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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.
I was advised that we could do nothing in this body to address the constitutional infirmity of literally transferring our constitutionally vested authority to represent our constituents to another. Therefore, I was told, and I believe that…
I appreciate the opportunity here to visit about what we are dealing with today with respect to proxy voting with respect to the previous question. And I notice that the gentleman from Massachusetts--and, first of all, and our prayers go…
This body should continue to meet. That letter from James Madison, the father of the Constitution, to the father of our country, George Washington, expressly lays out what he is talking about to try to protect our duty to meet as a body…
I thank my friend from Oklahoma for yielding. I just ask my colleagues here: What are we doing? We have 40 million Americans out of work. We have serious problems we have got to address, and we are going to pass a bill tonight that is a…
I have one question: Where has Congress been? Forty-three percent of American households have had a significant or total pay cut; 26 million Americans have filed for unemployment; schools are shut down, placing burdens on families; and…
I thank the gentleman from Montana for his leadership on this and my colleagues who have been working together on this important effort. Madam Speaker, things like government efficiency, accountability, and reform are things you would…
I would ask the gentleman, does he agree with me that when we are talking about this kind of disruption, that this is not a partisan problem, that this is a problem of this body not sitting down and rolling up its sleeves to try to address…
I point out that, in Article I, Section 2, Clause 5, it says: ``The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.'' I would note, also, that in Section 3, when we talk…
I do, and I try to talk about it. There are others of us in this body who have gone through that sort of thing. This is what is so critically important, what we are talking about: We have the ability at our fingertips to transform our…
I thank the gentleman from Arizona for highlighting a number of different issues, starting, of course, with spending and talking about the future that we are going to deal with from a fiscal standpoint in our country, particularly the…
I would just like to thank the gentleman. I appreciate his time and his dedication to this. Let's do this again.
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