Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after the House's vote on Amendment No. 29 (the Roy Amendment) to H.R. 4373 — an appropriations bill for State and Foreign Operations and other Projects. The amendment would have stopped taxpayer funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
WASHINGTON— On Wednesday, Reps. Chip Roy (TX-21) and Bill Posey (FL-8), along with several of their House Republican colleagues, sent a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci demanding answers on his correspondence with the virology community and the suppression of information on the origins of COVID and gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
WASHINGTON— Today, following the news of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's move to reinstitute mask mandates, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement:
"This will not end until Americans stop complying with edicts from power-obsessed public health 'experts.' Americans are capable of making their own health decisions and should be able to choose freedom over fear."
WASHINGTON— Today, in response to President Biden's recent decision to resume sending U.S. foreign aid to the United Nations Relief and Work agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) and Senator James Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act.
WASHINGTON— Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement in opposition to HR 1374, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act:
WASHINGTON— Today, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Restoring Military Focus Act, an effort to push back against the Democrats' politicization of the Department of Defense and to eliminate the unnecessary progressive agenda being pushed by the left that undermines the United States military.
WASHINGTON— Today, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) spoke on the House floor prior to voting against the ALLIES Act — an effort initially designed to streamline the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program as the U.S. withdraws our troops from Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2021 with Rep. Mary Miller (IL-15) as the House co-lead and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), the Founder and Chairman of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, introducing the legislation in the Senate.
The bill would prohibit Federal funds from going to any institution of higher learning that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortion to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site.
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), along with his friend and colleague Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-04) continued to demand answers from the Biden administration on allegations of politicized mistreatment of January 6 defendants, following months of silence from the Department of Justice.
WASHINGTON—On Monday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement in response to abortion activists' attempt to block the Texas Heartbeat Bill: