116th Congress
Tonight, I voted against Speaker Pelosi's continuing resolution. I did so for a number of reasons.
It was irresponsible legislating, given that members of Congress were provided less than 2-hours to read the text, let alone debate it. Speaker Pelosi knew the government fiscal year was coming, but didn't even provide us text of the legislation until hours before the vote. She forced a vote in caps (on caps) busting $1.6 trillion CR.
Furthermore, the CR only came to a vote because leadership made closed-door deals to bailout certain programs with zero offsets.
Rep. Chip Roy is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the Congressional App Challenge in TX-21:
Please join the Aug. 20th webinar for more information about this year's Congressional App Challenge. Students from across America are provided this opportunity by the United States House of Representatives. The goal is to encourage students to pursue STEM activities such as coding.
Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement Monday regarding his bill H.R. 8054, the Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning (SCHOOL) Act:
The coronavirus pandemic has shown us all the value of having freedom and flexibility in our lives. As the Nation continues to move forward in our response efforts, we cannot force parents into the untenable position of having to figure out how to provide for their families while simultaneously having to educate their children.
Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement Friday:
Today, Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Susan Wild (D-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA),and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the Paycheck Protection Program. The Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Enhancement Act which will authorize a second round of PPP loans for businesses that urgently need help and make other critical improvements to the PPP program that will continue the program's history of saving millions of jobs.
Rep Chip Roy:
Today, I was proud to be one of the plaintiffs arguing through our counsel Chuck Cooper to Federal Judge Contreras in the United States Federal District for the District of Columbia in defense of the Constitution and against the Democrats' so-called proxy voting scheme.
Rep. Roy on planning to introduce a bill to let parents choose the best education options for their children:
Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Ted Budd (R-NC) join Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in introducing the Restitution for Economic Losses Caused by Leaders who Allow Insurrection and Mayhem (RECLAIM) Act.
Rep. Roy on voting no on HR 7573 to remove certain statues from the Capitol:
Though, I commend my colleagues for pursuing the removal of statues in a legal and orderly way, I could not vote for this bill.
Our Nation is fighting a global pandemic and COVID-19 is spreading all along the border in Texas due to rampant illegal migration. Portland has been pillaged by anarchist attempting to harm federal agents and other cities like a Chicago are experiencing massive spikes in violence. And here we are, spending time and money to move statutes around.