're most impacted by the violence and human trafficking. and the impeachment of mayorkas. we have a president that is not willing to enforce the law. and we have a senate that will not pass our bills. we passed h.r.2 and we're going to pass it again p. this is more of an enforcement issue than it is legislative. this is where elections have consequences because he has all the the authority that he...
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mccaul: i appreciate your argument. why are you concerned about their not being a waiver if you believe the president won't waive it? mr. neguse: i'm not concerned. mr. mccaul: why care if there is a waiver. mr. neguse: my concern is that you made the reasoning for that your belief that president biden when clearly that is not the case. mr. mccaul: is there some concern there? yes. mr. neguse: let me read you a tweet from former president trump's son. these are not my word. why are g.o.p. leadership losers like mccaul pushing your bill that would do my father's ability to end the war between russia and ukraine? that's his tweet. my point is that president biden has been clear about holding russia i take from that is it is mistrust of president biden and that's not the case or anyone externally is reading the situation. representative meeks? mr. meeks: i agree with you. i have more concerns about president trump, you know. especially this comes to russia, because if you go by history, if i recall correctly, it was presid
mccaul: i appreciate your argument. why are you concerned about their not being a waiver if you believe the president won't waive it? mr. neguse: i'm not concerned. mr. mccaul: why care if there is a waiver. mr. neguse: my concern is that you made the reasoning for that your belief that president biden when clearly that is not the case. mr. mccaul: is there some concern there? yes. mr. neguse: let me read you a tweet from former president trump's son. these are not my word. why are g.o.p....
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mccaul. mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent to introduce into the record exchanges of letters with other committees of referral on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccaul: even after the trump administration rightfully withdraw from the dangerous joint comprehensive plan of action or jcpoa, the biden administration entered office committed to pursuing a new nuclear deal with iran. throughout this administration's dealings with iran, it was abundantly clear that iran was taking advantage of the administration's blind commitment to negotiations just for the sake of negotiating. a nuclear iran is not acceptable, full stop. however, throughout 2021, 2022, the b
mccaul. mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent to introduce into the record exchanges of letters with other committees of referral on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is...
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let's start right with mccaul. this was a transformation. >> it sure was. >> jonathan: we saw it from the speaker of the house, johnson. what do you think drove it? how did he suddenly become this force willing to lose his job for the sake of something he opposed just six months ago? >> i think it was a combination of intel briefings with folks who work for groups with acronyms that were on their organizations. >> jonathan: cia, dni, whatever. >> exactly. folks with four stars on their shoulders, foreign leaders. i think it was also frankly the call of history, him recognizing that he was in a prove denshal moment, and lastly, politics. he was trying to save face, jon. the fact is if he hadn't moved this bill the way he did, there was going to be an effort to bring it to the floor directly through a procedure that would have effectively brought the senate bill up for a vote, gone around him, and so he wanted to save face, and he, you know, cut the bill up like he did, and he added that tiktok ban which is, i think,
let's start right with mccaul. this was a transformation. >> it sure was. >> jonathan: we saw it from the speaker of the house, johnson. what do you think drove it? how did he suddenly become this force willing to lose his job for the sake of something he opposed just six months ago? >> i think it was a combination of intel briefings with folks who work for groups with acronyms that were on their organizations. >> jonathan: cia, dni, whatever. >> exactly. folks...
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chairman mccaul. >> i agree with everything you said. and i live in a border state and we most impacted by it. the violence of the human trafficking. impeachment manager for mayorka mayorkas. you know, we have a president that is that willing to enforce the law. and we have a senate that will not pass our bills. we passed h.r. two. two. we will pass it again. i come visible of enforcement issue than it is legislative. this is where elections have consequences. because he has all the authorities that he needs. remain in mexico i mark that up out of my committee, and it was a bipartisan. that was one of the few times but it's a 30-year-old statute. he has the same authorities president trump had that he used successfully to get the border shut, and secure. and this president is failing to do that. and so i would ask you not, and i get it, and i wish the senate with pass h.r. two but the reality is they won't. but i would not, i would not jeopardize the future of democracy and the future of visual and was happening in ukraine and in the pac
chairman mccaul. >> i agree with everything you said. and i live in a border state and we most impacted by it. the violence of the human trafficking. impeachment manager for mayorka mayorkas. you know, we have a president that is that willing to enforce the law. and we have a senate that will not pass our bills. we passed h.r. two. two. we will pass it again. i come visible of enforcement issue than it is legislative. this is where elections have consequences. because he has all the...
