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Pfluger encourages TX-11 students to participate in the Second Lady’s Summer Reading Challenge

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Originally Published in the Odessa American on June 18, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Second Lady of the United States Usha Vance announced her Summer Reading Challenge, and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) is encouraging all K-8 students in Texas’s 11th Congressional District to participate. To enter, students must read 12 books, complete the reading log, and submit it to receive a…

House of Representatives Passes Two Bills Overturning DC Open-Borders Laws

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Originally Published in the Federation for American Immigration Reform on June 16, 2025 H.R. 884 – Noncitizen Voting On June 10, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 884, which would prohibit aliens from casting ballots in local D.C. elections. H.R. 884 would also repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act, the law responsible for allowing noncitizens,…

GOP bill seeks to ban and deport visa holders who support Hamas amid wave of antisemitic violence in America

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Originally Published in Fox News on June 11, 2025. FIRST ON FOX: New legislation would broadly ban any visa holders who support Hamas or other designated terror groups from remaining in the U.S.  The Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act, led by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, expands current law under the Immigration and Nationality Act to ban any members…

Democrats vote overwhelmingly to allow illegal aliens to continue voting in key district

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Originally Published in the Blaze on June 11, 2025. The House passed another bill Tuesday night protecting election integrity, but Democrats are once again digging their heels in. The bill repeals a Washington, D.C., ordinance known as the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections. Just 56 Democrats joined…

House Panel’s Republicans, Democrats Concur on Scourge of Antisemitism, but Not on What to Do About It

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Originally Published in the Daily Signal on June 11, 2025. Following a number of recent violent attacks in America that appear to have been driven by antisemitism, members of Congress are seeking solutions to the threat of anti-Jewish acts of terrorism.   “The Jewish community has long been a vibrant and integral part of the nation’s fabric, yet today, too many Jewish…

148 Democrats back noncitizen voting in DC as GOP raises alarm about foreign agents

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Originally Published in Fox News on June 10, 2025. The majority of House Democrats voted in favor of allowing non-citizens to participate in Washington, D.C. elections on Tuesday. The House of Representatives passed a bill led by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, to prohibit non-U.S. citizens from voting in elections in the nation’s capital. It passed 266 to 148, with 56 Democrats…

House Eyes 3 Bills to Overrule DC Government

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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.…

Pfluger introduces resolution for Barbara Bush’s 100th birthday

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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…

Rising antisemitic violence, terror attacks in US spur House Homeland Security Committee hearing

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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…

Lawmakers tour Permian Basin oil sites, discuss energy policy and jobs

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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…