Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Tuesday after voting against H.R. 6617:
Today, the House of Representatives passed yet another bill that funds enforcement of Biden's tyrannical COVID-19 vaccine mandates — this time through March 11. I voted no.
I for one could not look in the eye of any one of our medical workers, military personnel, Border Patrol or other federal law enforcement and workers — whose health, liberties, and livelihoods are being taken away by these mandates — and justify a"yes" vote.
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Rep. Roy (TX-21), joined by 7 of his House Republican colleagues, introduced the Service Restoration Act to ensure that American servicemen and women in uniform are not fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine and that those already fired can return to military service.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement Friday after voting against the Democrats' so-called "America COMPETES Act of 2022" — H.R. 4521.
When it comes to China policy, our approach should be what the woman from Texas famously said to Coach Herb Brooks of the "Miracle on Ice" hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics: "Beat those commie bastards."
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), alongside 48 of his Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, informed GOP leadership that they will refuse to fund the enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandates when government funding runs out later this month.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Tuesday evening:
John Lewis's life of service and commitment to the civil rights movement is unparalleled. Tonight, I voted ‘present' on the question of naming a post office after him because I decided a long time ago not to engage in the swamp games of naming buildings while our nation crumbles — including today when we achieved the dubious distinction of $30 trillion in debt.
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WASHINGTON—On Monday, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) led an effort among House Republicans to demand that DHS Secretary Mayorkas formally correct the false narrative that United States Border Patrol agents "whipped" Haitian migrants attempting to illegally cross into the United States by releasing information DHS promised the public months ago.
WASHINGTON — On Friday, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) sent a letter to the Director of Airports of the San Antonio Airport System in response to footage reportedly showing ICE release a large group of illegal immigrants at the San Antonio International Airport (SAT) earlier that day.
Washington — Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) sent a letter to President Biden Tuesday in opposition to a recent executive order that forces the federal government to adopt radical environmental policies that harm our domestic energy producers and bolster our enemies.
"This order poses serious threats to the reliability of our electrical grid and will empower our enemies at the expense of American energy producers," the letter reads. "Unfortunately, your administration is trying to force the grid to shed this baseload energy source in favor of intermittent wind and solar power."
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) called on Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's Director of Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), to justify his "deeply concerning" comments on what he called the "pressing need" to vaccinate 0- to 4-year-olds.
Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Monday following the Supreme Court's decision not to grant certiorari in the suit he is leading alongside Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) challenging the constitutionality of proxy voting in the House of Representatives: