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., voted against the year-end government omnibus spending bill (H.R. 2029) because it failed to include much-needed provisions that he has fought so hard for to protect American citizens and stop… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36), who is leading the effort with the support of 74 of his colleagues to include a provision in the year-end spending bill to pause and scrutinize the refugee resettlement program, took to the House floor last night to urge his colleagues to not give up on using the power of the purse to stop President Obama’s dangerous and reckless refugee… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) was joined by 73 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Ryan, Majority Leader McCarthy and Appropriations Chairman Rogers asking that a provision be included in the upcoming year-end spending bill that would defund and suspend the President’s Syrian refugee plan pending further Congressional oversight and scrutiny over the refugee… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) was joined by 14 of his colleagues today in sending a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requesting that the Canadian government hold off on authorizing any contingency plans for Keystone XL -- such as re-routing the pipeline to Canada’s western shore -- until the end of next year, in order to be certain that we do not… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) joined a bipartisan, veto-proof majority today in passing H.R. 4038, which requires the heads of the FBI, DHS and DNI to personally certify the background investigation of each refugee coming into the United States. Babin, who has been a leader on the refugee issue, introduced legislation back in July to place an… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36), who introduced legislation back in July to block President Obama’s Syrian refugee plan, is currently in the process of circulating a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers asking that there be a provision included in the year-end spending bill to fully defund and prevent new refugee resettlements. The letter,… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36), who has been sounding the alarm and leading the effort in Congress to block President Obama’s Syrian refugee plan, is urging immediate action on his Resettlement Accountability National Security Act (H.R. 3314), as well as leading a letter to House leadership asking that a provision be included in the year-end spending bill that defunds the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), and Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin (R-Texas) today praised passage of crucial legislation that provides guidance and certainty for American commercial space partners. The bicameral, bipartisan agreement on H.R. 2262, the U.S.… Read more »
Washington, DC – Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved two amendments put forth by U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) to a multi-year surface transportation bill that overwhelmingly passed the House.
The first amendment, which Rep. Babin co-authored with Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX-27), would ensure the same weight limits that are in place right now for… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today after President Obama rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline:
"While the President’s decision is certainly not surprising, it is nonetheless the wrong one for America. The vast majority of Americans support Keystone – including a bipartisan majority of Congress – because it is good for the… Read more »