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mccaul. mr. mccaul: thank you, madam chair. most serious mats that are any committee deals with are matters of war and peace -- matters that any committee deals with are platters of war and peace. those are the most consequential votes of your career. these are one of those moments. iquote, we write at a pick of toll moment in our nation's history to applaud your efforts to secure vital support to america's allies and to strengthen america's defenses, end of quote. for they know that the world is on fire. from putin's full-scale invasion of ukraine to chairman xi threatening taiwan in the pacific, to the ayatollah rearing his ugly head, invading israel through his proxies, the eyes of the world are upon us and history will judge us by what we do here and now. i want to thank speaker johnson who has been under enormous pressure, he's said he wants to be on the right side of history and with this vote today he absolutely is. he put his -- the interests of the nation above himself. he is truly a profile in courage. president reaga
mccaul. mr. mccaul: thank you, madam chair. most serious mats that are any committee deals with are matters of war and peace -- matters that any committee deals with are platters of war and peace. those are the most consequential votes of your career. these are one of those moments. iquote, we write at a pick of toll moment in our nation's history to applaud your efforts to secure vital support to america's allies and to strengthen america's defenses, end of quote. for they know that the world...
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mccaul of texas and mr. meeks of new york this passed the house foreign affairs committee, i believe, 44-0. it's a key fuel oweup to my captagon act of 2022 which was enacted into law as part of the national defense authorization bill of that year. this measure would further press the assad regime in syria by imposing new sanctions to directly target individuals and networks associated with the production and trafficking of this dangerous drug, captagon, and the resulting illicit finance. this illegal drug trafficking is being orchestrated by assad's relatives. leaders in his security forces. and those affiliated with iran-backed terror group hezbollah. these sanctions that a successful u.s.-led captagon strategy are necessary in order to disrupt the illicit funds to the assad regime and hezbollah. now mr. speaker, this drug is exiting syria by way of lebanon and the syrian ports to the mediterranean. it's been found in europe. it's been found manufactured in europe. but most of it passes across the land bor
mccaul of texas and mr. meeks of new york this passed the house foreign affairs committee, i believe, 44-0. it's a key fuel oweup to my captagon act of 2022 which was enacted into law as part of the national defense authorization bill of that year. this measure would further press the assad regime in syria by imposing new sanctions to directly target individuals and networks associated with the production and trafficking of this dangerous drug, captagon, and the resulting illicit finance. this...
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mccaul: thank you, madam chair. let me say, the world is on fire. and history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or were you churchill? it all started with afghanistan. the debacle, the implosion, the surrender to the taliban, that projected weakness, not strength. it invited aggression, not peace. what happened? putin and the russian federation, we saw on satellite imagery, going down to ukraine to begin their invasion. and we warned them. i talked to the ambassador, our ambassador to ukraine yesterday. kharkiv is on the verge of fall, that's two million people, and the power grid could be taken down. it's a dire situation, in her words. china is more aggressive now than ever. threatening to take over taiwan that controls 90% of our advanced semiconductor manufacturing for the world and now the ayatollah has raised his ugly head with his proxies, his tentacles, and for the first time in history, unprecedented, an iranian strike from iran in israel itself. on israel's soil. how did we get here? by projecting weakness, not strength. i
mccaul: thank you, madam chair. let me say, the world is on fire. and history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or were you churchill? it all started with afghanistan. the debacle, the implosion, the surrender to the taliban, that projected weakness, not strength. it invited aggression, not peace. what happened? putin and the russian federation, we saw on satellite imagery, going down to ukraine to begin their invasion. and we warned them. i talked to the ambassador, our...
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earlier lilly mccaul away from the center for strategic and international studies told us what the 2 countries wanted to get from this visit. i think the point of this trip was certainly not to move the needle on substantive issues. i don't think that was the expectation really on either side coming into the meeting. but we've seen over the past year, a desire from both the biometric ration and beijing to have a temporary, at least temporary stabilization of the relationship. there are some really, uh there are some really big geo political issues is real, gaza, ukraine, that both countries are dealing with the chinese economy slowing down the binding ministration and spacing and election. i think both want to continue the temporary stabilization that we have seen. so my assessment is that this visit, like the visits we've seen from, from yellow and a phone call between she and biden is an investment in that stabilisation, at least temporarily. one of the most contentious issues between china in the us is always trained china accuse washington of suppressing what they called their le
earlier lilly mccaul away from the center for strategic and international studies told us what the 2 countries wanted to get from this visit. i think the point of this trip was certainly not to move the needle on substantive issues. i don't think that was the expectation really on either side coming into the meeting. but we've seen over the past year, a desire from both the biometric ration and beijing to have a temporary, at least temporary stabilization of the relationship. there are some...
