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September 9, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) and 44 of his House Republican colleagues requested the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provide a staff-level briefing on the PACT Act’s implementation and how it will affect standard casework processes.

September 8, 2022

WASHINGTON— On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released a pledge to the constituents of Texas’ 21st district, promising to fight to freeze federal spending, restore a government that works for the American people, and pass an agenda to stand up for America.

September 1, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) demanded answers from the Austin Fire Department after they allegedly fired their longtime volunteer lead chaplain for exercising his First Amendment rights.

August 25, 2022

WASHINGTON—Thursday afternoon, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement following Texas' Human Life Protection Act coming into effect:

Today marks the first day in almost 50 years that Texans' voices are no longer silenced by an overreaching Supreme Court on the fundamental question of when life begins and demands protection.

August 23, 2022

WASHINGTON—Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement on the Austin Fire Department’s termination of longtime chaplain Dr. Andrew Fox, after he posted his religious beliefs about transgenderism online while off the clock.

August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON—Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Friday evening after voting against H.R. 5376:

Today, in the face of rampant inflation and myriad government-created crises, House Democrats unilaterally rammed through a radical tax-and-spend bill that can only be described as a full-frontal assault on the liberties of the American people.

August 10, 2022

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Wednesday following President Biden's signing of H.R. 3967:

Our country has a moral obligation to care for veterans suffering the impacts of toxic exposure from their service in defense of our republic; that’s our side of the deal for enjoying the blessings of liberty. At the same time, Congress has a duty to do this in a manner that won’t threaten the future of the country veterans fought and died to defend. 

Issues:Veterans
August 9, 2022

WASHINGTON— Over the weekend, The Epoch Times published a story about the University of Texas Medical Branch taking responsibility for signing “poorly drafted” agreements with three top level biosecurity labs in China, one of which was the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

August 2, 2022

WASHINGTON—Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the below statement following yesterday's airstrike killing Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri:

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was an enemy of the United States, a danger to our national security and allies, and an example of evil incarnate. 

I commend the Biden Administration, our military, and the intelligence community for ridding the world of him and thereby making it a better place.  

July 29, 2022

WASHINGTON—Friday afternoon, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) gave the following remarks on the House floor regarding the Democrats’ gun control bill, H.R. 1808: