Michael McCaul:
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Rep. Michael McCaul says CMS will disburse $803 billion, making it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies
Republicans balked at President Barack Obama's July decision to appoint the top federal administrator for Medicaid and Medicare without a congressional hearing, saying Congress deserved the chance to quiz the appointee, Donald Berwick, on how he intends to manage the federal behemoth called the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Later that month, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, chimed in with a financial reason he wishes Berwick had undergone a public grilling: "The CMS will disburse $803 billion in benefits this fiscal year, which makes it larger than all but 15 of the world’s economies." The U.S. Senate ... >> More |
Michael McCaul:
"I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008."
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Michael McCaul says he stopped requesting earmarks in 2008
In an e-mail newsletter, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, celebrated the defeat of an annual spending bill that Senate Republicans refused to support. "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to pass a proposed omnibus budget bill with 6,714 earmarks worth $8.3 billion, but pulled it after Americans became outraged that Washington is not listening to their cries to stop pork barrel spending," McCaul said in the Dec. 20 e-mail. "I am proud that I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008 until the system becomes 100 percent transparent." Republican lawmakers have lately been swearing off earmarks — funding for ... >> More |
Michael McCaul:
Says a Lubbock terror suspect’s alleged plan "to use baby dolls to conceal chemical explosives" is similar to a 1995 plot "to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the Pacific Ocean."
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul says Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari alleged plan to hide explosives in baby dolls is similar to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's and Ramzi Yousef's 1995 plot
Shortly after a Saudi man who attended college in Lubbock was accused of attempting "to use a weapon of mass destruction," U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, issued a statement about his "likely" connection to an international terrorist network. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari’s "intent to use baby dolls to conceal chemical explosives is a rare, little-known method used by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Yousef in the 1995 Bojinka plot in which they planned to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the Pacific Ocean," McCaul, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said in his Feb. ... >> More |
Michael McCaul:
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Michael McCaul says U.S. corporate tax rate is world’s highest at 35 percent
Finally, a point where Republicans and at least one prominent Democrat agree. Like President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Austin’s U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul says corporate tax rates are too high. To a recent voters guide question on how to combat unemployment, McCaul -- a Republican seeking another term representing the 10th Congressional District -- gave responses that included lowering America’s "corporate tax rate, highest in the world at 35 percent." A decrease to 25 percent would "stop driving American businesses overseas," McCaul said in the guide, produced ... >> More |