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ministers is also expected to discuss further sanctions on iran later today. french president emmanuel mccaul knows what he wants when it comes to new sanctions on iran press could be something to do when he said that the i think we must have that. and to expand sections on the route and go beyond what was planned today. we have in favor of sanctions, but also talking anything that could help make yourselves intruders which were used during the attack on saturday and sunday and which are also being used in ukraine. it's an easy shoot at the heads of state and government are meeting in brussels to discuss a european response to iran, some messiah and drone attack on israel last weekend. from my perspective, putting the iranian relief from the gardens, essential list, there's something, the belgium, a belgium which supports. i think it's the very important signal to, to give. others are more cautious. domain is you have 3 kids now important to send a clear signal to we ran that this level of escalation will lead to a dead end. the eyes, as we speak on to the foreign ministers have agreed. it is
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as for the hawkish, you know, spreading of democracy, fighting for democracy, i asked chairman mccaul about this because he said i'm a reagan republican, i try to tell people in my district don't you believe in freedom, don't you believe in democracy. and i said does that resonate with people in your district, and he said i don't really know. so i think what we've also seen is part of that ideological affinity is just an affinity for authoritarianism. and in the parts of the country where the republican party dominates, you know, there has historically been affinity for authoritarianism. in the 19th century and 1930s, you know, the america first movement in part didn't want to get involved in a world war in europe because it was bloody and expensive, but also they didn't really see a problem with fascism. >> well -- >> so i think they don't love democracy as much as you would like them to. >> yes, and i think the figure head at the top of their party is no big fan of democracy either, trump. julia ioffe, my friend, thank you so much for your time and expertise onfo this. really apprec
as for the hawkish, you know, spreading of democracy, fighting for democracy, i asked chairman mccaul about this because he said i'm a reagan republican, i try to tell people in my district don't you believe in freedom, don't you believe in democracy. and i said does that resonate with people in your district, and he said i don't really know. so i think what we've also seen is part of that ideological affinity is just an affinity for authoritarianism. and in the parts of the country where the...
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but sometimes showing restraint is the best option you can take. >> chairman mccaul was here and he said we see iran is now not ten feet tall. it sounds lake like you're sayi israel can shrug this off. >> i don't think israel can shrug it off. they have to be concerned about lebanese hezbollah. they can hurt israel if they come into the fight. last night, there were some tactical back and forth in the northern border but nothing like the volume of fire they could have generated if they wanted to come into the fight. the fact they did not choose to do so is i think very very important. it is a very important thing to note because they know and understand what israel can do to them. i've never viewed the iranians as being ten feet tall. i don't think the israelis have either. i have a healthy respect for their enthusiasm. and their willing not to undertake things that we saw last night. but now the iranians have got to sit back and -- they'll never say it publicly, they're going to have to examine, re-examine some of the very basic concepts of the way they have constructed their military.
but sometimes showing restraint is the best option you can take. >> chairman mccaul was here and he said we see iran is now not ten feet tall. it sounds lake like you're sayi israel can shrug this off. >> i don't think israel can shrug it off. they have to be concerned about lebanese hezbollah. they can hurt israel if they come into the fight. last night, there were some tactical back and forth in the northern border but nothing like the volume of fire they could have generated if...
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on abc news this week, texas republican michael mccaul said johnson showed courage while south bay congressman ro khanna says he would vote to support johnson if republicans tried to remove him. >> i'm a progressive democrat, and i think you would have a few progressive democrats doing that, and i disagree with speaker johnson on many issues and have been very critical of him. but he did the right thing here, and he deserves to keep his job. >> georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has proposed, but not yet acted, on, a motion to vacate the speakership over his support of the foreign aid bills and in particular, the nearly $61 billion in aid to ukraine. opening statements in former president donald trump's hush money trial are set to begin tomorrow. a 12 person jury has been sworn in and seated. they'll have to decide if trump is guilty of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels. trump has pleaded not guilty and has been outspoken about the case. this is the first time a former us president has been tried in a criminal
on abc news this week, texas republican michael mccaul said johnson showed courage while south bay congressman ro khanna says he would vote to support johnson if republicans tried to remove him. >> i'm a progressive democrat, and i think you would have a few progressive democrats doing that, and i disagree with speaker johnson on many issues and have been very critical of him. but he did the right thing here, and he deserves to keep his job. >> georgia republican congresswoman...
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his own party, the house gop there it comes after house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul said russian propaganda has >> also taken root inside his party saying, quote, i think russian propaganda has made its way into the united states unfortunately, it's infected a good chunk of my party's base both congressman turner and mccaul had been outspoken advocates of passing additional aid to ukraine, which at the moment has been met with fierce resistance from some republican house members joining me now to discuss this and other issues of the day. cnn political analyst carl bernstein, carl great to have you here with us. >> let's >> start first with the but by just played two very prominent republican lawmakers in the house saying that russian propaganda has infiltrated parts of the gop. why do you think the gop has been susceptible to this? >> it's no surprise following the lead of donald trump that there are a number of republicans. so a great number actually who are willing to sacrifice ukraine. and this struggle for democracy versus not just autocracy and authoritarian it
his own party, the house gop there it comes after house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul said russian propaganda has >> also taken root inside his party saying, quote, i think russian propaganda has made its way into the united states unfortunately, it's infected a good chunk of my party's base both congressman turner and mccaul had been outspoken advocates of passing additional aid to ukraine, which at the moment has been met with fierce resistance from some republican...
