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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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Mar 31, 2022

Something along the lines of a million people that would have been released into the United States last year. Does the gentleman agree?

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Mar 31, 2022

Yeah, including the time under the Trump administration. So 1.7 million times during the pandemic all the people that were turned back would likely have been let in and released into the United States under this administration. Some of…

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Mar 31, 2022

The got-aways. The more than half a million known got- aways--known--known got-aways--last year. So if we have got people we are catching on the terrorist watch list, if we have got criminals convicted of sex crimes, convicted of murder…

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Mar 31, 2022

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

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Mar 31, 2022

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…

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Mar 30, 2022

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…

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Mar 9, 2022

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 249, nays 180, not voting 4, as…

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Mar 9, 2022

A number of my colleagues have asked why I have made at least two objections tonight with respect to motions to lay on the table and to have reconsideration. And I just want to remind the Chamber that we are here to do the job of the…

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Mar 9, 2022

Reserving the right to object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized.

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Mar 9, 2022

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 270, nays 157, not voting 6, as…

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Mar 9, 2022

I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress Amodei (Balderson) Bacon (Fitzpatrick) Bass (Kelly (IL)) Bishop (NC) (Budd) Boebert (Budd) Bonamici (Beyer) Bourdeaux…

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Mar 8, 2022

That is exactly right. And I want to take 1 minute because it merits repeating because we are sitting here in the United States of America in the protection of our great Republic miles away from what is happening in Ukraine, and it bears…

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