Summary

Michael McCaul was born in 1962 and is currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas’ 10^th Congressional District.

McCaul was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005 and has been reelected since. Prior to entering politics, he was an attorney and a federal prosecutor. He was the Chief of Counterterrorism and National Security at Texas’ U.S. Attorney office. He worked for the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice and, later on, as the Deputy Attorney General of Texas. In Congress, he served as the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and currently is the Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Representative McCaul is a great supporter of the State of Israel and has been a strong ally of the Jewish community. Rep. McCaul has been vocal about the need to fight anti-Semitism in the United States and around the globe.

Congressman McCaul is a strong supporter of the robust U.S.-Israel relationship and has continually affirmed the diplomatic recognition that America’s strategic ally deserves. He has supported security assistance to Israel to help the only democracy in the Middle East face the many challenges and malignant actors in the region.  

Rep. McCaul supported the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem arguing that it recognized a “longstanding reality” and that it signaled a “new era in relations with Israeli partners”.

Rep. McCaul opposes the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and has argued that BDS wants to “exclude, isolate, and ultimately destroy Israel” and that it “is not about equality and peace, but about undermining the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.”

Rep. McCaul has introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019 which, similarly to the identical bill that was passed in the Senate, strengthens Israel’s security and allows a state or local government to adopt measures to divest its assets from entities that boycott Israel.