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congressman mccaul made a comment this week about what he says sounds like russian propaganda from some conservative media why it's so difficult to explain to republican voters why supporting ukraine is important he told julia yahi, quote, i think russian propaganda has made its way into the united states, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base. he singled out primetime shows. i'm conservative channels. do you agree with them and how big is this problem? >> oh, is absolutely a true we see directly coming from russia attempts to mask communications that are anti ukraine and pro russia messages, some of which we even here being uttered on the house floor. i mean, there are members of congress to day who still incorrectly say that this conflict between russia and ukraine is over naibe, which of course it is not vladimir putin having made it very clear, both publicly into his own population that his his view is that this is a conflict of a much broader claim of russia to eastern europe, including claiming all of ukraine territory is as russia's now. to the extent t
congressman mccaul made a comment this week about what he says sounds like russian propaganda from some conservative media why it's so difficult to explain to republican voters why supporting ukraine is important he told julia yahi, quote, i think russian propaganda has made its way into the united states, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base. he singled out primetime shows. i'm conservative channels. do you agree with them and how big is this problem? >> oh,...
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. >> yeah next to this, we heard earlier this week from republican congressman michael mccaul. he said russian propaganda in his opinion has infiltrated the gop then congressman mike turner was on cnn's state of the union, and said this will play the club it is absolutely a true we see directly coming from russia attempts to mask communications that are anti ukraine >> and pro russia messages, some of which we even here being uttered on the house floor. i mean, there are members of congress to day who's still incorrectly say that this conflict between russia and ukraine is over nato, which of course it is not to the extent that this propaganda takes hold. it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as an authoritarian versus democracy battle, which is what it is and so there's the intelligent, the chairman of the intelligence committee, republicans saying that russian propaganda has made its way into parts of the gop. how did this happen? >> well, yeah, i mean, look, so in 2015, i was on the foreign affairs committee and there was a guide, dana roar backer, who would a
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well... besides, you understand, we can't until the end understand these people, i mean johnson, mike mccaul, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, a republican, from texas, by the way, he said when we're discussing this vote, every congressman should ask himself, am i chamberlain or churchill, that's the question, and that means everyone understands it, but johnson also understands it, if he doesn't risk anything in particular, he... thinks that this situation will be quite serious, that it will affect the very course of military operations, that it will be against his values, and with that he saw that he won't be fired, that trump supports him because trump needs johnson now, that conservatives in the republican caucus are unwilling. can be eliminated at the request of one or two his voting procedure, they talk about it, but they don't do what the democrats say they won't vote for it, why are we even going to change the rules, according to which the speaker of congressmen. well, here's a quote from johnson, my son is going to the naval academy this fall, it's a challenge for me an
well... besides, you understand, we can't until the end understand these people, i mean johnson, mike mccaul, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, a republican, from texas, by the way, he said when we're discussing this vote, every congressman should ask himself, am i chamberlain or churchill, that's the question, and that means everyone understands it, but johnson also understands it, if he doesn't risk anything in particular, he... thinks that this situation will be quite serious,...
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. >> mccaul has spoken out in support of ukraine. it's about freedom. >> in an interview last week, chairman hike michael mccaul said, quote, i think russian propaganda has made its way into the united states, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base. admiral stavridis, what is going on here, big picture? what are the dangers? >> by the way, the chairmen you just showed are grown-ups on the house floor. >> yeah. >> i don't agree with them on everything, but in the realm of national security and intelligence they're the best the republican party will produce. turner was head of the nato parliamentary association, connecting us with the parliaments of many of the nato members. what are the dangers? that's what we ought to focus on right now. it is precisely what mike turner laid out a moment ago, chairman turner. it is the infection. i use that word deliberately. big chunks of the republican party with propaganda that is flowing, not only from moscow, but increasingly from beijing. to the chairman's point, the d
. >> mccaul has spoken out in support of ukraine. it's about freedom. >> in an interview last week, chairman hike michael mccaul said, quote, i think russian propaganda has made its way into the united states, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base. admiral stavridis, what is going on here, big picture? what are the dangers? >> by the way, the chairmen you just showed are grown-ups on the house floor. >> yeah. >> i don't agree with them on...
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besides, you understand, we may not fully understand these people, here i mean johnson, here is mike mccaul, the chairman of the committee on foreign affairs affairs, a republican, by the way from the state of texas, he said as we discuss this vote, every congressman should ask himself, i chamberlin or churchill, that is the question. and so everyone understands this, johnson also understands this, if he does not risk anything in particular, he sees that this situation will seriously affect the course of military operations, that it will be against his values, and at the same time he saw that he will not be dismissed, that trump supports him, because trump needs him now. that the conservatives in the republican faction have no desire to set the procedure for his vote, they talk about it, but do not do it. that the democrats they say they won't vote for it, why would i even change the rule that the speaker can be removed on the motion of one or two congressmen, well here's a quote from johnson: my son is going to the naval academy this fall, it's a challenge for me, as well as for representa
besides, you understand, we may not fully understand these people, here i mean johnson, here is mike mccaul, the chairman of the committee on foreign affairs affairs, a republican, by the way from the state of texas, he said as we discuss this vote, every congressman should ask himself, i chamberlin or churchill, that is the question. and so everyone understands this, johnson also understands this, if he does not risk anything in particular, he sees that this situation will seriously affect the...
