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February 18, 2022

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Rep. Roy (TX-21) introduced the Passport Sanity Act to prevent United States passports from being used to promote radical gender ideology.

The Passport Sanity Act would prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation. Additionally, this legislation would require applications for these documents to include only the gender designations of male or female.

February 17, 2022

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday Representative Chip Roy (TX-21), Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) and Senator Ted Cruz (TX-R), joined by the First Liberty Institute, led 54 other Republican Members of Congress in submitting a second amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden.

February 11, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Thursday evening, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) led his colleagues in a letter of support to the Honorable Päivi Räsänen, M.D. and the Reverend Dr. Juhana Pohjola of Finland. The two are currently standing trial for alleged "hate speech" as a direct result of publicly professing widely shared beliefs of their Christian faith.

February 10, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) demanded DOJ and the former Acting United States Attorney for Minnesota justify giving a career criminal an abnormally lenient sentence for setting a lethal fire.

February 9, 2022

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday Representative Chip Roy (TX-21), Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) and Senator Ted Cruz (TX-R), joined by the First Liberty Institute, led 42 other Republican Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden.

The brief backs up Feds for Medical Freedom as they fight President Biden's unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the entire federal workforce.

February 8, 2022

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.

February 8, 2022

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.

February 4, 2022

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."

February 2, 2022

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.

February 1, 2022

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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