Appearing on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mike McCaul, discusses the ongoing Biden administration battle in the sky with balloons, objects and various Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO’s).
McCaul identifies China as the most likely culprit for sending the spy and surveillance equipment over North America, claiming the timing of the spycraft arrival against the backdrop of the military revealing the latest stealth bomber, the “B-21 Raider,” does not seem coincidental.
Additionally, because of course he does, Chairman McCaul notes that if we do not continue to send billions to Ukraine, then China and Russia will continue sending spy missions over the United States. The way we defeat the UFO’s is to send more money to Ukraine. That’s his logic, and he’s sticking to it. WATCH:
MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Congressman Michael McCaul. He is the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Good morning to you.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL (R-Texas): Morning, Margaret. Thanks for having me.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to start on this unusual activity, three takedowns in eight days. In the case of the spy balloon, this was Chinese surveillance, according to the administration. On Friday, they put restrictions on six Chinese companies that allegedly helped China’s military build that balloon. Is this the right move, to just try to make it harder for them to get U.S. technology, or does Congress need to do something that’s more broad?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: Well, it’s certainly the right move.
It will be one of my number one priorities, as the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in this Congress, to stop the export of technology to China that then goes into their most advanced weapons systems, in this case, a sophisticated spy balloon that went across three nuclear sites, I think it’s important to say, in plain view of the American people, you know, in Montana, the triad site, air, land, and sea nuclear weapons.
In Omaha, the spy balloon went over our Strategic Command, which is our most sensitive nuclear site. It was so sensitive that President Bush was taken there after 9/11. And then, finally, Missouri, the B-2 bomber, that’s where they are placed. It did a lot of damage.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Is that what U.S. intelligence told you? They have been saying they mitigated the impact.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: They say they mitigated it.
But my assessment, and — and I can’t get into the detail of the intelligence document — is that, if it was still transmitting going over these three very sensitive nuclear sites, I think — I think, if you look at the flight pattern of the balloon, it tells a story as to what the Chinese were up to as they controlled this aircraft throughout the United States.
Going over those sites, in my judgment, would cause great damage. Remember, a balloon could see a lot more on the ground than a satellite.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you said you want to try to stop the export of technology that can be used by China’s military.
As a conservative, though, how much — this has to make you a little uncomfortable to have government try to control private business investment. How do you do that?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: Well, we have what’s called an entities list. The Department of Commerce had jurisdiction over the office within their — the Department of Defense has one.
We need to harmonize those, make it more security-focused. You know, capital flows is one issue, but technology exports into China that they use to turn — that maybe eventually turn against us, we have to stop doing that.
And I think we can do it by sectors. They do it by companies now. Obviously, they identified the six. I think, shockingly, when the balloon was recovered, it had American-made component parts in there with English on that. It was made — you know, parts made in America that were put on a spy balloon from China. I don’t think the American people accept that.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Do you believe that this was a strategic choice by Xi Jinping’s government in Beijing, or do you believe that it was just the left and right hand not knowing what was going on?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: When I saw the sites that it was flying over, it was very clear to me this was an intentional act. It was done with provocation to gather intelligence data and collect intelligence on our three major nuclear sites in this country.
Why? Because they’re looking at what — what is our capability in the event of a possible future conflict in Taiwan? They’re really assessing what we have in this country. I find it extraordinary the timing of this flight as well, right before the State of the Union speech, and also right before Secretary Blinken was scheduled to meet with Chairman Xi.
I think it was very much an act of belligerence on their part. And perhaps they don’t care what — what the American people think about that.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Before I let you go, I want to ask you.
You voted in the last Congress to provide a lot of assistance to Ukraine. But, this past week, at least 10 of your members, Republican members, introduced a bill called the Ukraine Fatigue Resolution to try to cut off aid.
How hard is it going to be to have a Republican-led House continue to help Ukraine?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: I still believe, Margaret, there are many, on both sides of the aisle, a majority of the majorities in support of this.
We have — we have factions on the left and right that do not support Ukraine…
MARGARET BRENNAN: This WAS a Republican bill.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: … assistance, and that will probably continue.
Right. And I do think, for me, particularly, it’s — we have to educate, where has the money gone? You know, the audits that are in place right now, there are four of them on Ukraine funding. And we have to explain, why is Ukraine so important?
