Category: Rep. Chip Roy

House Votes to Adopt Rules Package That Dissidents Demanded, McCarthy Accepted

Republicans held a spirited debate over the proposed rules to govern how the House of Representatives does its business in the 118th Congress and then adopted a major package of reforms they say will restore accountability and transparency for the public. The 55-page rules package was approved on a 220–213 vote that followed Republicans defeating…


‘We Have to Fight for Something’: Chip Roy Calls for Bolder Leadership in 118th Congress

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) demanded that congressional Republicans be bold in their use of power during the 118th Congress as the GOP appears poised to reclaim the House. In an op-ed for The Washington Post titled “Leadership is not a title. It’s an action,” Roy called for his party to use all the tools at…


EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Call for Investigation Into ‘Politically Motivated’ CDC Decisions During COVID

Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) are leading a GOP call for investigations into “politically motivated” decisions made by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times, Roy and Biggs, joined by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) called on…


Roy Leads House GOPers Demanding DOD Stop Paying Abortion Travel Expenses

Forty House Republicans, led by Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, are demanding that the Department of Defense (DOD) shut down a fund it set up to pay the travel expenses of service members seeking abortions. “The United States military is facing a historic recruiting crisis as a result of ‘wokeness’ and its strategically foolish COVID…


EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Leads Effort to Block New Democrat Spending in Stopgap Bill

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is leading a House GOP effort to block Democrats from using a last-minute stopgap funding bill to tie Republicans’ hands in 2023 if they take the majority. In a letter addressed to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) obtained by The Epoch Times, Roy demands that Republicans oppose any continuing resolution…


EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Questions Top Texas University Scientist Over Links to Wuhan Lab

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a July 6 letter questioned Dr. James LeDuc, former director of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), about the ties between UTMB and the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). Roy’s letter, which was exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times, accuses LeDuc of violating both federal and Texas state law in…


EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chip Roy Questions Top Texas University Scientist Over Links to Wuhan Lab

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a July 6 letter questioned Dr. James LeDuc, former director of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), about the ties between UTMB and the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). Roy’s letter, which was exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times, accuses LeDuc of violating both federal and Texas state law in…


EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chip Roy Blasts Senate GOP-Backed Efforts to ‘Forcibly Conscript Our Daughters’

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a June 16 letter blasted legislative efforts to include women in the draft after several Senate Republicans voted in favor of a measure that would do just that. In the letter, exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times, Roy called for the removal of a Senate-approved provision of the National Defense…


Ending Title 42 a ‘Dereliction of Duty’: Texas Congressman Chip Roy

With illegal immigrant encounters at the U.S. southern border being the highest on record, Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas) warns that ending Title 42 will cause even greater harm to Americans and those crossing illegally, and is gross negligence by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. “That is a complete dereliction of…


Ending Title 42 a ‘Dereliction of Duty’: Texas Rep. Chip Roy

With illegal immigrant encounters at the U.S. southern border at the highest on record, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has said that ending Title 42 will cause even greater harm to Americans and those crossing illegally and that doing so is gross negligence by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “That is a complete…