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House Transportation Committee Passes Two Key Babin Amendments to Promote Drone Safety and Prevent New Traveling Fees

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Washington, DC – The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved two amendments this week offered by U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) during the consideration of H.R. 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. The first amendment would set strict new guidelines for the operation of drones near chemical plants and oil refineries.…

Babin Hails Supreme Court Ruling Blocking Obama’s EPA Energy Regulations and Restoring the Rule of Law

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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling to halt President Obama’s EPA “Clean Power Plan” regulations: “This is a huge victory for the American people, the state of Texas and the rule of law.  President Obama’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ is an unworkable cap-and-trade energy scheme that unlawfully…

Babin Dismisses Obama’s Final Budget as Liberal Wish List

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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) strongly dismissed President Obama’s final budget proposal today as nothing more than an unrealistic and irresponsible liberal wish list that further solidifies his legacy of record debt and spending.  The President’s $4 trillion budget, which calls for $2.5 trillion in new spending and $3.4 trillion in higher taxes, would increase the…

Babin Votes to Override Presidential Veto of Bill Repealing Obamacare

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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) released the following statement today after voting to override President Obama’s veto of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3762), which would dismantle Obamacare, prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood and save taxpayers over $500 billion: “While I am certainly not surprised by the…

Babin Responds to Houston Grand Jury Indictment of Pro-Life Activists

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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today in response to a Houston grand jury’s decision to indict two individuals for their role in the Center for Medical Progress videos that exposed Planned Parenthood’s harvesting of aborted babies’ tissue and organs: “I am disappointed and shocked by a grand jury’s decision to indict these two individuals who…

Babin Issues Statement on 43rd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today on the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's tragic ruling in Roe v. Wade: “Since Roe v. Wade we have lost 57 million innocent lives.  That is an astounding and absolutely heart numbing loss.  Each one of those 57 million children had a future destroyed by abortion.  The…

Babin Responds to President Obama’s Final State of the Union Address

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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement this evening in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address: “As expected, President Obama used his last State of the Union address as some sort of a delusional victory lap – filled with the same empty rhetoric and broken promises that has come to define his presidency. This is…

Babin: Iraqi Refugee Terror Plot Underscores Need to Immediately Suspend Program

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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36), who is leading the charge in Congress to stop President Obama’s plans to bring in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S., issued the following statement today after two Iraqi refugees were arrested in Houston and Sacramento in an ongoing ISIS terrorism investigation: “This is exactly why I'm working so hard to…

Babin Votes to Gut Obamacare and Defund Planned Parenthood, Marks the First Time Such a Bill Will Reach the President’s Desk

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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) voted today to send to the President’s desk a bill to repeal Obamacare. This breakthrough legislation -- the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3762) -- would dismantle Obamacare, prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood and save taxpayers over $500 billion.  “For the first time ever, an Obamacare…

Babin Speaks Out Against Obama’s Executive Overreach on Guns

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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) spoke on the House floor this evening in opposition to President Obama’s announced executive actions on gun control. Babin condemned the President for using the recent terrorist attacks as a way to undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens. To watch the video, please click here.   “President Obama’s disdain…