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i mean johnson, mike mccaul, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, a republican, by the way, from of the state of texas. he said as we debate this vote, every congressman should ask himself: am i a chamberlain or a churchill? that's the question. and so everyone understands it. johnson also understands this. if he does not risk anything in particular, he sees that this situation will have a rather serious effect on the very course of military operations, that it will be against his values, and at the same time he saw that he will not be dismissed, that trump supports him, so that trump now needs johnson, that conservatives... in the republican faction have no desire set the procedure for his vote, they talk about it, but they don't do it, the democrats say they won't vote for it, why would they even change the rule according to which the speaker can be removed at the request of one or two congressmen. well, here's a quote from johnson: my son is going to the naval academy this fall, it's a challenge for me, as it is for... many american families, it's not a game, it's not a j
i mean johnson, mike mccaul, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, a republican, by the way, from of the state of texas. he said as we debate this vote, every congressman should ask himself: am i a chamberlain or a churchill? that's the question. and so everyone understands it. johnson also understands this. if he does not risk anything in particular, he sees that this situation will have a rather serious effect on the very course of military operations, that it will be against his...
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clearly support us among the republicans, this is the chairman of the: foreign affairs committee, mike mccaul, chairman of the defense committee , michael rogers and mike turner, this is the trio that constantly pushes forward aid for ukraine. what he actually says, he says that a compromise has allegedly been found within the republican party, first of all, and in principle in the middle, in the middle of congress, what will be. after all , a separate bill, not the one that passed the senate, already without a border, so that it would still pass more easily in the house of representatives, and this is one of the compromises on the part of the republicans, the republicans also insisted that at least that part , which is direct financial aid for ukraine, has nevertheless become a loan, that is, of the 60 billion, almost 60 billion dollars that are planned to be allocated to ukraine, about 12 billion can be as a loan, and the rest as an irrevocable military help, this is what is currently circulating inside the congress, regarding the terms, again, what he said that after returning from the eas
clearly support us among the republicans, this is the chairman of the: foreign affairs committee, mike mccaul, chairman of the defense committee , michael rogers and mike turner, this is the trio that constantly pushes forward aid for ukraine. what he actually says, he says that a compromise has allegedly been found within the republican party, first of all, and in principle in the middle, in the middle of congress, what will be. after all , a separate bill, not the one that passed the senate,...
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in supporting us among the republicans. this is the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, mike mccaul, the chairman of the defense committee, michael rogers and mike turner, this is the trio that constantly pushes forward aid for ukraine. what exactly is he saying? he talks about the fact that, ah, a compromise has allegedly been found within the republican party, first of all, and in principle in the middle, in the middle. congress, what will happen anyway a separate bill, not the one that passed the senate, already without a border, so that it would still pass more easily to the house of representatives, and this is one of the compromises on the part of the republicans, the republicans also insisted that at least the part that is direct financial aid for ukraine, it still became a loan, that is... of the 60 billion, almost 60 billion dollars that are planned to be allocated to ukraine, about 12 billion can be as a loan, and the rest as non-refundable military aid. that's it, that's what's going around now inside congress. as for the timing, again , what he said was after returning f
in supporting us among the republicans. this is the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, mike mccaul, the chairman of the defense committee, michael rogers and mike turner, this is the trio that constantly pushes forward aid for ukraine. what exactly is he saying? he talks about the fact that, ah, a compromise has allegedly been found within the republican party, first of all, and in principle in the middle, in the middle. congress, what will happen anyway a separate bill, not the one...
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also , another well-known republican, an influential republican, congressman mccaul, chairman of the foreign policy committee, he provided a lot of examples, information, various speculations that he had to, had to refute, talking to his colleagues, and another congressman, who just stopped being a congressman, kevin buck directly accused ... this is the kind of publication that looks respectable, but it spreads russian narrative, there was an article that zelensky had bought two yachts with american money, they say margaret tellergreen spread it, it was very widely circulated, and another senator, tom tilley, said that, well, it just made it impossible at that time to debate about aid to ukraine, because everyone was talking about these yachts, and i actually talked to a person. which communicates almost every day with congressmen, and for urging them to provide assistance to ukraine, this is a representative of the organization together, and this is how, what he tells me about how much he hears this narrative of communication with congressmen. in our work with the congress, we come
also , another well-known republican, an influential republican, congressman mccaul, chairman of the foreign policy committee, he provided a lot of examples, information, various speculations that he had to, had to refute, talking to his colleagues, and another congressman, who just stopped being a congressman, kevin buck directly accused ... this is the kind of publication that looks respectable, but it spreads russian narrative, there was an article that zelensky had bought two yachts with...
