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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Cleveland Advocate
By U.S. Rep. Brian Babin
Congressional District 36
With each New Year, comes a time of reflection and review. As we turn the page on 2015, we must also use this opportunity to look forward and refocus our efforts on advancing and rebuilding the economic and national security of the United States of America.
Through the course of the past year, it’s been an… Read more »
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 »
Forts to Ports: Interstate 14 to provide much-needed upgrade to military deployment routes in Texas
Beaumont Business Journal | By Kevin King | Link
An amendment to H.R. 22, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, authorizing a new interstate that will improve military deployment routes from Army forts in Texas to the state’s ports was signed into law by… 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 – 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 »
