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Chip Roy

@RepChipRoy

Rep. Roy's Statement After Voting Against the House Passed Conference Report of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026: "The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) secured major victories that move the Pentagon in the right direction by further dismantling woke policies, ending outdated authorizations of force, and strengthening our military capability. Notably, the NDAA includes legislation I authored delivering a major win for constitutional governance by fully repealing the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF). I am proud to have worked on a bipartisan basis with Rep. Meeks and in the past, Rep. Barbara Lee to deliver this victory. Removing these outdated provisions strengthens our constitutional framework by reaffirming that military action must not rely on decades-old statutes. We believe this is the first repeal of an AUMF in Congressional history and thus marks real progress toward restoring proper war powers. Moreover, I am proud that the NDAA implements commonsense protections for fairness and integrity within our institutions by prohibiting men from competing in women’s sports at our Service Academies and permanently eliminating statutory DEI mandates. The legislation also requires the Intelligence Community to provide the American people the truth about the role the Chinese Communist Party played in unleashing the COVID-19 virus. Taken together, these reforms represent meaningful progress toward ending ideological distractions and restoring mission-first focus at the Pentagon. But despite these important wins, the final version of the NDAA contained serious failures that I cannot ignore, including being roughly $8 billion above the House top-line budget - meaning Congress will now have to find $8 billion in cuts just to keep overall spending flat. It also falls short on basic principles like protecting taxpayer dollars from funding gender ideology. While it rightly prohibits TRICARE from covering gender-transition surgery, it still allows coverage for cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers - an unacceptable loophole that continues to funnel defense dollars to subsidize gender-transitioning. The legislation also continues and expands Ukraine funding for 2 years without yet a clear indication from President Zelenskyy on complying with President Trump’s proposed peace plan or any other clear sign the endless war will end. In addition to these (and other) substantive reasons, one of the most troubling failures is the removal of the strong anti-Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) safeguards that House conservatives fought to include earlier this year. The House-passed bill rightly prohibited the Federal Reserve from issuing or testing a CBDC, thereby preventing unelected bureaucrats from having the power to track, monitor, or control Americans’ private financial transactions under the guise of a government-run digital currency. Nor did the Senate rectify its mistaken empowerment of Senators only – as opposed to unelected hard-working Americans – to effectively “sue-and-settle” to recover a minimum of $500,000 in taxpayer-funded damages per violation in disputes with federal agencies. Although this NDAA contains several positive and long-overdue reforms, the increased deficit spending, the inclusion of unacceptable policies that run counter to the department’s mission, and the exclusion of promised reforms like the anti-CBDC policies regrettably required me to vote against the legislation."

@RepChipRoy Dec 11, 2025 on X

Very pro-crypto

Chip Roy

@RepChipRoy

Rep. Roy Statement on Votes on Digital Assets Legislation: "Today, House Republicans took a significant step forward to provide a market framework to ensure that Americans can innovate with cryptocurrencies. I supported H.R. 3633, the CLARITY Act, to allow such innovation without fear of an uncertain regulatory environment. I was most proud to support H.R. 1919, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act – which will guarantee that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC’s) are not permitted in the United States. CBDC’s would represent a radical attack on the privacy of Americans and would allow government and financial institutional unchecked power over our bank accounts, and importantly, our freedom to purchase and move about unimpeded by government surveillance. No government power should be able to limit the ability of a citizen to transact pre-emotive lay based on the policy whims of any particular party in power. The Senate should pass this and send it to the President’s desk immediately. Regrettably, I opposed S. 1582, the GENIUS Act because it was passed without the necessary protections to prevent Central Bank Digital Currencies, and I do not believe we should proceed with building out the necessary structures for stable coin or the development of market structures (CLARITY) without the protection against CBDC. Innovation and prosperity is important – but freedom is the centerpiece of both. We should demand freedom first."

@RepChipRoy Jul 18, 2025 on X

Very pro-crypto

Chip Roy

@RepChipRoy

Rep. Roy on GENIUS Act on @glennbeck: "If the crypto bros want to be able to do all this stuff, they need to back us up to defend freedom." #Bitcoin #BTC $BTC pic.x.com/ExfEHbyAAK

@RepChipRoy Jul 16, 2025 on X

Somewhat pro-crypto

Chip Roy

@RepChipRoy

Rep. Roy on GENIUS Act on @glennbeck: "We believe a line in the sand is that we've got to have an emphatic statement from the government of the United States that the government is not going to be tracking your money... This is a country that's supposed to embrace freedom." #Bitcoin #BTC $BTC

@RepChipRoy Jul 16, 2025 on X

Very pro-crypto

Chip Roy

Neutral on crypto

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