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Originally Published in The Daily Signal on June 9, 2025 In a major rebuke to measures passed by the District of Columbia city government under home rule, the House of Representatives will consider three bills this week that would repeal local laws passed by the D.C. Council. One of the bills seeks to repeal a local law that gave illegal aliens and other noncitizen D.C.… Read more »

Originally Published in the Odessa American on June 6, 2025 U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, introduced a resolution on Friday for Barbara Bush’s 100th birthday, which would have been June 8. “Barbara Bush exemplified excellence in every aspect of her life, but especially in her role as a public servant. She served our nation with grace and distinction as both Second and First Lady… Read more »

Originally Published in Fox News on June 4, 2025 EXCLUSIVE: A GOP lawmaker on the House’s Homeland Security Committee is spearheading a hearing on growing antisemitic violence in the U.S. in response to recent attacks in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. These attacks are not outliers, according to the chairman of the committee’s counterterrorism and intelligence… Read more »

Originally Published in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on June 3, 2025. Rep. August Pfluger continues to escort fellow members of Congress to the Permian Basin on a tour of the region’s oil and gas operations. This week, members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce visited a hydraulic fracturing site and held a roundtable discussion with members of local energy… Read more »

Originally Published in the Odessa American on June 3, 2025 U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, and members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a news conference following a visit to a frac site in Midland. Members in attendance included Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie and Energy and Commerce members Pfluger, Rick Allen, Russell Fry, Randy Weber, Nick Langworthy,… Read more »

A Conversation with Pfluger While in the midst of ongoing negotiations for the budget reconciliation bill and other general chaos in Washington, D.C., Congressman August Pfluger (R-TX-11) graciously took time for a phone call with The Texan last week.  Among the topics we discussed was one I’ve noodled on throughout various editions of The 40 since January: how has Trump… Read more »

Originally Published in San Angelo LIVE on May 23, 2025. Texas will receive $12 billion in federal reimbursements for border security costs under a new reconciliation package approved by the U.S. House, according to statements Thursday from Gov. Greg Abbott and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11). The funding is part of the broader legislative agreement known as the "One Big… Read more »

Originally Published in the Odessa American on May 20, 2025. Congressman August Pfluger has passed more legislation this year than any other member of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, most notably the Congressional Review Act he sponsored to repeal President Biden’s natural gas tax, which President Trump signed into law March… Read more »

Originally Posted in Fox West Texas on May 19, 2025. And the winner is, Korbin Jastrow. The Central High School senior, is the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition in Texas's 11th Congressional District.  This year's theme was "Texas to Me." In her submission, Jastrow wrote, "the cow was drawn with pencil, then stamped with homemade stamps… Read more »

Originally Posted on May 9, 2025 in the Killeen Daily Herald. Hundreds of eighth graders from across Killeen middle schools attended a student leadership conference Friday hosted by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. Pfluger, who represents a House district stretching from Killeen to Midland, sat down with III Corps commander Lt. Gen. Kevin… Read more »