Chip Roy

Is it compassionate for the young man or young woman of the 100,000 or so last year who died from drug overdoses to take Xanex and it be laced with fentanyl and die? Is that something that is compassionate? My friend from Virginia, do you…

One of my good friends who was a former Texas Department of Public Safety expert on these issues dealing with cartels just sent me a text showing me video from last night at the border, and individuals they were recording were saying they…

This hour. This moment. But where is President Biden? Where is Secretary Mayorkas? Other than purposely ignoring the laws of the United States to endanger the American people and the migrants who seek to come here, where are they? And why…

Before I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, I just want to pick up on something that the gentleman from Virginia said and see if he would agree. If Title 42 goes away, our country is completely open to anyone who wants to come…

I thank my colleagues for coming down here and talking about the importance of farming in the United States. One of the things we are dealing with, obviously, and talked about, is some fertilizer shortages. I know that firsthand, seeing…

Both my friends, the gentleman from Pennsylvania and the gentleman from Virginia, you guys are both fathers, correct?

I would ask my friend from Pennsylvania if he is aware that our colleague and colleague in the House Freedom Caucus, our friend Yvette Herrell from New Mexico, introduced legislation a year ago-- actually over a year ago to require the use…

As we sit here in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives today, the Secretary of Homeland Security has announced that he is ready to end the use of Title 42 at our southern border. This is as we speak, while in March, we…

I think we need to be here and debate them, and I think we need to look at each other face to face.

I think it was important. It didn't come out the way I wanted it to, in terms of the Supreme Court granting cert, but it was important for the leader to lead that lawsuit.

The overwhelming majority of people are back and are voting, are debating on the floor.

The Constitution requires one-fifth, right, in order to be able to have the numbers there to force the roll call vote.

I would just as soon we meet, you know, once a year for like 2 days and, you know, pass a balanced budget and get out of town and stop messing up America.

Once you go down the road, then it becomes easier to play games with the legislative schedule.

We are going to undermine the whole idea of a republican form of government and sending Representatives to represent people.

I just think there is----

I believe that the Constitution is strengthened, our Republic is stronger if we are here in person.

I think obviously the proxy benefits the majority. The majority is making the rules.

I think lots would get done. I just think it will get done a very few number--a very few, powerful group of people with very little engagement by the whole body.

I mean, at the end of the day, our job is what is important.

none of us are usually that important. That is a pretty rare deal.

I would take issue with saying that the constitutional requirement for quorum to then conduct business is a one-time start of the Congress thing.

I don't believe 13 percent of the body has been dealing with COVID, but I will let other people reserve judgment on that to say we are back.

How many of us have had the situation where you have competing hearings?

I appreciate your consistency on that, and I appreciate you having this hearing.