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In May, Chip Roy held $19 billion in disaster aid hostage so he could score some free publicity. Roy used a procedural rule to block passage of a bipartisan bill designed to help victims of wildfires and storms. He gave different reasons to different media outlets, sometimes saying that he objected to a voice vote …
Continue reading “May 24, 2019: Chip Roy Delays Disaster Aid to Texans, Makes GOP Enemies”
At a House Oversight Committee probing the high price of the HIV prevention drug Truvada, Roy declared himself “offended” when Rep. Katie Hill questioned the drugmaker’s CEO about his recent “signing bonus” of $30 million. Roy called the question “an attack [on] the capitalistic system” and said he was “really glad” about the company’s obscene …
Continue reading “May 12, 2019: In “Red-faced Meltdown,” Chip Roy Defends Big Pharma Profiteering”
