Michael McCaul Quotes
My number one objective continues to be to defund or delay the implementation of Obamacare. But as long as any piece of this law is standing, it needs to apply to all Americans equally, and that includes members of Congress and our staff.
McCaul, Michael. "McCaul Statement on Government Funding, Obamacare." U.S. House of Representatives, 29 Sept. 2013.
Cruz, a freshman senator with little political experience was elected with extensive Tea Party support in the Texas Republican primary where the Texas real contest is. He was so fanatical that when he could not get his fellow Republican Senators to shut down the government unless President Obama would not implement Obamacare which was enacted by the Congress and declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court. He then turned to the House of Representatives where there were a number of Tea Party Republicans. He helped lead a shutdown of the government, naively expecting the President to give up on his signature legislation. When he did not, the American public was angry at the Republicans for shutting down the government and costing the taxpayers over $80 billion dollars and inconveniencing many Americans. Finally, the House Speaker allowed an open vote and the Reasonable Republicans and the Democrats easily passed a continuing resolution to get the Government open again. However, another debt ceiling extension was coming up for a vote, and even after alienating most of his senior Republican Senate Colleagues and a large part of the American public, he gave this response to a journalist who asked if after the last fiasco, he would try to shut down the government again.
Michael Thomas McCaul Sr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security during the 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses. His district stretches from Austin to Houston. As of 2018, he was the fifth-wealthiest member of Congress.
