Rep. Chip Roy Press Office posted a series of tweets on March 13, 2026, highlighting crime and energy policy issues, as well as legislative priorities related to immigration.
On March 13, 2026, the office tweeted: “Chip’s Crime Chronicle Day 12: Meet Darwin Vazquez-Ramos, a 42-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico and registered sex offender with convictions in Texas, Virginia and Maryland for a third-degree sex offense, illegal reentry, trespassing and driving while intoxicated. He https://t.co/DiFgXG2Xmh”.
Later that day, Rep. Roy was quoted on domestic energy production: “The best thing that’s ever happened is what happened in Texas with fracking and opening up oil and gas in the United States over the last 15 or 20 years.
So now in Texas, we can produce oil, and that’s a game changer.” @cvpayne https://t.co/EqpFjHJnZG (March 13, 2026).
In another tweet regarding immigration reform legislation posted on March 13, Rep. Roy’s office stated: “Yes, we do.
Rep. Roy’s PAUSE Act requires the federal government to right our legal immigration problems before we consider new legal immigrants. https://t.co/XtosNfV3mZ“.
Chip Roy has represented Texas’s 21st District in the U.S. Congress since 2019 after replacing Lamar Smith (source). He has secured his seat through multiple election cycles against opponents including Kristin Hook (2024), Claudia Zapata (2022), Wendy Davis (2020), and Joseph Kopser (2018). His electoral victories have ranged from narrow wins in earlier races to more decisive margins in recent years.
