Comment on the US-Mexico Interparliamentary Group

Yesterday, I posted a Congressional announcement on the appointment of key members of Congress to the Interparliamentary Group. Here is a comment on the announcement from one of our readers:

Dear Professor Hing

I found a strange anomaly in the announcement regarding the US-MX Interparliamentary Grp.

The announcement clearly states this is a group of Democrats, with some type of “good neighbor” agenda.  If you look at the bottom of the list there sits Mike McCaul, a Republican with a notorious reputation, who chairs the Emerging Threats Sub-Committee as part of the Homeland Security Committee.  I was present during the Congressional hearing he chaired in Texas this past summer and found him to be caustic, insensitive and inflammatory.

McCaul’s presence seemed so unusual I looked up other web sites where the announcement was posted, and sure enough, he is there.

Best Regards

Theresa Hernandez
Associate Professor
Modern and Classical Languages
University of Houston

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