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Pfluger, Golden introduce bill to protect Americans’ right to silence

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Originally Posted in the Odessa American on January 22, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced the bipartisan Protecting Americans’ Right to Silence (PARTS) Act to ensure that the rights’ of American gun owners are protected. Specifically, this legislation would amend the statutory definitions of firearm…

Op-Ed: The Pentagon needs a new kind of leader

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Washington Examiner | Op-Ed  Rep. August Pfluger | January 13, 2025  At the hands of President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the nation has witnessed one foreign policy disaster after the next. The duo’s catastrophic decision-making and military execution has left Americans dead, our military vulnerable, and our adversaries emboldened. To…

August Pfluger elected Republican Study Committee chair

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Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) was elected on Friday to chair the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, for the 119th Congress. Pfluger, who had led the caucus’s energy-focused task force, ran for the role against Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), who headed its budget task force. The vote was 80-57, two sources told The…

Exclusive: Rep. August Pfluger introduces bill to prevent federal bureaucrats from undermining the next president

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Originally Published in the Washington Reporter on October 28, 2024. In the run-up to next week’s elections, Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas) is rolling out legislation, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, that will prevent career bureaucrats within the administration from undermining the next presidential administration. The Stop Resistance Activities by Federal…

Op-ed: Rep. August Pfluger: As border czar, Kamala Harris failed the American people. I saw this firsthand

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Originally Published in the Washington Reporter on August 19, 2024.  As border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris has failed the American people in refusing to secure our border. The administration has allowed more than 10 million illegal immigrants to enter into our country—including known and suspected terrorists, violent rapists, and murderers. If she is elected president, the…

The Biden-Harris foreign policy strategy: Unleashing chaos at home and abroad

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Originally Published in the Washington Examiner on August 13, 2024. In only three years, the Biden-Harris administration’s weak foreign policy decisions have emboldened our adversaries and led to numerous crises at home and abroad. The Biden-Harris foreign policy strategy of appeasement has been a catastrophic failure, best illustrated by the…

Rioting students should lose visas and financial aid, GOP lawmaker says

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Originally Published in the Washington Examiner on July 2nd, 2024.  EXCLUSIVE — Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) introduced two bills this week aimed at stripping students who assault police officers and are convicted of offenses related to rioting of visas and financial aid. The Washington Examiner exclusively obtained the two bills, the Uproot…

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Demand Biden DHS Cough Up Info On ‘Biased’ Panel Featuring Anti-Trump Intel Officials

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Originally Posted by the Daily Caller on June 25th, 2024 Republican lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding information on an intelligence advisory board, arguing the panel is at risk of political bias. Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, and Republican Texas…

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Probe Zuckerberg, Meta For Hiding ‘Political And Social’ Content From Users’ Feeds

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Originally Published in the Daily Caller on June 21, 2024.  Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Meta over a decision to proactively opt users out of having “political and social” content suggested to them on two of the company’s social media platforms. Republican Texas Reps. August Pfluger and Dan Crenshaw wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO and founder, and…

GOP rep looks to remove FAFSA aid for students convicted of rioting, assaulting police in Israel protests

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Originally Published by Fox News on May 1, 2024 Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, will soon introduce legislation that would withhold federal financial aid from student protesters convicted of rioting or attacking police in the latest wave of anti-Israel unrest, Fox News Digital has learned. Police have already arrested hundreds of student protesters for various crimes at…