Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) announced today that he has introduced the House companion bill (H.R. 2825) to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)’s Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act (S. 1593), which prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from redirecting fees it collected to process legal immigration to fund the President’s illegal executive amnesty. This… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Reps. Brian Babin (TX-36), Lou Barletta (PA-11) and John Ratcliffe (TX-04) today introduced the No Office Space for Executive Amnesty Act to prohibit the Obama Administration from leasing a new $7.8 million, 11-story building near Washington, DC, that’s being planned to house thousands of new government employees hired to process the President’s illegal executive… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) today introduced legislation (H.R. 2757) to prohibit any taxpayer funds from being voluntarily donated to the United Nations (U.N.) or U.N. related agencies.
“With more than an $18 trillion national debt, its past time that the United States stops financing an international body that routinely opposes our priorities and values,”… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) announced today that he has been appointed by Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (TX-21) to serve as the Chairman of the Space Subcommittee. Rep. Babin, whose district includes NASA’s Johnson Space Center, will now have a leading role in Congressional efforts to help refocus NASA’s mission to ensure… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) voiced his strong objections today to the final rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Army Corps of Engineers establishing new regulations for what constitutes “Waters of the United States.” These agencies established new definitions granting themselves unprecedented authority to regulate virtually all water flows… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) voted today for House passage of the SPACE Act (H.R. 2262), legislation he cosponsored that advances commercial space through encouraging private sector investment, creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions, and improving safety. The SPACE ACT, which is widely supported in the space industry, will advance U.S.… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) voted this week for House-passage of the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 2048), which ends the National Security Agency (NSA)’s unconstitutional bulk collection of data from U.S. citizens, while preserving the ability to lawfully obtain critical information from suspected terrorists.
The USA FREEDOM Act passed the U.S. House of… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) released the following statement after voting against the Senate-passed Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (H.R. 1191):
“Allowing a nuclear-armed Iran would be the worst national security mistake of our lifetime. In my view, this bill falls short of what is needed to prevent a nuclear Iran. I cannot support any effort that… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) voted today for House-passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), legislation he cosponsored, which prohibits the abortion of unborn children after twenty weeks. The legislation was endorsed by a large number of pro-life organizations, including National Right to Life.
Babin spoke on the House floor in… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) voted today for House-passage of the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act (H.R. 1732), which stops the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers from issuing its flawed “Waters of the United States” rule that gives the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate virtually all water flows in… Read more »
