Congress should use ‘power of the purse’ to force changes at DOJ, DHS: Rep. Chip Roy

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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, slammed the Biden amdminstration as running a 'tyrannical' executive branch that has 'weaponized' the Justice Department.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the GOP’s ongoing impeachment probe into President Biden and the controversy it has caused within the Republican party.and Department of Homeland Security operating under a"tyrannical" executive branch, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Sunday.during an appearance on"Fox News Sunday," and urged his colleagues to help force changes at the agencies by withholding funding.

"I can tell you right now for all my colleagues, I will not vote for a continuing resolution or any funding for DHS or DOJ if we don't get changes to both," Roy said. "I want the border secure," the congressman continued."I want DOJ restored to following the rule of law, and we should use the power of the purse, as James Madison wrote in Federalist 58, is the most powerful weapon against an over tyrannical executive branch that we see unfold right now before us."

Rep. Chip Roy urged Congress use"the power of the purse" to withhold funding from the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security until changes are made at the agencies.from AAA to AA+, Roy said the government can’t keep"recklessly" spending money. "We are funding for a bureaucracy that is at odds with the American people," Roy said."We're funding a DHS that doesn't secure the homeland. We're funding a DOJ that doesn't enforce the rule of law. We're funding a DOD that is more interested in being woke and having social engineering wrapped in a uniform than defending the United States."

 

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