Rep. Roy Statement on House Floor Action: FISA, Budget Resolution, and Farm Bill

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) issued the following statement after voting against S. 1318 - Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act and voting in favor of S. Con. Res. 33 - FY26 Budget Resolution and H.R. 7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act.

"While this reauthorization of FISA includes some modest reforms, it ultimately falls short of the meaningful changes required to safeguard Americans' Fourth Amendment rights. The legislation does not establish adequate warrant requirements and omits critical provisions, including my amendment to eliminate the 'kill switch' in Americans' vehicles. Although it contained a strong provision to prohibit a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), that measure has already been declared dead on arrival in the Senate by Majority Leader Thune.

I supported the Budget Resolution because it delivers essential funding for the patriotic men and women serving in ICE and the Border Patrol. While I would have preferred a more responsible approach, Democrats' actions left us with limited options, effectively forcing a narrower path to ensure our border enforcement personnel receive the resources they need.

While not perfect, I supported the Farm Bill because it preserves key conservative SNAP reforms secured in the One Big Beautiful Bill, includes a provision that gets the federal government out of the way of local meat processing that I have long fought for, removes a provision that would have prohibited states like Texas from managing pesticides as they see fit, and includes my call for banning foreign adversaries from buying American farmland. My colleagues and I also fought to force an amendment vote on prohibiting soda from being eligible for SNAP. Unfortunately, this vote failed with 55 Republicans joining 183 Democrats to vote against it.

Finally, I also successfully fought to separate from the Farm Bill a disastrous bill that would have given way to an increased mandate of ethanol blended into our oil, threatened our nation's refining capability, and further entrenched the disastrous Renewable Fuel Standard program."