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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.
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 224, nays 164, not voting 44, as follows: [Roll No. 514] YEAS--224 Adams Aguilar Allred Armstrong Auchincloss…
Obviously, I rise in opposition to the rule. I made my position clear in the Committee on Rules earlier this week, and I think it is very much a position held by a large number of my colleagues. It is a shame that we are sitting here…
I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I am proud to be here on the floor with my friend from Texas. He is someone that I have looked up to for a very long time. And to have served with him for the last 2 terms, for the last 4…
My position is pretty clear on this is that no one at this time has 218 and the whole point here is to have a conversation now.
The House will be leaving town today, heading back to our States, heading back to our districts. Obviously, this will be a week of thanksgiving and, obviously, I wish all of my colleagues well and safe travel. We have much, of course, for…
I will yield for the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert), but first I want to add to what the gentleman said because it is on point. We are funding $5 million for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry; we are funding $15…
I mentioned this before, but I think it merits repeating, that we are at roughly $31 trillion in debt, as the gentleman said. If you set out to count to 31 trillion at one Mississippi, it will take you 1 million years to count to that…
I appreciate what the gentleman just said. I would say, for our constituents back home, I feel them. I feel the frustration of being in a Chamber where I can offer no amendment, where I have no power to have any input on what bill we are…
We spend approximately $58 billion--I don't have it right in front of me--a year for the Department of Homeland Security, $55 billion, $56 billion. We just approved earlier this year $58 billion for Ukraine, and now there is an additional…
I would just add that we are talking about, again, decisions we make with the money that we are taking from taxpayers, printing and borrowing to the tune of a trillion-dollar-plus deficit every year. I started this by saying when I ran for…
Not one. And I will tell you that across the board, regardless of ideology, the people that come to me and are talking to me are concerned about the border. They are concerned about fentanyl. They are concerned about energy prices and…
If I might inquire about the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute remaining.
All I would say is, if we want to do this, if we want an economy that is strong, stop spending money we don't have. Stop spending money to fund the bureaucracy that is going after the American people. If you want a Nation that is safe…
I thank my friend from Texas (Mr. Arrington), he is a good friend and he represents--I will tell him, the second best part of the State, given that I represent the Hill Country in central Texas, and my dad grew up in west Texas and went to…
We are talking about the drop-off of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. If you can see this here on C-SPAN, this top level is 750 million barrels. And you can see up here in 2020, there is this sharp drop-off? That drops down to 350 million…
I am pleased to rise in support of my bill, which in this case is the S version--the Senate version--that was introduced by Senator Tuberville from Alabama, S. 2794, the Supporting Families of the Fallen Act. The ranking member just…
I appreciate my friend's service, and I appreciate his passion on this issue. I listened here as my colleagues want to lecture us about making decisions about life. Who are my colleagues to decide when life begins? Talking about where the…
I want to say to my friend from Pennsylvania how proud I am to serve with him and how proud I am to serve with him in the House Freedom Caucus. People like to malign the Freedom Caucus on the other side of the aisle--heck, even a little…
I appreciate the gentleman. Not one more penny. Not one more penny for a government running at odds with the American people. Let's use the power of the purse. Let's stand up for America. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time…
I thank the gentleman from Florida for his service to this country. We should all be down here engaging with our colleagues more often to learn more about them. I did not know that about your father. God bless you. Godspeed. Thank you for…
I want to credit our leader, Mr. McCarthy, for yesterday saying that he also believes that it would be wrong for my Republican colleagues to support a continuing resolution that does not address the damage being done to this country by…
As the gentleman probably knows, and I am sure he has talked to his own constituents, I have had people coming into my office saying, I don't know what to do. I have served my whole life wearing the uniform, but I don't think it is in my…
It makes absolutely no sense. One might question why would this Congress and why would this body give more money to the Department of Defense and this administration to continue to fire men and women in uniform? Madam Speaker, why would we…
Electricity, one in six families are behind on their bills. Gas prices are $1.66 higher in this administration. Energy prices are six times higher than last year in Germany which just banned fracking and phased out nuclear which is a…
I listened to my colleagues talking about the politicization of how we deal with Federal employees. The fact is, the bureaucracy has never been more politicized than it is today. This bill is the Federal bureaucrat protection act. That is…
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