Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) voted today for House-passage of two important bills that cut taxes and provide certainty for Texas taxpayers, the State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act (H.R. 622) and the Death Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 1105).
“Hardworking Texas taxpayers should not be punished for living in a tax-friendly state like Texas,” said Rep.… Read more »
Houston Chronicle
By Kevin Diaz | April 16, 2015
WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House flouted a White House veto threat Thursday, passing legislation to repeal estate taxes and permanently extend the federal deduction for state and local sales taxes - a boon to taxpayers in Texas and other states that have no income tax.
Despite the veto threats issued earlier in the week, Texas… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) spoke on the House floor today in support of a series of House-passed bills aimed at protecting hard-working taxpayers and holding IRS agency officials accountable. To view video of Babin’s House floor speech, please click here. The transcript of his speech is as follows:
“Mr. Speaker, today is Tax Day – bringing us another… Read more »
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… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) today introduced his first bill, the No Taxpayer Bailouts for Unsustainable State and Local Pensions Act (H.R. 1476), which prohibits the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve from offering any sort of bailout to a state or local government pension system. Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04), a prominent conservative voice in… Read more »
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… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal:
“While I am not surprised, I am nonetheless disappointed that the President’s budget calls for record taxes, spending and debt. His budget never balances, includes $2.1 trillion in higher taxes and another $8.5 trillion in… Read more »
Washington, DC – Congressman Brian Babin was sworn into the 114th Congress yesterday as the representative of Texas’ 36th Congressional District. Babin will serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee – providing him a critical platform to address the economic needs of the district.
“As a life-long East Texan, I… Read more »
