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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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Feb 2, 2022

No. And the President should apologize for that and the President should apologize to every parent of a dead American kid who takes Xanax and dies with it laced with fentanyl because we have open borders--and the Secretary knows it.

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Feb 2, 2022

I am glad the gentleman from Pennsylvania asked the question. It stands nowhere. They are not giving us any report. They said it would be a couple weeks away. I can tell you why. Because the report will demonstrate there was no whipping…

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Jan 20, 2022

I want to commend my colleagues who have been down here on the floor of the House of Representatives for the most part of the last hour talking about the importance of defending life, those infamous--or famous or important words, I should…

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Jan 19, 2022

Some of us believe that it is unconstitutional and wrong to proxy vote.

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Jan 19, 2022

I believe it is unconstitutional. I have not voted by proxy.

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Jan 4, 2022

Today, The People's House was attacked which is an attack on the Republic itself. There is no excuse for it.

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Dec 14, 2021

Mr. Meadows agrees to continue to work through questions of privilege. But again, here we are facing a vote to hold Mr. Meadows in contempt. Anger over January 6 and the events leading to it is not reason for a committee formed from that…

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Dec 14, 2021

I thank the gentleman from Indiana for yielding. A year ago in January I spoke on this floor in defense of the rule of law and my view that it was incumbent upon Congress to count the electors sent to us from their respective States. In…

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Dec 7, 2021

Honestly, right now, for the next 18 months, our job is to do everything we can to slow that down to get to December 2022.

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Dec 2, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 209, not voting 7, as…

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Dec 2, 2021

I don`t vote for anything in the House of Representatives right now. 18 more months of chaos and the inability to get stuff done, that`s what we want.

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Dec 2, 2021

I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Adams (Brown (MD)) Butterfield (Ryan) Cardenas (Soto) Cawthorn (Nehls) Crist (Wasserman Schultz) Curtis (Meijer) DeFazio…

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Dec 2, 2021

The issue isn`t about shutdowns, it`s about whether or not members of this body will continue to use money. We don`t have to fund mandates indoctrination and the use of force against your citizens. I urge my colleagues to stop empowering…

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Dec 2, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 200, nays 224, not voting 9, as…

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Dec 2, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. There is a lot of noise in this town right now about government shutdowns, and the fact is, the issue isn't about shutdowns. It is about whether or not Members of this body will continue to use money we…

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Dec 2, 2021

I am fascinated to learn that I serve in the United States House of free stuff because that is what I have been hearing nonstop this entire week. There is an unlimited supply of money and resources apparently, an unlimited supply of…

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Dec 2, 2021

I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Adams (Brown (MD)) Cardenas (Soto) Crist (Wasserman Schultz) Curtis (Meijer) DeFazio (Carbajal) Frankel, Lois (Kuster)…

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Dec 2, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 202, not voting 14, as…

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Dec 1, 2021

Congress needs to man up, stand up, and fight for the American people. And that means don`t fund a government that is tyrannically forcing people to get a vaccine that they don`t want to get.

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Nov 30, 2021

We have a choice to make this week. We have a choice to make whether we are going to fund the United States Government and to fund the executive branch when that executive branch is carrying out often unlawful, unconstitutional, but…

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Nov 18, 2021

I can't help but wonder what my so-called moderate colleagues on the other side of the aisle are waiting for, with bated breath, from a CBO score. You don't need a CBO score to know that $100 billion worth of amnesty, when our border is…

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Nov 17, 2021

And we are now getting into the business of chilling debate and discussion about censuring our Members and going down the road of pulling each other off of committees. Where is this going to end? When Republicans are back in majority…

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Nov 17, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, my colleague just referenced the phrase ``any other environment'' that there would be some consequences. Well, this is not any other environment. This is the House of Representatives. We…

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Nov 5, 2021

I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress Axne (Clark (MA)) Babin (Nehls) Baird (Mooney) Barr (McHenry) Barragan (Huffman) Boebert (Franklin, C. Scott) Brooks…

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Nov 5, 2021

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I am interested to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who designate themselves as moderates running around saying that they need a CBO score. Yet, we know this isn't paid for…

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