Chip Roy

I thank the chair and the ranking member for their leadership. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of bills here that pertain to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs' jurisdiction. I support a number of those bills--maybe not a couple of them. I…

My Democratic colleagues own this bill. Let's be clear: Tax increases for the average American, check. $80 billion to the Internal Revenue Service to go after those Americans, to hire agents, jobs already posted, check. Increased…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this matter. Yes, we shouldn't be talking about disarming the American people when it is my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that are leaving the American people exposed…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Fact: This assault weapons ban bill is unconstitutional. Chairman Nadler even recognized, when he stated that ``the problem is that these weapons are in common use.'' And in Heller, the Supreme…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I just want to speak up in favor of, not necessarily the bill because I need to review the bill, but the legislation's purpose and the intent of the authors to approach this issue of human…

I have to head down to the House Judiciary Committee to defend the Second Amendment from the attacks being levied by my Democratic colleagues as we speak. We are in there debating. I would add just one thing to what the gentleman just…

I ask of the Chair how much time we have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 5 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. I think our time has expired. I appreciate the speaker and the staff here tonight. Mr. Speaker, I yield back. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their remarks to the Chair and not…

I would just add to my friend from Virginia a great quote from Thomas Jefferson--because he knows I went to the University of Virginia. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to…

What is wrong with you? Go buy a Tesla. You can plug in. You can drive through west Texas, 300 miles. Don't worry about it. Stop off in Eden, Texas, where, no doubt, they have a charging station and spend $70,000 for the pleasure. They…

I appreciate my friend from Louisiana for yielding to me. I appreciate his time on the floor. I was in the House Judiciary Committee. I will be spending some time in the 30-minute Special Order here in a second, dealing with a lot of the…

I appreciate the time here on the floor. I appreciate, as I said a minute ago, my friend from Louisiana, Representative Johnson, for his steadfast defense of the Constitution of the United States; his willingness to stand up for all the…

Madam Speaker, today the people's House was attacked which is an attack on the Republic itself.

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle paint with a broad brush stroke the language offered by Justice Clarence Thomas, a Justice whom I consider to be a friend, a great…

The court steps in in 2015 and now, we are 7 years into recognition of same-sex marriage. And we can have a debate about the policy of that decision, but the Court steps in and says, there you go. And my colleagues on the other side of the…

I associate myself with the remarks of my friend from Florida (Mr. Gaetz) a few minutes ago with respect to his position about what this bill will do in terms of fear and its purpose of creating fear among the people. That is the reality…

This is another example of Washington creating another department, another position, spending more money that we don’t have in order to have a policy objective of continuing to advance fear among the American people.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee and as someone who represents San Antonio, an inordinate number of veterans, Joint Base San Antonio, Army Futures Command, I regret to rise in…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Today, the United States Supreme Court stood up in defense of the Constitution in recognizing that it is the people--the people--who should be able to come together and make decisions about…

It is always good to be here in a nice empty Chamber, the definition of debate here in the people's House. But such is the way of our current process of debate. I always try to remind the American people that as they are no doubt all…

I thank my friend from Texas for yielding. I know that he cares deeply about this issue and spends a whole lot of time working across the aisle and with our own Conference, trying to get this body to focus on this issue of spending…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. The gentlewoman from Texas asked: Do we want guns in the hand of dangerous people? The answer to that question is, of course not. But the question, the only question that matters, is, who…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Why do we have guns? Why do we have the Second Amendment? Is it to hunt? Sure. Self defense? That is even more important. The fact is, if you read the founders--Federalist No. 46, James Madison…

I noticed my colleague from Texas down here a little bit earlier talking about the tragedy in Uvalde. And I can tell you, as someone who represents central Texas and the district and the county that shares a border with Uvalde County, it…