WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) delivered the following opening remarks today at the CTI Subcommittee hearing examining the numerous threats the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the U.S. homeland, and what actions must be taken to mitigate the threat to U.S.… Read more »

U.S. Congressmen August Pfluger (TX-11) and Jason Crow (CO-06), and U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close Foreign Agents Registration Act loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to lobby in the United… Read more »

Tuesday, August Pfluger (R-TX), Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence and Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) led the Subcommittee members in calling for a briefing from NORAD and DHS on the possible compromising of homeland equities by the Chinese surveillance balloon that infiltrated U.S. airspace for… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman August Pfluger announced that he has been selected to serve as the Chairman of the Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee for the 118th Congress by Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN). Rep. August Pfluger: “As a former fighter pilot who has served abroad in many different theaters, I spent my entire military… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Thursday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement slamming the national security risk posed by the Biden Administration’s border policies, which have resulted in the highest number of migrant encounters for one month on record in history. Rep. August Pfluger: “It continues to amaze me that over a million illegal migrants have entered this country… Read more »

Tuesday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) voted to establish two Select Subcommittees on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (H. Res. 11), and the Weaponization of the Federal Government (H. Res. 12). These subcommittees fulfill promises Republicans made in the Commitment to America to support a… Read more »

WASHINGTON – In a victory for border security efforts, legislation authored by U.S. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) became law. H.R. 4209, the DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act, was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 and signed into law on Friday. The legislation assists in securing the southern border by directing… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-directed tech companies Hikvision, Dahua, Tiandy, and BGI provide the technological equipment used by the CCP to commit genocide against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).  To hold these companies responsible for their human rights abuses, U.S. Representative August… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) joined the Texas Republican delegation in unveiling its border security plan – a Commitment to Secure the Border – for the 118th Congress. Rep. August Pfluger: “In Texas, we understand better than anyone the social and economic burden of the open southern border. Today, my fellow Texas Republicans and I unveiled our… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – The MACH 1 Caucus, a coalition of former military pilots and current lawmakers including Rep. August Pfluger, Rep. Scott Franklin, Rep. Jake Ellzey, Rep. Mike Garcia, and Rep. Chris Stewart released statements following their Thursday meeting with 12 pilots from the Israeli Air Force (IAF) as a part of the Jewish Institute for… Read more »