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March 17, 2022

WASHINGTON—Wednesday morning, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) formally called on all members of the House Republican Conference to uniformly and publicly support impeaching Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for fundamentally refusing to secure the Southern border and endangering American lives in the process.

March 10, 2022

WASHINGTON — Rep. Roy issued the following statement Thursday regarding his vote on H.R 6968:

March 4, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) led 38 of his House Republican colleagues in once again pledging to oppose federal funding for the enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

March 4, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) demanded answers from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky regarding recent New York Times reports that the CDC intentionally withheld data on hospitalization and vaccination status because it could be “misinterpreted.”

March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issed the following statment Wednesday:

March 1, 2022

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Tuesday regarding his vote on H.R. 55:

Lynching is an unspeakably heinous crime. But This bill doesn't have anything to do with lynching, other than its name.

It does not make lynching a federal offense. In fact it creates no new federal offenses. It simply raises the punishment for things that are already federal crimes, including those that are unrelated to lynching — such as gender identity — in an effort to advance a woke agenda under the guise of correcting racial injustice. 

February 24, 2022

WASHINGTON — Rep. Roy issued the following statement Thursday:

The attack by Putin on Ukraine is latest in his quest for Russian dominance in the 100th year anniversary of the formation of the Soviet Union, and it has unfortunately been fueled by President Biden's demonstrated weakness on the global stage and the western world's foolish pursuit of fantasy energy policies that have real-world consequences.

February 23, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), alongside more than twenty colleagues, introduced the No Backdoor Gun Control Act. This legislation would remove "Any Other Weapon" (AOW) from the definition of a firearm under the National Firearms Act (NFA), ensuring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) could not use the AOW section to violate Americans' Second Amendment rights. This is especially important should legislation that removes short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns (SBRs, SBSs) from the NFA be enacted.

February 18, 2022

WASHINGTON— On Friday afternoon, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement in response to news reports that 19 Austin police officers had been indicted on allegations of excessive force for their roles in responding to the May of 2020 riots in Austin, Texas.

February 18, 2022

WASHINGTON— On Thursday evening, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released "Texas Under Siege: The Human Toll of Biden's Border Crisis," a roughly 15-minute miniature documentary on the destruction that President Biden's reckless and impeachable border policies and actions have wrought on Texas.