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Chip Roy

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Chip Roy is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 21st congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Roy has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, government accountability, and border security during his time in office. He has been an outspoken advocate for conservative policies and has often emphasized the need for the government to operate more efficiently and transparently.

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Jun 6, 2023

The fact is, people who want to enforce Title 42 believe that there was a reason that Title 42 was put in place.

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Jun 6, 2023

I thank my friend from Kentucky for yielding. Mr. Speaker, he is completely correct. The only constitutional infirmity is the extent to which we are allowing bureaucrats to make up the law and make up policies without being checked by the…

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May 25, 2023

Amen. Madam Speaker, I appreciate the words from my brother, my friend from Texas. He is exactly right. Just last night, I was on an interview on Fox with my friend Byron Donalds, and we have staked out two different positions in the…

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May 25, 2023

I always appreciate hearing from the gentleman from Texas. Don't always agree, but he is a friend and he is a gentleman, and I always enjoy seeing him down on the floor. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green).

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May 23, 2023

I just want to make sure for purpose of the record--and I think, you know, Dr. Holtz-Eakin, we have worked together in the past in my former staff days, but would you agree that in the time I have been around the Hill, and I came to the…

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May 23, 2023

I have introduced legislation, the Protection of American Voters Act, which would try to fix this situation...

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May 23, 2023

Can we at least just acknowledge for the record that it is going to be significantly high-income earners and corporations who will be the biggest beneficiaries of these tax credits, because 90 percent of the subsidies going are going to…

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May 23, 2023

I believe that our Constitution must be respected for what it is.

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May 23, 2023

Look, my point is--if we want to go around on this, and I will use my five minutes. I am not going to go over because out of respect for the time--that those tax subsidies--I hear my Democratic colleagues saying, well, we need tax…

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May 23, 2023

It is not even a debatable stat--that the vast majority of the American people believe...that American citizens should be the ones who are voting...

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May 23, 2023

Do you believe it is imperative that we, as a policy matter, work to ensure that it is American citizens who are voting...

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May 23, 2023

It is something that we believe needs to be addressed and that we have an obligation here in Washington.

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May 23, 2023

I was trying to make it back from the House Judiciary Committee where we were actually just having a thorough debate on the REINS Act and the extent to which we might wish to rein in the regulatory state.

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May 23, 2023

We must hold our elected officials who champion these policies to account.

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May 23, 2023

The time to do so is growing short.

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May 23, 2023

The fact is the court righted a wrong. They fixed an error that--that this Congress did for purely political reasons.

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May 23, 2023

we have a spending problem not a revenue problem.

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May 23, 2023

I thank my friend from Texas for yielding. A lot of conservatives believe in conservation. For example, the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has expanded the Everglades more than any Governor in the history of the State because that is…

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May 18, 2023

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor from H.R. 1844 through H.R. 2364. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is accepted. ____________________

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May 17, 2023

I am sure I can do something genius with the last minute. The fact of the matter is that this country is hanging on by a very thin thread, and we all know it. Our job in this body is actually to represent the people. It is, in fact, the…

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May 17, 2023

I thank Mr. Schweikert for his dogged determination to try to shake this institution into not only recognizing but, Lord willing, addressing the looming crisis or the already existing crisis that we are dealing with. He does so eloquently…

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May 16, 2023

``It wasn't an accident. Policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist. Daunte Wright was met with aggression and violence. I am done with those who condone government-funded murder. No more policing, incarceration, and…

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May 16, 2023

And I continue: God! What I'd give to hear, ``Daddy,'' Once more when the day's work is done. The driver was just in a hurry, He didn't intend any harm, But the Sun and stars quit shining, When I picked up my boy's lifeless form. Well…

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May 11, 2023

We are here today because of the abject failure of the administration to do its fundamental duty to protect the United States. We have a wide open border, empowering cartels, empowering China to the detriment of American citizens and to…

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