Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has jurisdiction over the Oil & Gas sector. Oil & Gas is his largest donor sector at 18.9% of contributions ($0.83M), ranking him first among 272 Republicans in his party.

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◈ Ask the Analyst about August Pfluger →How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated September 7, 2026 · internal signal score 73/100.