Rep. Chip Roy Press Office posted a series of updates on July 15, 2025, highlighting legislative actions and community events involving Representative Chip Roy, who represents Texas’ 21st district in the U.S. Congress.
In a post made at 17:09 UTC, the office stated: “Rep. Roy is proud to be a co-sponsor on @RepThomasMassie’s HR 899 — which would ABOLISH the Department of Education. Let’s get it PASSED.” The message references House Resolution 899, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, which seeks to eliminate the federal Department of Education.
Later that day at 18:34 UTC, another update focused on recent natural disasters affecting Texas communities: “Rep. Roy, the Texas delegation, and the rest of the 119th Congress honor the lives lost in the Texas Hill Country Floods for a Moment of Silence on the House floor: Rep. Roy: ‘It was a rough week, lot of destruction, lot of beautiful parts of our state that were destroyed, but'” The post included remarks from Rep. Roy about damage caused by floods in his home state.
A third post at 20:20 UTC addressed law enforcement efforts against human smuggling in San Antonio: “Rep. Roy: ‘Despite the doxing and the anti-ICE rhetoric from the radical open-borders crowd in this country, our brave immigration agents continue to do their job undeterred… I commend all law enforcement in San Antonio for ending this smuggling ring.'”
Representative Chip Roy has served as a member of Congress for Texas’s 21st District since 2019 after succeeding Lamar Smith. He was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1972 and currently resides in Austin. He holds degrees from both the University of Virginia and the University of Texas-Austin.
