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Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation to prevent private interim nuclear waste storage sites from becoming de facto permanent nuclear waste storage facilities. Both Texas and New Mexico have objected to the placement of these… Read more »

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U.S. Congressman August Pfluger surprised Mary Lou Hand of Wall, Texas with an American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in her honor. Mrs. Hand recently celebrated her 100th Birthday. View the touching photos here or below. Mary Lou Hand served the United States during World War II as an Army nurse caring for those who were critically wounded. While serving in England, she met her… Read more »

Thursday, Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) released the following statement in response to the renewed Russian invasion of Ukraine. ”The prayers of all Americans and Texans are with the people of Ukraine today. The harrowing images and videos of Russian forces indiscriminately attacking Ukrainian cities are a stark reminder of what happens when the world lacks strong American… Read more »

Link to original format. February 18, 2022   Midland Over Moscow Act   I am proud to unveil… Read more »

U.S. Representatives August Pfluger (TX-11), Tracey Mann (KS-01), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led 57 of their Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden to make the U.S.-China agricultural trade relationship more balanced and reciprocal. More than two years ago, the United States and China signed a two-year Phase One trade deal that required China to make… Read more »

Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced the Midland over Moscow Act, a Republican Study Committee initiative to strengthen U.S. energy independence and make American allies less dependent on Russian oil & gas. “The Midland Over Moscow Act will force the Biden Administration to develop an energy security strategy and fuel the world with American—not… Read more »

Congressman August Pfluger joined Representatives Garret Graves, Bruce Westerman, Andy Barr, Stephanie Bice, Dan Crenshaw, Jeff Duncan, Brian Mast, and Pete Stauber in sending a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm rebuking false claims of ten Democratic Senators who asked Granholm and the Biden Administration to limit U.S. natural gas exports in an effort to ease rising domestic… Read more »

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Monday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement calling for the immediate resignation of Alejandro Mayorkas, President Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security: Rep. August Pfluger: “Secretary Mayorkas is presiding over the worst border crisis in history and lying about it to Congress. By breaking federal border security laws, he allowed over 2 million illegal… Read more »