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Courtroom Coup: Ending the district judges' war on presidential authority

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Originally Published in Fox News on April 9, 2025 Democrats tried every strategy – congressional investigations, impeachments, smear campaigns, weaponizing the criminal justice system, and even ballot disqualifications – to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president again. Yet, on November 5th, the American people spoke loud and clear: enough was enough. Trump won all…

Pfluger leads attempts to undo Biden’s endangered special list additions

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Originally Posted in the Ripon Advance on April 4, 2025. U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) wants to have the dunes sagebrush lizard and the lesser prairie chicken removed from the threatened and endangered species list to help unleash American energy, highlight the success of local conservation efforts, and restore regulatory certainty for rural communities. The congressman led an…

Pfluger sponsors bills to deter violence at colleges by students, faculty with visas

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Originally Published in the Ripon Advance on March 25, 2025. Two pieces of legislation brought forth by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) seeks to reinforce the rule of law by targeting the unlawful actions of international students and faculty who have visas and are enrolled or working at American universities.  “It is a privilege for international students to have the…

Pfluger, Crank named to US Air Force Academy Board of Visitors

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Originally Published in the Odessa American on March 21, 2025. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congressman Jeff Crank (CO-05) were named by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (LA-04) to serve on the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, which provides independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to the U.S. Air Force Academy. “I am humbled and honored that…

Exclusive: GOP Rep. Pushes Bills That Would Strip Rioting Students Of Visas And Financial Aid

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Originally Posted in the Federalist on March 21, 2025. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, believes that foreign national students who decide to scoff at the privilege of being in the United States by rioting and assaulting police officers should be stripped of their visas and financial aid, and likely be deported. While the Trump administration has already taken steps to…

Hoeven, Pfluger applaud enacted resolution to end implementation of natural gas tax

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Originally Posted in the Ripon Advance on March 19, 2025. A Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval led by U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) to block implementation of the Biden administration’s natural gas tax became law with the president’s signature on Monday. “The Biden administration handcuffed our energy industry with unnecessary…

Trump blocks methane fee, easing burden on Permian Basin producers

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Originally Posted in NewsWest9 on March 17, 2025.   President Trump recently signed a resolution blocking a methane fee program that was set to take effect this year, a move that Permian Basin leaders say is a major win for local oil and gas producers. The fee, originally part of the Democrats' 2022 climate bill, aimed to charge oil and gas companies for excess methane…

Trump signs law repealing methane fee from Inflation Reduction Act

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Originally Posted in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on March 17, 2025.  Efforts to repeal the methane fee that was part of the Inflation Reduction Act became official as President Donald Trump signed into law the Congressional Review Act. “I was honored to witness President Trump sign my monumental legislation into law to deliver on the mandate to remove burdensome regulations…

President Trump signs Pfluger’s bill to end the natural gas tax into law

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Originally Posted in the Odessa American on March 17, 2025.  President Trump signed Congressman August Pfluger’s (TX-11) Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse Biden’s “ill-conceived” natural gas tax into law. In response to his legislation being signed into law, Pfluger said, “I was honored to witness President Trump sign my monumental legislation into law to…

GOP lawmakers tackle challenge of turning Trump actions into laws

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Originally Posted in The Hill on March 16, 2025.  Republican lawmakers who are jubilant about President Trump’s flurry of executive orders and actions reshaping the government are staring down a challenge: making those changes last by turning them into law. For now, the GOP majorities in Congress are largely happy to cede power to the executive branch as Trump tests the limits of…