August Pfluger
June 20th, 2022
Last week I had the opportunity to question President Biden's top energy advisors: The Honorable Andrew Light, Ph.D. (Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, Department of Energy), Mr. Harry Kamian (Senior...
June 17th, 2022
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says “show me your budget, show me your values,” so that is exactly what my colleagues and I in the Republican Study Committee have done. In this budget, we clearly demonstrate that...
June 13th, 2022
The U.S. is facing nationwide blackouts this summer due to cyberattacks from rogue actors like Russia combined with reserve capacity shortages.
June 8th, 2022
This week, we learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified an attempted cyber-attack on the Boston Children's Hospital as having been perpetrated by hackers working for the Iranian government.
May 25th, 2022
Right now, American families are struggling to find baby formula on the shelves, and the Democrats solution was to pass a $28 million payout to the FDA - an organization that has completely botched the formula shortage...
May 17th, 2022
This week, I joined Congressman Mike Johnson and other Republicans in filing a resolution condemning the attempts by pro-abortion activists to intimidate Supreme Court Justices.
May 16th, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a blatantly unconstitutional Disinformation Governance Board led by Nina Jankowicz—an outspoken liberal who mocked stories exposing Hunter Biden’s laptop and praised the...
April 28th, 2022
My constituent Trevor Reed, a Texan and U.S. Marine Veteran, has been released from Russian prison after being held for an anguishing 985 days as a political pawn. Trevor’s parents, Paula and Joey Reed of Granbury, Texas...
April 7th, 2022
David B. McKinley (W.Va.-01), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and I introduced a bill to clarify the extent of the President’s authority to...
April 5th, 2022
Thursday, I met with Granbury residents Paula and Joey Reed in my Washington, DC office. Wednesday night, Paula and Joey met with President Biden regarding the detainment of their son Trevor—a U.S.
June 20th, 2022
As an F-22 pilot in the U.S. Air Force and someone who served abroad in many different theaters, I spent my entire professional career looking at threats that were facing the United States—specifically focused on foreign...
June 15th, 2022
Last week, I voted against two unconstitutional gun restriction bills. As a Texan, a father of three young girls who go to school, and a defender of Constitutional rights, this issue hits close to home.
June 9th, 2022
Gas prices reached a national average of $4.72 per gallon this week — another record high and nearly double what they were when President Biden took office at the beginning of last year.Additionally, President Biden has been...
June 1st, 2022
American taxpayer dollars should never be used to enrich the Chinese Communist Party. My bill to prevent DHS grants from going to universities that host Confucius Institutes is a critical step in confronting China's threats...
May 17th, 2022
Congratulations to our 2022 District Art Competition Winner - Modesta Wellborn from Trinity School of Midland. Her watercolor painting "Traverse the Plains" depicts a peaceful longhorn along a fence line - a symbol of our...
May 16th, 2022
Last week we celebrated National Police Week, when we take time to recognize the heroic service of our nation's law enforcement officers who bravely put themselves in harm's way to keep our families and communities safe....
May 9th, 2022
Fighter jets like the ones I flew in Syria as an Air Force pilot, electric vehicles (EVs), and wind turbines all have one thing in common—they need
April 8th, 2022
Our bill would mandate CBP identify and begin to implement changes to increase hiring and improve retention for CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents specifically in...
April 6th, 2022
In a victory for border security efforts, H.R. 4209, the DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act I introduced, passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
April 4th, 2022
I released a statement following President Biden’s announcement that his administration will release an unprecedented amount of oil from our Nation’s emergency reserves and levy increased fees on federal oil and gas...