Opinion Pieces

Supreme Court should live under ObamaCare like the rest of America

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Supreme Court should live under ObamaCare like the rest of America By Rep. Brian Babin | Published July 03, 2015 | FoxNews.com | Link The Supreme Court’s recent decision to ignore the letter of the law and uphold the Obama Administration’s unconstitutional rewrite of Obamacare undermines the American people’s trust and confidence in our nation’s highest court. Justice Scalia summed up the Court’s ...

Babin: An Opportunity to Restore Health Care Freedom

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Babin: An Opportunity to Restore Health Care Freedom The Orange Leader By U.S. Rep. Brian Babin June 10, 2015 Soon the U.S. Supreme Court will issue its highly anticipated ruling in King v. Burwell. If the Court rules against the President it will have a profound effect on Obamacare. The law clearly states that subsidies to purchase health care insurance can only be granted “through an exchange es...

Babin highlights first 100 days in office

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Babin highlights first 100 days in office Cleveland Advocate By U.S. Rep. Brian Babin May 11, 2015 Over the past four months, I’ve had the honor and privilege of serving the people of the 36th Congressional District of Texas as your U.S. Congressman. In our first 100 days, we’ve accomplished some important things for the benefit of our country and for those of us who call Southeast Texas home. Fro...

IRS: A Broken Agency

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IRS: A Broken Agency Orange Leader By Dr. Brian Babin Sunday, April 5, 2015 As we approach this year’s tax filing deadline on April 15th, hardworking Texans are once again being subjected to an overly burdensome and inefficient federal tax system. As a new member of Congress, I am deeply troubled by both the current state of our federal tax code and the lack of transparency and accountability disp...

Loretta Lynch Is Unfit to Serve as Attorney General

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Loretta Lynch Is Unfit to Serve as Attorney General National Review Online by BRIAN BABIN, JEFF DUNCAN, TRENT FRANKS, VICKY HARTZLER, JODY HICE, BARRY LOUDERMILK, GARY PALMER & JOHN RATCLIFFE April 2, 2015 As fellow legislators, we urge our Senate colleagues to reject her nomination. As members of the U.S. House of Representatives, we recognize that the power to consent on executive-branch nominee...

Congressman Babin: Restoring the Rule of Law

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Congressman Brian Babin - The Orange Leader The United States is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of laws. And our nation’s elected leaders have a sworn duty to abide by those laws. On twenty-two different occasions, President Obama told the American people that he lacked the legal authority to bypass Congress and grant amnesty through Executive Order. However, in November he revers...

Babin Visits Southwest Border, Calls on President to Make Border Security a Priority

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By Congressman Brian Babin U.S. Congressional District 36 Cleveland Advocate I recently took a trip to the Southwest border with a group of lawmakers to examine the situation firsthand. We traveled to San Diego, California, Tucson and Sierra Vista, Arizona, and McAllen, Texas. We saw and spoke with many American citizens who have been the victims of illegal drug running, human trafficking, arson a...