Chip Roy’s decision is reminiscent of the early days of Cruz, who was willing to be disruptive to carry out the role of principled conservative in Congress.
By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow May 25 at 6:50 PM Freshman Rep. Chip Roy’s decision to single-handedly delay billions of dollars in aid to areas devastated by natural disasters is on brand for the protege of Sen. Ted Cruz .Congressional leaders were expected to start their week-long Memorial Day recess having passed a popular, months-stalled disaster-relief package.
He started in the inner circles of the Texas GOP, working for Sen. John Cornyn and later for Gov. Rick Perry. He ghost wrote Perry’s book, “Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington.” State Democrats balked at the idea that Roy, who openly despised big government, would advocate for the state’s interests in Washington.
In that role, Roy helped engineer Cruz’s most famous act of obstruction. In 2013, Cruz persuaded fellow Republicans to vote against funding the government unless the Affordable Care Act was defunded, leading to a 16-day shutdown of the federal government. When some of Cruz’s GOP colleagues tried to reason that it was an unachievable goal, Roy labeled them the “surrender caucus.”In December 2017, Roy announced that he would compete for retiring Rep.
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