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mike johnson, mike mccaul, mike turner, and mike rogers. the mikes had it. i'm curious how you feel. you know, this congress, joe biden has passed so much through this congress, more than any other president as far as bipartisan legislation, in decades. let's focus really quickly on the party that we once knew. certainly seems that at least in the form of mike johnson and these other national security and intel leaders, they certainly -- i'd say they've found their bearings, but those chairman never lost their bearings. i don't think we can understate how important it was that they were constantly reminding the new speaker just how serious this battle was. >> no. this is a really remarkable moment for the republican party. i mean, you had profiles in courage, which is, of course, vanishingly rare in the republican party. you had statesmanship, bipartisanship, and this incredibly dysfunctional congress took a break from dysfunction and passed one of the most significant foreign aid packages in years. overwhelmingly. you cannot understate how significant that
mike johnson, mike mccaul, mike turner, and mike rogers. the mikes had it. i'm curious how you feel. you know, this congress, joe biden has passed so much through this congress, more than any other president as far as bipartisan legislation, in decades. let's focus really quickly on the party that we once knew. certainly seems that at least in the form of mike johnson and these other national security and intel leaders, they certainly -- i'd say they've found their bearings, but those chairman...
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i think the strength of this suggestion is it starts to create strategic ambiguity for russia and mccaul does have a point in nato and democracies. we have all the time, put down red lines, what we won't do, what we won't do, what we, we don't do and forgot forgetting about the fact that rush, it looks at this and says, oh well, we can count, they won't do this, they won't do that. they won't do the 3rd my call and suggest and actually create strategic. i don't think you would need for russia a and sort of blurs the red lines that we have a drawn ourselves. so the point is not now to say what we will or what we won't do . what we must do with nato is increase our spending increase our defense interest rate, a do all of this in a very visible and transparent manner. so the put in sees, we are serious problem, i call search these allies not to be cowardly. these are the moment was being approached in europe where it will be appropriate, not to be a college, has nato being cowardly. have individual countries being cowardly. you know, i would argue, no. nato has shown no indication of being
i think the strength of this suggestion is it starts to create strategic ambiguity for russia and mccaul does have a point in nato and democracies. we have all the time, put down red lines, what we won't do, what we won't do, what we, we don't do and forgot forgetting about the fact that rush, it looks at this and says, oh well, we can count, they won't do this, they won't do that. they won't do the 3rd my call and suggest and actually create strategic. i don't think you would need for russia a...
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inclusion, she accused all speaker mike johnson, the head of the committee on foreign relations michael mccaul said that billions of dollars, which. went to ukraine, were destitute of customs and settled in the pockets of ukrainian oligarchs and even, says ms. green, perhaps even in the pockets of volodymyr zelenskyi himself, and therefore no more dollars to ukraine, considering and to the fact, again in the words of margery green, that, next, let's hear, well , rather long nonsense from her mouth, but nonsense that is worth hearing in order to understand what a part of americans breathes. this is a war against christianity. the ukrainian government attacks christians. the ukrainian government executes priests. russia does not do this. they are not attacking christianity. in fact , they seem to be protecting him. this is another thing that is clear and obvious to many people who look closely at what is happening. i do not praise volodymyr putin i do not praise russia in any way. i'm just pointing out the obvious. and obvious to many people. the attack on christianity is also happening in ameri
inclusion, she accused all speaker mike johnson, the head of the committee on foreign relations michael mccaul said that billions of dollars, which. went to ukraine, were destitute of customs and settled in the pockets of ukrainian oligarchs and even, says ms. green, perhaps even in the pockets of volodymyr zelenskyi himself, and therefore no more dollars to ukraine, considering and to the fact, again in the words of margery green, that, next, let's hear, well , rather long nonsense from her...
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turn now to the republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, texas congressman michael mccaul. welcome back to the program. >> thanks for having me, margaret. >> we just heard from mr. kirby about the conversations in regard to u.s. personnel in the region. in your role you have oversight of the state department and some of these embassies. how concerned are you about the security threats to americans abroad and is the u.s. prepared to do an evacuation if needed? >> we're always concerned and we don't want escalation in the region. that would be a threat to our troops and embassies. as i understand talking to the state department the embassy is in good shape right now in israel. >> in israel. >> yeah. and the fact of the matter is mr. kirby mentioned 99% of the rockets and drones were shot down. >> right. >> pretty impressive display of force showing a force in collaboration with the united states, jordan and other allies, and it also showed us iran is 10 feet tall. >> not 10 feet tall militarily, fair assessment there. i'm sure then you don't agree with some of your republica
turn now to the republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, texas congressman michael mccaul. welcome back to the program. >> thanks for having me, margaret. >> we just heard from mr. kirby about the conversations in regard to u.s. personnel in the region. in your role you have oversight of the state department and some of these embassies. how concerned are you about the security threats to americans abroad and is the u.s. prepared to do an evacuation if needed?...
