Press Releases
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement in response to President Biden's nomination of David Chipman to direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF):
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement opposing HR 239, the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act:
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement in response to San Antonio's unconstitutional Chick-Fil-A ban:
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement in response to Kamala Harris' announcement that she will finally visit the full blown humanitarian crisis at the southern border after months of ignoring it:
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, following the Biden administration's announcement of new gun control measures, a direct affront on our second amendment rights, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) and his colleagues from the Texas congressional delegation sent a letter to Governor Abbott in support of the Governor's efforts to resist these unconstitutional infringements and urging him to continue to fight against the Biden administration's gun-grabbing agenda.
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after the passage of H.R. 2694, the Criminal Judicial Administration Act, led by Reps. Chip Roy (TX-21), Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (GA-04), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and Van Taylor (TX-03):
WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) urging the OPM status be changed to open and that federal employees to fully return to their jobs in-person.
"Due to the ongoing restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 response, numerous in-person government services are unavailable to my constituents and Americans across the country. It is high time federal employees return to their jobs and serve the taxpayers that employ them," said Rep.Chip Roy.
WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, following last week's statewide energy conservation request, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) sent a letter to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) raising questions about whether Texans can depend on their electrical grid as the hottest summer months approach.
Full text of the letter is available at the link here and below:
Brad Jones
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
WASHINGTON—On Saturday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) released the following statement in honor of Juneteenth:
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Open for Business Act, an effort that would immediately eliminate the $300 federal enhanced unemployment weekly benefit or the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC).
The federal government is currently sending $300 per week in enhanced unemployment benefits, incentivizing Americans to stay home and not return to their jobs. We should not be paying people more not to work than to work.