**BREAKING NEWS: Representative Chip Roy Introduces Sweeping Government Accountability Legislation**
**WASHINGTON, D.C. — (VIDEO)** Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) has formally introduced new legislation aimed at restructuring federal budgetary oversight.
**WHAT:** The "Fiscal Responsibility and Transparency Act," a bill designed to mandate automatic spending reductions if Congress fails to pass a federal budget by the constitutional deadline.
**WHO:** Congressman Chip Roy, a Republican representing Texas’s 21st Congressional District and a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee.
**WHEN:** Officially filed in the House of Representatives earlier this morning.
**WHERE:** The United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
**WHY:** Representative Roy stated the measure is necessary to enforce fiscal discipline, prevent government shutdowns, and hold lawmakers accountable for the nation's rising debt, which has surpassed $35 trillion.
**DETAILS:** Under the proposed legislation, if no budget is adopted by October 1st, a 5% across-the-board cut to non-defense discretionary spending would be automatically triggered until an agreement is reached. The bill faces an uncertain path in a divided Congress.