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Monday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement regarding the Midland HHS facility for unaccompanied migrant children: “I have just learned that the Biden Administration will soon be holding tender-aged children (5-12 years old), both male and female, at the Midland HHS site for unaccompanied illegal migrants alongside teen girls up to the age of 17 years… Read more »

Thursday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, the appointed lead to the Biden Administration’s border response, regarding condemning the administration’s dangerous border policies, calling attention to the recent allegations of criminal activity at the Midland HHS facility, and imploring the Vice President to visit the Midland HHS… Read more »

Monday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) recognized three San Angelo Veterans in a ceremony in the O.C. Fisher Federal Building. Congressman Pfluger pinned each veteran with medals earned during their service in the Vietnam War that were not awarded properly. The three veterans, Robert Moncibais, Fred Maskil, and Manuel Ortegon, served valiantly through their military service… Read more »

With the crisis on the southern border intensifying, Congressman Pfluger joined 71 Members of Congress and 40 Republican Senators in calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the Biden Administration for suspending congressionally-appropriated border wall construction contracts. In a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, the lawmakers wrote, “We… Read more »

Today, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement after voting no on H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2021, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021, two partisan bills that further incentivize illegal immigration and exacerbate the crisis on the southern border. “Speaker Pelosi’s decision to bring two amnesty bills to… Read more »

Today, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) sent a letter to HHS Acting Secretary Norris Cochran and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing his frustration over the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an Emergency Intake Site for Unaccompanied Alien Children (UC) apprehended at the southern border at the Cotton Logistics site in Midland, Texas.… Read more »

Today, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican Leader Michael McCaul (TX-10), held a press conference demanding the immediate release of U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Trevor Reed, who is currently being detained as a political prisoner in Russia. The lawmakers were joined by… Read more »

Today, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) traveled to the southern border in El Paso, Texas with Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko, and other Members of Congress. The congressional delegation toured the El Paso Processing Center, a 98,000 sq. ft. facility equipped to handle over 1,040 migrants at a time. Today, the facility… Read more »

Today, Congressman August Pfluger released a statement in response to the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to house unaccompanied migrant children in an Emergency Intake Site in Midland, Texas due to overcrowding at Border Stations: Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11): “The Biden Administration’s lack of communication, coordination, and… Read more »

Wednesday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) voted no on the so-called American Rescue Plan— the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion job-killing leftist wish list that sends billions to locked down states and closed schools, funds Democrat priorities like Planned Parenthood, and devotes only 9% of its funding to defeating COVID-19. “I am extremely disappointed… Read more »