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Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX-10) Bringing Home the Pork in First Term

Rep. Mike McCaulEarlier this week I wrote about Rep. Jeb Hensarling’s (TX-05) oath to swear off earmarks, and his request for other GOP members to do the same.

To date, only 18 Congressmen and 6 Senators have signed-on to Rep. Hensarling’s oath.

One of them is NOT my Congressman, Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX-10). I called his office two days ago to find out if my representative would join Rep. Hensarling and swear-off personal earmarks and work for real and meaningful earmark change in Congress.

The interns who answered my calls said that they were not aware of a decision from Rep. McCaul on this matter, but that somebody (who did know) would get back to me.

Nobody has gotten back to me.

So, I went to Earmark Watch to see how much pork my Congressman brings home to our district. Perhaps the reason my Congressman hasn’t gotten back to me, is because he’s chest deep into the pork barrel:

House Defense Appropriations, FY2008

  • Rep. McCaul (R-TX) has Defense earmarks totalling $10,900,000*
  • For this appropriations bill, Rep. McCaul (R-TX) ranks in the 75th percentile.

*$2,000,000 of this goes to The University of Texas at Austin/Fort Hood for High Optempo Performance Soldier Training — I can overlook this one, as I do believe that our federal government should be paying to train Soldiers.

House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations, FY2008

  • Rep. McCaul (R-TX) has Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education earmarks totalling $450,000
  • For this appropriations bill, Rep. McCaul (R-TX) ranks in the 44th percentile.

I like Rep. McCaul. I voted for him, and will vote for him again. But he needs to be reminded that the GOP is supposed to be the party of small government and limited spending.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 | Trackback |

One Response to “Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX-10) Bringing Home the Pork in First Term”

Im sure the reason he has not gotten back with you is because he is busy doing business for our District. Noone understands how many letters, and constituent requests you get every day in that office. So the next time you get a chance to go to Washington, stop by his office and speak with a Legislative Aide…I promise they’re willing to answer your questions face to face, but mail of course takes a lot longer time to process.

Left by S.W.C on January 31st, 2008 at 7:52 pm

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