It is up to Congress to restore Transparency, Efficiency & Trust back to the Federal Government
By Cong. August Pfluger
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, my Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse former President Biden's ill-conceived natural gas tax passed through the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and it is now on its way to President Trump's desk to be signed into law. I have fought this tax since its inception, and am thrilled that Congress took immediate action this week to eliminate the natural gas tax once and for all.
In November, the American people overwhelmingly voted for lower energy prices, and passing my CRA Is another step toward fulfilling that mandate.
This harmful tax hurt energy producers in the Permian Basin and American energy producers across the country by raising costs on production, discouraging investment, and increasing energy prices across America.I also penned an op-ed in the Daily Caller detailing exactly what this tax is and how my CRA is the first step in ending the natural gas tax.
- You can read the op-ed here.
I was honored to welcome Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to Capitol Hill for this week's Republican Study Committee lunch meeting. Chairman Carr is a warrior for free speech who has consistently fought against biased media sources and is protecting our national security by preventing foreign adversaries from infiltrating America's telecommunications infrastructure.
Chairman Carr has also strongly advocated for closing the digital divide across rural America, an issue I am very passionate about. As RSC Chairman, I will work lockstep with Chairman Carr to dismantle censorship, strengthen America's digital infrastructure through free-market principles, and restore free speech rights for individuals in Texas-11 and across America.
Protecting Taxpayer Dollars in Broadband
This last week, I also introduced the "Broadband Buildout Accountability Act" alongside U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) to increase transparency in the federal government and protect billions of taxpayer dollars currently in American broadband investment. This legislation would remove FOIA exemptions for the grant program in charge of these dollars and require proof of how the program spends the $42 billion invested in it.
It has become overwhelmingly clear that fraud, waste, and abuse of taxpayer dollars ran rampant during the Biden Administration. It is up to Congress to restore transparency, efficiency, and trust back to the federal government. This legislation does that by ensuring these taxpayer dollars are properly used to close the digital divide across America.
- Read more about the legislation here.
Congressman August Pfluger represents a total of 29 Counties in Texas’ 11th Congressional District – which includes the cities of San Angelo, Llano, Brownwood, Granbury, Midland, Odessa, and much of the top Oil & Gas Producing Region in America, West Texas' Permian Basin.