You know, what happens in Ukraine impacts Taiwan and Chairman Xi, that China’s aligned with Russia, Iran and North Korea against freedom, democracy in the West. And I think that’s a debate we’ll have, but I still feel very confident that we will give them the assistance they need.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: I would like to see it faster, so they can win this faster.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you — you think Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, others who signed this need to be educated?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: I — you know, look, we took Marjorie Taylor Greene into a briefing.
She was satisfied, I thought, with what — the controls that have been put in place on the spending. But I don’t think that they will be — ever be persuaded that this cause is something that they would support.
I think they have this false dichotomy that somehow we can’t help Ukraine beat back the Russians, who invaded their country and — and secure the border. We can do both. We’re a great nation. And the fact of the matter is, unfortunately, this administration has chosen not to secure the border. He can’t even control and secure our airspace now, it looks like.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Congressman McCaul, thank you for your time today.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL MCCAUL: Thanks, Margaret. Thanks for having me.
This is the guy that President Eisenhower warned us about.
If I was Putin, and I was facing the prospect of US planes and missiles being sent to Ukraine, I might send some cheap balloons over the US so they would have to use the missiles to shoot down the balloons and I would not have to worry about facing them in Ukraine.
Just saying.
Doesn’t our military use balloons for targeting?
Ummm…. I think we have more than a handful of missiles. Shooting down some ballons (or geese for that matter) isn’t going to deplete our stockpile.
“The Sidewinder is the most widely used air-to-air missile in the West, with more than 110,000 missiles produced for the U.S. and 27 other nations, of which perhaps one percent have been used in combat.”
How many balloons does Russia have?
Which one is the one carrying some form of weapon to retaliate for blowing up the pipeline?
I do not know Russian. But there was a speech or announcement given by Putin regarding this….he has no problem with the American people….he is going after western oligarchs! The New World Order and the Mother Weffers! (WEF)
Consider that number. At 400 grand each that’s 4.4 to the 10th power spent on these alone.
$440000000000.00
After considerable effort, we have been able to find UFO identification Course for McCaul.
Balloon Identification Course – which balloons are these?
Oh, God! This stupid Bitch, AGAIN?
I’m just not interested in bankrupting my country to serve no real purpose – except bankroll the military complex and the UniParty. Everyone sees this now.
Made an error here.
sky ‘battles’? Who’s doing the eliminating?
“Most advanced weapons systems.”
Balloons.
Sure, Okay.
And now we get to sit through the most Woke Super Bowl in living memory.
Insult on top of perjury!
i won’t insult myself to watch the Super Bowl. Didn’t even know who is playing till a couple hours ago. Barf
You and others like you are missing out on the NFL today. Both quarterbacks for each team, knelt by themselves on the sidelines and prayed before the game. NO ONE kneels now unless it is in prayer. Football is still rough and tough with toxic males everywhere. It is a perfect example of never giving up. Kaepernick has NEVER been rehired by anyone. The football players are real Americans with a lot of Christians among them. It is true joy to behold football games with packed sardine stadiums because it is everything…… that Fauci and the leftist queers hate.
I’m not a smart man, but wouldn’t it still be cheaper to keep shooting down balloons than send more money to zelinsky?
People, get over it. The Republicans will save us.
Starting to think maybe Putin can liberate us.
Idiots all of em
I remember seeing McCaul in a picture at Davos last year.I’m like is that Mike Mccaul.? It sure enough is. Then I knew, he was one of THEM. Never ever trust these people.
Every time I see this homunculus I have to convince myself a POS like this really exists.
Another RINO on Face The Nation wanting more money for Ukraine…. and from the House! I sincerely hope his constituents hold his feet to the RINO fire for such behavior.
Uh so McCall didn’t get his share of the $100Billion already sent- is grousing now and was told to go out and stump for more so he gets his cut.
Ok got it!!!
Am I the only one who has wondered if this is all some cover, a distraction, for something else. I have not read most of the comments.
That train derailment in Ohio is getting zero coverage. It seems reporters are being arrested. The river has been contaminated. Chlorine gas has spread (10 mile toxic spread) and people are being badly affected. Animals are dying. I could go on…
So…??????
Is this “UFO” palaver the squirrel that we’ve been directed to look at?
One has to raise that possibility.
Apologies for the misplacement of my post…fat finger and a long day…should be on the “UFO” thread.
