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Link of original format Democrats Are Pandering to the Farthest Voices of the Left With Their $5 Trillion Spending Package This week, Democrats are considering $5 trillion in new spending and radical policies to push forward their ultra-radical, harmful agenda. Some of the outrageous provisions in this spending package include giving amnesty… Read more »

“I am extremely frustrated with the Democrats’ repeated efforts to poison the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—the bill that allows our valiant military to defend our country. Nothing could be more important. I voted to advance the FY2022 NDAA to the next step in negotiations because it continues President Trump’s commitment to fully fund our military,… Read more »

Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) spoke on the House Floor defending oil & gas producers and workers in the Permian Basin from the dangerous anti-energy policies in the Democrats’ partisan budget reconciliation bill. Included in the package are harmful regulations and tax increases that will push the United States towards shortages and blackouts. In his remarks, Pfluger… Read more »

Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) spoke on the House Floor defending oil & gas producers and workers in the Permian Basin from the dangerous anti-energy policies in the Democrats’ partisan budget reconciliation bill. Included in the package are harmful regulations and tax increases that will push the United States towards shortages and blackouts. In his remarks, Pfluger… Read more »

Following a trip to Del Rio where he witnessed 15,000 illegal migrants freely crossing the southern border, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) joined Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and other Republican lawmakers in introducing a resolution demanding that the Biden Administration enforce federal immigration laws and secure the southern border. The resolution requires the Biden… Read more »

Link of original format September 24, 2021 I spent last Saturday in Del Rio, TX with local and state leaders and law enforcement—what I heard, and what I saw, was devastating. There… Read more »

Friday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) voted no on H.R. 3755, a Democrat-led abortion-on-demand bill that would legalize abortion up until birth nationwide and overturn all state laws that protect the unborn. “It is heartbreaking to imagine, but Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat-majority in the House have passed a bill to legalize abortion up until birth nationwide,” said… Read more »

Today, Congressman August Pfluger led an effort to bring up the Border Security for America Act of 2021 (H.R. 4828) for consideration. Despite the ongoing humanitarian and security disaster in Del Rio, Texas, House Democrats today blocked the commonsense border security bill which would provide Customs & Border Protection (CBP) with additional resources and personnel to secure… Read more »

Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) went to Del Rio, TX to conduct oversight on the migrant-influx happening at the international port of entry. There are nearly 15,000 migrants gathered in the small Texas border community with hundreds more gathering every hour. While there, Congressman Pfluger met with Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano, Sherriff Joe Frank Martinez of Val Verde County, state and… Read more »

Link of original format We Must Protect the U.S. From New and Emerging Terror Threats The Biden Administration’s evacuation from Afghanistan was not only botched and heartbreaking, but is fostering a terrorist safe-haven. Our top priority must be to adapt to this rapidly changing environment by using all the tools at our disposal to… Read more »