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Charles Eugene "Chip" Roy (born August 7, 1972) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Roy took office on January 3, 2019. Before his election to Congress, he served as chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz and as first assistant attorney general of Texas.
Chip Roy Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 21st districtPersonal details Incumbent Assumed office
January 3, 2019Preceded by Lamar Smith Born Charles Eugene Roy
August 7, 1972 (age 50)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.Political party Republican Spouse Carrah Key
(m. 2004
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Though initially Roy saw politics "as an avocation, a sort of interest, but not something I would do anytime soon, if ever",[2] his mind began to change when, while still in law school, he began working for then-Texas attorney general John Cornyn on his 2002 campaign for the United States Senate.[5][6] After the September 11 attacks, Roy reflected on his goals. "I was in law school when September 11 happened. I will always remember that moment, crystallized in my head. That had a lot to do with my commitment to public service", he has said.[7]
When Cornyn was elected and made vice chairman of the Republican Committee and the Judiciary Committee, Roy served as his staff director and senior counsel. Roy provided counsel for Cornyn and his staff on legislative issues including nominations, intellectual property, crime, civil justice reform and advising him during the immigration reform debates under the George W. Bush administration.[8][9][10] Roy worked for Cornyn until 2009.[6]
Roy returned to Texas as a special assistant in the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.[11] In 2006, Roy met Ted Cruz, then Texas Solicitor General, during a strategy session discussing the case League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, a case about redistricting that Cruz argued before the Supreme Court.[9]
Perry administrationEdit
Roy resigned from his job as a special assistant U.S. attorney after six months to be a ghostwriter on then-Governor of Texas Rick Perry's 2010 book Fed Up! and work for Perry's 2012 presidential campaign.[1][8][6]
The book served as a campaign agenda for Perry's campaign, and offered a range of Perry's positions, including criticism of the Social Security system as unconstitutional (calling it "a Ponzi scheme"), changing the election of U.S. senators back to state legislatures (they were made popularly elected by the Seventeenth Amendment), ending life tenure for federal judges, and repealing the 16th Amendment (which allows a federal income tax).[8] The book also denounces as "overreach" federal efforts to regulate health care, labor conditions, energy policy, and pollution.[8] In the book's acknowledgments section, Perry singled out Roy for "special recognition" for resigning his...
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A person with that little time in congress will not get enough support. All these other names get thrown out there and McCarthy still gets 10 times the votes than the others.