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one of those are just recently of the house of foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, the texas republican who said this really needs to be taken up soon. we know that democrats also have been moving for this to happen but there is a very vocal wing of the house republican party that has been pushing against this plan and so it is unclear if house republicans can get there but we heard tonight from former president trump, who stood alongside house speaker mikejohnson and said it was possible we could come together on a plan, perhaps it would be based on a loan of some kind, in order to provide this aid. so if republicans are on board, that really gives the potential a lot of hope that perhaps congress could indeed work on a plan. two years to save the world, that is the existential message from un climate change executive secretary simon stiell this week, saying we need to take action and fast on global warming. his appeal comes as march set a new monthly record for global heat — for the tenth month in a row. the hunt for solutions to reduce planet heating emissions, is driving some to r
one of those are just recently of the house of foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, the texas republican who said this really needs to be taken up soon. we know that democrats also have been moving for this to happen but there is a very vocal wing of the house republican party that has been pushing against this plan and so it is unclear if house republicans can get there but we heard tonight from former president trump, who stood alongside house speaker mikejohnson and said it was...
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of strength, not appeasement, as suggested by some other legislators, and in particular , michael mccaul said that president reagan taught us that in order to achieve peace, you have to be strong, this bill also provides a very important detail provided. but, in particular, it is about the victory of ukraine, the strategy for the victory of ukraine, that is , it is not just about allowing ukraine to survive, but about what needs to be thought out, how to achieve victory for ukraine in this war and besides, the main thesis that all the legislators are now addressing, all the legislators want to get this 15 minutes of fame and make their statements about this draft law, everyone says that aid to ukraine is aid in the interests of the national security of the united states. same, said the same. voice of america maria ulyanovska was in touch with us. thank you. so why is this help so important? let's listen to military analyst and ex-british army officer justin crump. this is really a huge relief for ukraine. i mean what this draft law has been delayed for a long time, and this uncertainty w
of strength, not appeasement, as suggested by some other legislators, and in particular , michael mccaul said that president reagan taught us that in order to achieve peace, you have to be strong, this bill also provides a very important detail provided. but, in particular, it is about the victory of ukraine, the strategy for the victory of ukraine, that is , it is not just about allowing ukraine to survive, but about what needs to be thought out, how to achieve victory for ukraine in...
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and the recently elected slovakian leader to outright insanity like emmanuel mccaul, who thinks that by sending 2000 some odd soldiers into ukraine and watching them be illiterate or within a matter of weeks if not day is the somehow going to change the balance of power. so at least we have in the west some voices of reason. and by the way, they're the ones who in the mainstream are most marginalized and vilified over and over again. but at this stage it's anybody's guess as to where this is going to go . do you see people like, you know, tim walbert and by the way, i just want to say, you know, to go back to the point you were making earlier. the depravity in the united states is bi partisan, you know, steward selda with the no bomb official who said that we killed 4000 palestinian children in and us. and of course the president too is making all of this depravity possible. is a democrat, and he's supported enthusiastically, even more so by republicans invitees with his own party. so the entire political class in united states at this stage, is an extra central threat to command hum
and the recently elected slovakian leader to outright insanity like emmanuel mccaul, who thinks that by sending 2000 some odd soldiers into ukraine and watching them be illiterate or within a matter of weeks if not day is the somehow going to change the balance of power. so at least we have in the west some voices of reason. and by the way, they're the ones who in the mainstream are most marginalized and vilified over and over again. but at this stage it's anybody's guess as to where this is...
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mccaul from texas. >> thank you. let me say counter terrific prism state of texas and never seen this law more out of control. chairman of homeland security committee, i've never seen it like this. ortiz and had a direct cause and effect as to what was happening prior and after. the movie we've seen since then has become a nightmare. those from texas know and we see it and we have millions coming in illegally and it's a human trafficking drug trafficking enterprise they've built now, a criminal enterprise in the united states of america. threatening americans on the street. it's the most egregious of violations as we studied this case. under eight usc12-28 of the immigration nationality act and says the government shall take into custody any alm that committed aggravated felony and submitting pep pedophiles and drug traffickers and to the lawyers here and we know shall be mandatory and it's not made according to bright lines or categories he said and our personnel should not rely on the fact of conviction or data bas
mccaul from texas. >> thank you. let me say counter terrific prism state of texas and never seen this law more out of control. chairman of homeland security committee, i've never seen it like this. ortiz and had a direct cause and effect as to what was happening prior and after. the movie we've seen since then has become a nightmare. those from texas know and we see it and we have millions coming in illegally and it's a human trafficking drug trafficking enterprise they've built now, a...
