Chip Roy

Noncitizens will vote in the 2024 election because our system not only makes it easy to do but incentivizes doing so.

Rep. Chip Roy says election deniers and Project 2025 contributors helped draft SAVE Act.

Reclaiming my time. Yes, we do. Yes, Texas has significantly more wind and solar than a lot of other places in the world because we embrace the all-of-the-above approach, and, no, I don't believe that is a good thing. No, I don't believe…

I would note that FERC Commissioner Mark Christie exposed this rule for what it is: ``The final rule inflicts staggering costs on consumers by promoting the construction of trillions of dollars of transmission projects, not to serve…

The amendment I have at the desk is designed to prohibit funds for FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which subsidizes transmission to renewables. There is a certain order number, order No. 1920. The thing is, a lot of…

The amendment that I have put forward here would prohibit any of the funding in the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill from being used to carry out President Biden's executive orders on climate change. Now, we have…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This is not about looking backwards. It is about looking forward. That is the whole point. We are going to talk about, oh, we are going to have 400 million people or 450 million people, great. Fine. We should grow as a country. By the way…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 30, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,960,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 55 Offered by Mr. Roy The Acting CHAIR. It is now in…

I will just add this. Every time I get my gas can out and I have to use the stupid spout that spills all over the place because it has been regulated by the Federal Government--we messed up an actual gas can--and then I have to stick the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. {time} 1515 Amendment No. 60 Offered by Ms. Tenney The Acting…

I respect the gentleman from Tennessee, and I appreciate the cuts as I already stipulated. I am glad to see it reduced by $1.5 billion. I still say that is $2 billion too many. I don't even know where we are getting the $2 billion. I won't…

My amendment fully defunds the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EERE. I offered this amendment because we cannot, in my view, continue to fund the destruction of United States energy to satisfy the…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the reason we are here, the reason that the Attorney General of the United States has already been held in contempt, is because Special Counsel Hur interviewed the President…

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding, I thank his committee for their great leadership in moving this bill to the floor, and I thank the Speaker for his great work in leading this important piece of legislation, the SAVE Act…

I thank my friend from Arizona for his willingness to come to the floor and talk about these important issues that, frankly, all of us should be talking about. He does so with regularity, and it is important. The average American is…

We were all saddened to learn today of the passing of the spouse of one of our Members, Thomas Massie, the gentleman from Kentucky. His wife, Rhonda, of many years--they were childhood sweethearts--suddenly passed away yesterday. Mr…

As we will be recessing tomorrow for the week, next week many of us will be celebrating America's Independence Day back home in our districts and throughout the country. Very few of us will be here. A few may, but we are rarely, if ever…

I unfortunately missed a vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted Aye on Roll Call No. 285. Stated against:

In the wake of 3\1/2\ years of abject failure, but worse than that, purposeful action by the executive branch of the Federal Government to undermine the security of the American people, empower cartels, empower China, and allow little…

I appreciate my colleague from Texas. I agree with him, and I associate myself with his remarks. The unilateral action by this executive branch is nothing new. They have been doing it with student loans. They have been doing it with all…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This amendment will prohibit Homeland Security appropriations from being used to carry out President Biden's climate executive orders. People might wonder why this is important. President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have been doing a…