{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roy-leads-colleagues-calling-republican-leaders-block-funding-government", "Rep. Roy leads colleagues in calling on Republican leaders to block funding a government to enforce vaccine mandates, draft women", "2021-12-01", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Chip Roy", "R000614", "roy.house.gov", "roy", "https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014On Monday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), joined by 11 of his House colleagues, urged Republican leadership in the House and Senate to take a formal stand against funding the federal government that will enforce vaccine mandates and draft young women into military service.\n\n\"Continuing to fund this kind of garbage is inexcusable and is precisely what our constituents want us to oppose, and oppose loudly,\" the open letter reads. \"Whether or not the judiciary may eventually bail out Americans from certain mandates and whether we are in the majority or not, we should never vote to fund immoral, unlawful, and repugnant policies.\"\n\nCongressman Roy invites all members of the House Republican conference to take a stand and join him in what the letter calls \"two important tests that will define the choice facing the American people in 2022.\"\n\nFull text of the letter is available below:\n\nThe Honorable Kevin McCarthy\n\nHouse Minority Leader\n\nThe Capitol\n\nWashington, D.C. 20515\n\nThe Honorable Mitch McConnell\n\nSenate Minority Leader\n\nThe Capitol\n\nWashington, D.C. 20515\n\nDear Leaders McCarthy & McConnell,\n\nThis week, House and Senate Republicans face at least two important tests that will define the choice facing the American people in 2022.\n\nFirst, will Congressional Republicans vote for a continuing resolution (\"CR\"), or other government funding vehicle, that funds a government enforcing (or threatening the enforcement of) vaccine mandates on the American people?\n\nSecond, will Congressional Republicans vote for a National Defense Authorization Act (\"NDAA\") that \u2014 for the first time in history \u2014 will force 18-year-old women to register for the draft? This, of course on top of failing to hold Defense Department brass accountable for the failure in Afghanistan, pushing climate change policies and \"trainings\" for DOD personnel, and \u2014 among other things \u2014 continuing to fund CRT and other \"woke\" indoctrination programs.\n\nContinuing to fund this kind of garbage is inexcusable and is precisely what our constituents want us to oppose, and oppose loudly. Whether or not the judiciary may eventually bail out Americans from certain mandates and whether we are in the majority or not, we should never vote to fund immoral, unlawful, and repugnant policies.\n\nThis is an open letter requesting that you each lead \u2014 and whip \u2014 Congressional Republicans to take the position that 1) we will \u2014 at a minimum \u2014 not vote for a CR, or any other government funding legislation, while any federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates remain in place, and 2) we will \u2014 at a minimum \u2014 not vote for an NDAA if the provision drafting women is not removed, or removed and replaced with a provision ending selective service registration altogether.\n\nSincerely,\n\nChip Roy\n\nMember of Congress\n\nRandy K. Weber\n\nMember of Congress\n\nLauren Boebert\n\nMember of Congress\n\nMary Miller\n\nMember of Congress\n\nMarjorie Taylor Greene\n\nMember of Congress\n\nRalph Norman\n\nMember of Congress\n\nMatthew Rosendale, Sr.\n\nMember of Congress\n\nClay Higgins\n\nMember of Congress\n\nAndy Biggs\n\nMember of Congress\n\nTed Budd\n\nMember of Congress\n\nAndrew S. Clyde\n\nMember of Congress\n\nBob Good\n\nMember of Congress\n\nMichael Cloud\n\nMember of Congress", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roy-leads-colleagues-calling-republican-leaders-block-funding-government"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9397342801094055, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}