Congressman August Pfluger, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Intelligence and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence report indicating that the Maduro regime is releasing violent prisoners from Venezuela to be sent in migrant caravans to the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed their bill to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Angelo, Texas the Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic, in honor of Colonel Charles Powell, former Wing Commander at… Read more »

Today, 219 House Democrats BLOCKED consideration of Rep. August Pfluger’s (TX-11) legislation, the Protecting the Permian Basin Act of 2022.   This bill would repeal the natural gas tax included in Democrats’ “Paycheck Reduction Act” that adds a fee for onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas producers and processors. The tax will increase costs for American families… Read more »

Originally Published by Fox News on September 17, 2022 Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are accusing their Democratic counterparts of ignoring the crisis at the southern border, claiming they're failing to address border security and the environmental impacts of the surge in illegal immigration. Republicans are in the minority on the committee, and they… Read more »

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Washington, D.C. — Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) today joined Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and 100 Republicans in demanding answers from credit card companies Visa, American Express, and Mastercard over the implementation of a classification of gun sales, to ensure this is not used to track law-abiding gun owners or infringe on their Constitutional rights. The letter is support by… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement following the report that prices spiked 8.3% in August 2022, higher than expected. Rep. August Pfluger: “The August 2022 8.3% price hikes are even worse than expected—and largely driven by the extreme uptick in the price of energy and food. Gas utility bills are up 33% and electricity is 15.8% more… Read more »

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Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) is proud to introduce the Protecting the Permian Basin Act of 2022, a bill to strike down the Democrats’ latest attack on the oil and gas industry. Pfluger’s bill repeals a harmful tax on oil and gas producers that was included in the Democrats’ Inflation ‘Expansion’ Act. Read more »