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Rep. Brian Babin Calls For Review Of Penalties For Incarcerated Soldiers

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Rep. Brian Babin Calls For Review Of Penalties For Incarcerated Soldiers By Michael Marks  |  May 31, 2017 Texas Standard | View Online <br> <br> <br> If a soldier commits a crime, is that different than if anyone else commits a crime? There’s an argument that decisions made in…

Babin working to ensure o'care repeal

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Babin Working to Ensure O'care Repeal The Baytown Sun By Matt Hollis matt.hollis@baytownsun.com View Online With another potential vote on repealing the Affordable Health Care Act, known as Obamacare, on the horizon, U.S. Rep. Brian Babin has made his stance known. “He supports it and is working hard to get the votes needed to pass it,” said Jimmy Milstead, Babin’s spokesman, on…

Congressman Brian Babin speaks about military future and North Korea

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Congressman Brian Babin speaks about military future and North Korea KFDM News | By Elaine Kong Wednesday, April 19, 2017 View Online U.S. Congressman Brian Babin spoke with KFDM/6 News on Fox about the future of the military and the North Korean threat. Republican Rep. Babin made a stop in Orange County on Wednesday to congratulate Mack Patterson and Ronald Guillory on their…

Brian Babin asks A.G. Jeff Sessions to investigate Susan Rice’s unmasking of Trump aides

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Brian Babin asks A.G. Jeff Sessions to investigate Susan Rice’s unmasking of Trump aides By Dan Boylan The Washington Times Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Read Online Republican lawmakers made their first official inquiry into opening an investigation of reports the Obama administration’s national security adviser and others “unmasked” several Trump campaign officials swept up in U.S.…

Law would cut off aid to countries that refuse to accept illegal immigrant criminals

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Law would cut off aid to countries that refuse to accept illegal immigrant criminals By Malia Zimmerman January 16, 2017 FoxNews.com Hyperlink A proposed law that would punish countries that refuse to take back their illegal immigrant criminals is two years too late to save Casey Chadwick, but the Texas congressman behind it figures it’s the least Washington can do. Chadwick was…

Texas congressman boosts Trump deportation plan

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Texas congressman boosts Trump deportation plan By Kenric Ward | January 9, 2017 Watchdog.org | Link Doubling down on President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to deport “bad hombres,” a Texas congressman wants to punish countries that refuse to re-admit them. U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, R-Baytown, this month reintroduced legislation that would halt foreign aid and block visas for…

Capitol Hill takes up astronaut health concerns

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By Tom Bassing The Galveston County Daily News Dec. 18, 2016 | Link Alan Shepard, on a bright Florida morning, was eased into his cramped Mercury capsule Freedom 7 mounted atop a Redstone rocket. At precisely 9:34 a.m. Eastern time on May 5, 1961, the countdown reached zero, and Shepard then rose into space, becoming the first American to do so. Since then, NASA’s spacefaring…

Criminal immigrant deportation bill could find new life under Trump

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Washington Examiner By Rudy Takala December 4, 2016 Hyperlink A dentist by trade, plainspoken Rep. Brian Babin might seem like an unlikely figure to lead a charge for reform among his colleagues in the chamber. But with just two years in the House behind him, the Texas native is already heading a space subcommittee in the House, and could soon…

Houston Chronicle: Deer Park vet emotional at finally being awarded Vietnam War medals

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Deer Park vet emotional at finally being awarded Vietnam War medals Houston Chronicle By Don Maines Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Link Walter Eggers didn't need medals to thank him for doing his duty in the Vietnam War. "I just went over there did what I was supposed to do," said Eggers, 74, of Deer Park. But when a Veterans Benefits Administration clerk advised Eggers that an omission…