Press Releases
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:
On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) joined I'm Right with Jesse Kelly, where he discussed implications of the ongoing border crisis and called out fellow Republicans for failing to adequately combat federal bureaucracy and reduce its influence over our lives.
A selection of quotes from the interview are below and the interview clip is available here.
Washington – Today, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21), House Pro-Life Caucus co-chair Rep. Michelle Fischbach (MN-7), and Senate Pro-Life Caucus founding Chairman Steve Daines (R-MT) — joined by over 90 of their Republican colleagues — pressed the Food and Drug Administration for answers about its involvement with, and authority over, noninvasive prenatal testing.