Michael McCaul
Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Texas - District 10
Current Position: US House Representative TX-10
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For privatizing Social Security through Universal Savings Accounts and Individual Retirement Accounts
- Against progressive taxation; supports replacing income tax with national sales tax (FairTax) and eliminating the death tax
Health Care
- Against ObamaCare; supports defunding, repealing and replacing federal healthcare with free market alternatives
Environment
- Against environmental regulations; supports drilling for oil and gas offshore and opposes EPA regulation of greenhouse gases
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; rated 100% by NRLC, supports banning federal health coverage that includes abortion, prohibits federal funding for abortion and Planned Parenthood, and supports including pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection
- Against same-sex marriage; voted for constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman and opposes job discrimination protections based on sexual orientation
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against Trump impeachment; voted against both articles of impeachment in 2019 and opposed creating independent commission to investigate January 6 attack
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For border wall construction; supported Trump's proposals to build a wall along Mexico-US border and supports Remain in Mexico policy
- For military aid to Ukraine; advocates sending fighter jets and ATACMS missiles to help Ukraine win the war against Russia
Public Safety
- For gun rights; supports national cross-state concealed carry, opposes background checks for private transfers, and voted against product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
- For the death penalty, specifically for killing police officers
- Against cannabis legalization; rated 'D' by NORML indicating a 'hard-on-drugs' stance and sponsored bill for combating epidemic of synthetic drugs