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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) sent a letter to U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos concerning the significant undercounting and overcounting of states in the 2020 Census, which cost states like Texas an additional seat in Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) introduced the Justice for Angel Families Act. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. This legislation would amend the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) to expand funds to angel families, who are immediate relatives of victims of homicide by an illegal immigrant, including drunk driving accidents.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22), along with 13 others, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the recent report received by the Border Patrol that instructs agents to look for violent criminals from Venezuela entering the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) introduced, H.R. 8973, the Medal of Honor Act, a bill that would increase the special monthly pension for Medal of Honor Recipients to equal an annualized amount of $100,000. Currently, Medal of Honor Recipients receive just $1,489.73 per month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) and Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA-04), along with 10 others, introduced a Resolution of Disapproval on President Biden's newly announced "public charge" rule. The new rule would dramatically scale back the number of benefits immigrants can use that would be held against them when applying for permanent residency in the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) released a statement on the one-year anniversary of President Biden's disastrous and deadly withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) has introduced two border security bills, H.R. 8709, thePrioritizing the Removal of Migrants Act and H.R. 8710, theTerrorist Reporting Act of 2022. These bills come at a critical time as our nation faces the worst border crisis in American history.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) voted against H.R. 5376, the Inflation, Recession, and IRS Army Act. This "Build Back Better" copycat claims to lower inflation by raising corporate taxes, giving the IRS an $80 billion slush fund, and funding "Green New Deal" policies. Following the vote, Congressman Nehls released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) introduced the Scope 3 Act, a bill that would prohibit publicly traded companies from being required to disclose or provide their green-house-gas emission or consumption information of their value chains (Scope 3 emissions) under the securities laws of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) introduced The Body Armor Safety Act of 2022. This bipartisan legislation will help protect the nation's law enforcement officers and first responders by ensuring that no body armor for use by law enforcement can be imported into the United States unless it meets the applicable requirements and receives recognition of compliance from the Compliance Testing Program of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).