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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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Jun 12, 2019

I appreciate that, and I would only point out in response to my friend from New York, and recognizing that this is an HHS-related matter, that one of the issues we are trying to deal with with respect to HHS is the office of ORR in dealing…

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Jun 12, 2019

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois The…

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Jun 12, 2019

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Scott of Virginia The Acting…

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Jun 12, 2019

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Foster The Acting CHAIR. It…

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Jun 12, 2019

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It…

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Jun 12, 2019

I cannot believe, for the life of me, that we can't come together in a bipartisan fashion to pass $4.5 billion to fund the necessary beds, to fund what is necessary to house these children. When people talk about kids in cages, are they…

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Jun 4, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko) for her time and energy on this important issue. I thank my colleagues who have been speaking on the floor. Madam Speaker, I have got to say, this bill, like my colleague from North…

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Jun 3, 2019

I appreciate your service to our Nation. As a former Federal prosecutor, I appreciate the commitment to law enforcement and what you are trying to do to keep the United States and its citizens safe.

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Jun 3, 2019

I think the border ought to be secure, it's better for our country, it's better for migrants.

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Jun 3, 2019

I've been a fairly outspoken critic of our current immigration policy and border policy.

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Jun 3, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas and appreciate all that she does for the great State of Texas. I rise in gratitude that this disaster relief bill will be debated and voted on today. It is important legislation that impacts people…

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May 24, 2019

Reserving the right to object, I am here today primarily because if I do not object, Congress will have passed into law a bill that spends $19 billion of taxpayer money without Members of Congress being present here in our Nation's Capitol…

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May 23, 2019

Chip Roy wasn't wrong to say they should have done something about the border.

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May 21, 2019

I love that my Democrat colleagues are racing to push for health care reform, especially Senate Democrat candidates for President who are now racing for Medicare for All, universal coverage, VA for all, whatever branding they want to come…

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May 21, 2019

And people talk about comparing systems. How many are in Singapore? It is about 6 million. How many are in Switzerland, 7 or 8 million? Right. We are comparing apples and oranges around the world when we are trying to compare one health…

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May 21, 2019

a significant number of illegals, illegally present in the United States in Texas, because this body refuses to do its job to secure the border.

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May 21, 2019

Is it not a false equivalency to compare the GI bill to overall Federal loans, because you are talking about 1 percent of the population for a population that volunteered to put their lives on the line for the country?

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May 21, 2019

What I'm trying to wrestle with is the value proposition of higher education today.

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May 21, 2019

Our system was designed to be a Federalist system where we can have differences of opinion, where we can have health care systems that vary state to state.

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May 21, 2019

But, unfortunately, my Democrat colleagues believe in the magic health care fairy and believe that where there is unlimited funding and believe that there won't be any rationing in such a system.

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May 21, 2019

I certainly agree with my colleagues, I think on both sides of the aisle, that the American people deserve the best health care in the world by virtue of our being Americans and by virtue of our using our ingenuity and by using our system…

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May 21, 2019

And so my question here is, is when we are talking about my colleague that was talking about states and talking about how we weren't going to allow states to be able to provide and make decisions that are best for the people in their home…

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May 17, 2019

I urge the Speaker to immediately schedule this important legislation that will protect equality of life for the unborn. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not recognized for debate. ____________________

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May 14, 2019

Let's just get the bad guys, right? Let's just stop what's happening.

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May 14, 2019

whatever you label it, whatever you call it, hate crime, domestic terrorism, whatever, let's just get the bad guys, right?

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