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Pfluger slams Biden's worst month at the border ever

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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…

Pfluger votes to hold China accountable and crack down on the weaponization of government agencies against Americans

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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…

Pfluger, Cornyn Bill to Seal Cross-Border Tunnels Signed into Law

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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…

Pfluger, Rubio introduce bill to force sanction review of Chinese tech companies enabling genocide

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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…

Pfluger Unveils Texas Delegation Border Security Plan for 118th Congress

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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…

MACH 1 Caucus Meets with Israeli Air Force Pilots

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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…

Rep. Pfluger Grills Secretary Mayorkas On Immigration: ‘The American People Aren’t Buying It!’

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Originally Published by the Daily Caller on November 15, 2022 Republican Texas Rep. August Pfluger grilled Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday about the porous southern border. Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on global terror threats. Pfluger asked him how many people among the 600,000 so-called got-aways “match the…

5 Key Moments From Mayorkas’ and Wray’s Hill Testimony

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Originally Published by the Daily Signal on November 15, 2022 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before a House panel on Tuesday, just days after Chris Magnus was forced to resign, according to reports, from his post as Customs and Border Protection commissioner. The House Homeland Security Committee hearing also featured FBI Director Christopher Wray and…

Pfluger Puts Biden Administration on notice: Preserve your documents

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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) sent letters directing the Biden Administration’s Homeland Security Officials to preserve documents related to the Administration’s disastrous failures along the U.S.-Mexico border and in its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Specifically, the letters—sent to the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and…

Cong. Pfluger is Demanding Answers, Accountability of Air Force for Politically Motivated Leak

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Originally Published by Texas Insider on October 31, 2022 Spending is causing inflation to skyrocket; Alarming Administration for Border Security Texas Insider Report WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The United States Air Force took responsibility for leaking the confidential personnel records of Jennifer-Ruth Green, a Veteran and candidate running in Indiana’s 1st…