Two months after announcement, Pfluger’s Killeen office still not open

However, Lyssa Bell, Pfluger’s communications director, said in an email that the office “has been operating since January helping constituents receive assistance with federal agencies.”

“Renovation and construction on the physical facility will be completed shortly and will be accepting in-person visits on April 3, 2023,” Bell said. “Details for a formal grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be announced soon.”

On Jan. 19, about 70 people attended the ceremony in which Pfluger, R-San Angelo, called opening a district office in Killeen “historic.”

Pratt Learning and Leadership Center, a Killeen ISD facility at 505 E. Jasper Drive, was Nolan Middle School before it closed in 2019.

“We did have a congressional historian research this, and the congressional historian has not found any history of any congressional office in Killeen,” he said.

Pfluger represents 20 counties in Texas’ 11th District, including a portion of Bell County.

“Pfluger grew up in San Angelo before graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy,” according to his congressional bio. “He served ... as a decorated fighter pilot (and) later as an advisor on the National Security Council and still serves as a colonel in the Air Force Reserves.”

A Republican, Pfluger is a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, co-founding the MACH 1 caucus and the Texas Ag Task Force.

“I’m going to be fighting for legislation and making sure, like we’ve already done in the last defense bill, that Fort Hood — Fort Cavazos — can succeed, that the soldiers who are stationed here have the training, resources and equipment they need to keep our country safe,” he said during the Jan. 19 event.

Pfluger, 44, lives in San Angelo with his wife and their three daughters.

“I’m going to pour my heart into making sure the VA is a better place,” he said. “If you need something with Social Security, if you need something with the VA, if you need something with the IRS — we’ve returned over $1.5 million to constituents in the last two years. We’re going to keep going on that.”

According to a January news release, Pfluger’s office “will be open full-time providing assistance to constituents experiencing issues with federal agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service (and) the U.S. Passport Office.”

In her email, David said a news release will be distributed when the Killeen office is open.

“This is the protocol that has been put in place,” she said. “Our office appreciates your patience but please allow us the time to complete the necessary tasks as our goal is to ensure that the office is fully functioning.”

The district office number in Killeen is 254-669-6570. Pfluger’s website is pfluger.house.gov.