August Pfluger has been the U.S. Representative for Texas's 11th District since 2021. He sits on a powerful energy committee and chairs a Homeland Security subcommittee. That's a lot of power for one West Texas congressman. The question is who he uses it for.
Here are 3 things to know about him.
1. He works for big oil, not for you
Look at who pays for August Pfluger's campaigns, and a pattern jumps out fast. His top donors read like a who's who of the oil and gas business:
- Permian Resources
- Valero
- Marathon Petroleum
- Occidental Petroleum
- Exxon Mobil
These companies don't hand over money out of kindness. They expect something back. And Pfluger delivers. He has a 0% score from the League of Conservation Voters for 2025 — and a 0% lifetime score. That means on vote after vote, he sided with polluters over clean air and water for the families in his own district.
When you want to know who a politician really works for, follow the money. Pfluger's money comes from big oil, and so do his votes. You can see the full list of who's funding him at Who Bought My Rep.
2. He tried to overturn the 2020 election
This one matters, because it's about whether your vote counts.
After the 2020 election, Donald Trump lost — fair and square, in court after court. But August Pfluger went to work trying to throw the result out anyway. Even before he was sworn in, in December 2020 he signed a letter with 25 other members-elect demanding an investigation into so-called "irregularities" that didn't exist.
Then came January 6, 2021. A mob attacked the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from counting the votes. And what did Pfluger do just hours later? He voted to reject the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania — two states that voted for the other guy. He was trying to toss out millions of legal votes from other Americans.
A week later, when the House moved to impeach Trump for stirring up the mob, Pfluger voted no. He said holding Trump accountable would "only further divide our country."
Think about what that means. The Capitol got stormed, and Pfluger's response was to back the very effort that caused it.
3. He wants the government to control your body
In December 2025, Pfluger signed on as a cosponsor of the "Life at Conception Act", also called H.R. 722.
Here's what that bill actually does. It would give full legal "personhood" to a fertilized egg — "at the moment of fertilization." That's not a small thing. A law like that could be used to ban abortion across the country with no exceptions, and it could even threaten common fertility treatments like IVF that families use to have babies.
This is the government reaching into the most private decisions a person can make. Pfluger thinks politicians in Washington — not you, not your family, not your doctor — should be the ones in charge of those decisions.
The bottom line
That's 3 things to know about August Pfluger. He works for big oil instead of West Texas families. He tried to overturn an election you voted in. And he wants the government to control your body.
He's counting on you not paying attention. We are. We deserve better.