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mar marjorie taylor greene and andy biggs and chairman mark green, foreign affairs committee michael mccaul, walking this in, this afternoon, is when chairman of homeland security commission started reading the articles of impeachment, managers stood bo heine him behind him as he read it in the well, some were reading along, there were a lot of decorum, some read along some were watching the manager speak. president biden for his part is in a campaign events in scranton, pennsylvania, he has two, he just finished one, he will go to do second, he will pitch his own tax plan and unveiling a new campaign line describing former president as out of touch. >> people like donald trump learn different lessons, he learned the way to get rich is inherit it, and that paying taxes is something that people did for a living did not him. reporter: president arguing that tax cuts under former president trump helped only rich. the latest polling shows 61% of adults say national economy is fairly bad or very bad. 35% say, it is fairly or very good. with 4% not sure. economy the economic messaging from biden
mar marjorie taylor greene and andy biggs and chairman mark green, foreign affairs committee michael mccaul, walking this in, this afternoon, is when chairman of homeland security commission started reading the articles of impeachment, managers stood bo heine him behind him as he read it in the well, some were reading along, there were a lot of decorum, some read along some were watching the manager speak. president biden for his part is in a campaign events in scranton, pennsylvania, he has...
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mccaul: thank you, madam chair. let me say first the world is on fire. history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or churchill? it all started with afghanistan. the debacle, implosion, surrender to the taliban that projected weakness not strength. it invited aggression, not peace. what happened? putin anti-russian federation, we -- and the russian federation, we saw it on satellite imagery, going down to ukraine to begin their invasion. we warned them. i talked to the ambassador, our ambassador of ukraine yesterday, consider kyiv is on the verge of falling. that's two million people. and the power grid could be taken down. it's a very dire situation. china is more aggressive now than ever. threatening to take over taiwan that controls 90% of our advanced semiconductor manufacturing for the world. and now the ayatollah's raised his ugly head with his proxies, his tentacles, and for the first time in history unprecedented an iranian strike from iran in israel itself. on israel soil. how did we get here? by projecting weakness not strength.
mccaul: thank you, madam chair. let me say first the world is on fire. history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or churchill? it all started with afghanistan. the debacle, implosion, surrender to the taliban that projected weakness not strength. it invited aggression, not peace. what happened? putin anti-russian federation, we -- and the russian federation, we saw it on satellite imagery, going down to ukraine to begin their invasion. we warned them. i talked to the...
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today you had congressman michael mccaul saying this before criticizing the biden administration in his words not projecting strength in the ongoing conflicts in ukraine and in israel. take a listen. >> the world is on fire, and history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or were you churchill? >> i mean how seriously can you take them when that is their posturing, and yet their own caucus can't coalesce around a foreign aid bill? >> well, i think that was really directed at mike johnson. it wasn't directed at joe biden. he's been doing everything in his power to try to dislodge the foreign aid package he sent us several months ago, but now it's mike johnson who's fallen captive to the pro-putin maga wing of the party, which might be dominant in the republican caucus now. but he does seem to be trying to extraicate himself from it with this succession of single issue bills so we could get an up or down vote on ukraine, so the big majority in the house pretty much every democrat and maybe as much as 50% of republicans and certainly 30 or 40% of republican, but we would def
today you had congressman michael mccaul saying this before criticizing the biden administration in his words not projecting strength in the ongoing conflicts in ukraine and in israel. take a listen. >> the world is on fire, and history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or were you churchill? >> i mean how seriously can you take them when that is their posturing, and yet their own caucus can't coalesce around a foreign aid bill? >> well, i think that was...
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again, we just -- i'm thankful that speaker johnson, that chairman mccaul, that chairman turner, chairman rogers, in the house, republican caucus, were such strong advocates of this. it's still shocking to me as a former republican, still shocking, the majority of republicans in the house voted against aid for ukraine. not so in the republican senate, thank goodness. but there is a real split in the house. unfortunately, the majority of republicans in the house voted against, well, i'll put it this way, they took vladimir putin's side in this battle. let's bring in columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius. staff writer at the "atlantic," anne applebaum. and former reporter for "the wall street journal," david pazinski. david, your title, "ukraine can make the best use of the u.s. aid package." how can they do it? >> yesterday was a bad day for vladimir putin, no matter how you cut it. good day for biden and bipartisanship. ukraine is now putin's forever war. we've said, the united states, with our european allies, that we are going to provide significant mi
again, we just -- i'm thankful that speaker johnson, that chairman mccaul, that chairman turner, chairman rogers, in the house, republican caucus, were such strong advocates of this. it's still shocking to me as a former republican, still shocking, the majority of republicans in the house voted against aid for ukraine. not so in the republican senate, thank goodness. but there is a real split in the house. unfortunately, the majority of republicans in the house voted against, well, i'll put it...