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Link to original format November 24, 2022   Happy Thanksgiving   …

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Link to Original Format November 23, 2022   I just visited the El Paso border sector with Republican leaders in Congress to say thank you to our…

Pfluger: China may be using autonomous vehicles to spy on Americans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) expressed his concerns that autonomous vehicles operated by Chinese companies could transfer critical data collected from their domestic activities to Beijing—posing a serious risk to the United States. In the letter, Congressman Pfluger states: “Aspirations from Chinese…

Pfluger to Mayorkas: Resign, or you will be held responsible

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) visited the El Paso, Texas sector of the U.S.-Mexico border with Leader Kevin McCarthy and a delegation of Republican lawmakers.  While there, the delegation heard directly from Border Patrol Agents who detailed the unmanageable national security crisis at the southern border. They witnessed a large encampment of…

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Link to original format November 18, 2022   In a House Homeland Security Committee hearing this week, I grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…

Pfluger slams Biden Administration’s latest scheme to harm energy and agriculture industries by listing the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. August Pfluger and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association today released statements following the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a move that will have a disastrous impact on American energy and agriculture production. “The Biden Administration has chosen to continue their…

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 Joins West Texas Colleagues in Defense of Rural Healthcare Access for Service Members and Veterans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) joined two of his Republican colleagues from West Texas, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Ronny Jackson (TX-13), in criticizing the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) decision to move forward with Cigna/Express Script’s reduced reimbursement plan. The DoD’s move endangers reliable and convenient…

Biden should end war on American energy

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Tags: Energy

Originally Published by The Washington Times on November 14, 2022 By Rep. Ashley Hinson and Rep. August Pfluger - - Monday, November 14, 2022   OPINION: Over the past two years, President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have put up roadblock after roadblock to domestic energy production. Their failed strategy has caused record-high gas prices, power…