It all blends and is connected in some way anyways! 😊
I always think that! I never believe their story till it is backed up by numerous, credible sources. I live in Ohio and you are correct about the train derailment. Something fishy there and there is some cover up going on…its bad, toxic! They are definitely not telling the truth! But, I don’t think the Ohio thing is What they are concerned about. The regime was just outed for taking out the Russian Nord Stream 2. That’s an act of war, should be impeachable…that is if we really had anyone in DC that was going to hold this regime accountable. This is definitely cover for something else. Don’t look there, look here…this is a lot more shiny!
I agree. The glamorous big balloon seized headlines for a week just as ‘news’ touched on Biden’s personal lawyers minesweeping(destroying Hunter evidence & oops, stumbling on classified) and just as Project Veritas rocked with Pfizer worker spilling the beans.
How dumb is this clown McCail and how stupid does he think we are
Typical backstabbing globalist RINO .
LOOK A BALLOON!!! What about NordStream Pipeline. ……..shhhh!…… BOOM!!!
Don’t forget Sullivan and I don’t mean Ed.
Chairman mcsellout -mccaul – is a bought and sold bush crime dynasty front man who no doubt became one of the richest rino sellout traitors in congress who , by lucky guesstimating, tied into the Nancy per – lousy gravy train of insider trading and since this piece of prime slime political hack is speaking out for our real enemies instead of what is in the best interest of the USA – he has a lot of crimes against the USA and humanity to answer for in the systematic coup d’etat over throw of the blatantly visible, and proven, overthrow of the Trump Administration this texas rino is more interested in poking the sleeping, and non responsive acts of stress ion by the incompetent U.S. government deep staters than protecting our own borders!! This piece of swine should be pressing the joebama administration to stop funding the clown show comedian zelendky and his old lady was caught on a high end Christmas shopping gala spree recently after receiving big $$ ‘s from the USA – uniparty!!
Funny if the Zelensky’s are Jewish(?) – why Christmas presents?
Also, no matter how much Putin is poked and prodded he has not yet taken the global sellout’s bait!! The ukranians – the u.s. and nato have been being forced to belly up to the bar so to speak for their decades old sellouts and intelligence leaks, these pigs have leaked intel like sieves, since their inception!! Question why did President degaulle not trust nato with its sensitive nukes intel??!! It was because he good not trust them, identified them as the leakers, and ergo mad his exit from nato do yo speak??!!
What a farce. McCaul is an absolute idiot. There’s a Chinese operative in the Whitehouse. There’s another one named McConnell in the senate. Our universities are overrun with chinese students and our nation if full of thousands of Chinese spies. These propagandists are not the least bit convincing. How many Chinese spies have been caught by the world’s greatest investigative agency the highly vaunted FBI. The level of corruption in the nation’s capital defies belief.
Agreed! And the only way to right the ship is to get rid of the system they use and built!
McCaul needs to get lost. The odor of corruption proceeds him.
Brennan is an actress reading a script. McCaul had the talking points. This is propaganda theater. They found American components in the balloon. Really? We ship stuff to China to build spy balloons? We don’t truly know who built this spy balloon with American made parts, do we? Now, we’re shooting down UFOs but the information is so sensitive it’s top secret! We can’t say what it was but we shot it out of the sky! Does any one know, did Brennan cover the Sy Hersh story?
What a frickin fool! It’s these kind of people we need to rid ourselves of!
Strategic Command near Bellevue, NE has no nuclear weapons, although it was once the locus for Looking Glass (24 hour patrol of sky with a nuclear bomber, no longer active, that I am aware). Bush went there because of “The Hole,” which is many stories of underground command and control. No Nebraskan was puzzled (as were news commentators) when he came there after 9/11.
Any DC parasitic asshole that continues babbling about supporting Ukraine is obviously a brain dead idiot like Joe Biden .
No reason to explain what the NAZI Faction of the Ukraine Military did to ethnic Russians or how foreign policy blunders from the Bush , Obama treasonous State Department and CIA shenanigans in Ukraine and then the smearing Of Trump interrupting the cash cow laundering in Ukraine for Biden’s enrichment then along comes FTX a DNC finance front then poof to a Russian pipeline ….
Well here we are in a pathetic leftist DC quagmire and we are directly under the next shoe to drop
That fools head is HUGE (and not just because he thinks he knows everything).