Babin: 2017 was year of accomplishments

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Babin: 2017 was year of accomplishments Cleveland Advocate | By U.S. Rep. Brian Babin December 29, 2017 | Link With the election of President Trump and a Republican Congress, we set out on a conservative agenda in 2017 to restore and rebuild America's economy and national security. As 2017 comes to a close, I am proud of the many conservative reforms we have enacted and the benefits…

Babin Votes to Advance Historic Tax Relief Bill for American People

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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) joined his House colleagues today in passing the House-Senate conference report for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), landmark legislation that overhauls America’s tax code to deliver historic tax relief for American workers, families and job creators. The legislation now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass and be sent to the…

Op-ed | We agree, Mr. President – America should return to the moon

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We agree, Mr. President – America should return to the moon SpaceNews | Link By U.S. Rep. Brian Babin and U.S. Rep. Ami Bera — December 11, 2017 President Trump’s new space policy directive calling for American astronauts to return to the moon is welcome and encouraging news. The United States is entering a new era of space exploration. In the past, NASA and…

Babin Joins President Trump as He Signs New Space Policy Directive on Missions to Moon and Mars

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Washington, DC – U.S. House Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX) joined President Trump today at the White House as he signed Space Policy Directive – 1 urging NASA to return Americans to the Moon and encourage human space exploration to Mars and beyond. “By signing this space policy directive and refocusing America’s space program on human spaceflight exploration, the…

Trump signs NASA directive aiming at moon, Mars and beyond

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Trump signs NASA directive aiming at moon, Mars and beyond Houston Chronicle | Link By Kevin Diaz and Alex Stuckey President Donald Trump, weighing in to the politics of space, on Monday signed Space Policy Directive - 1, urging NASA to return Americans to the moon and encourage human space exploration to Mars and beyond. The White House directive, amplifying recent congressional…

Babin Supports House Passage of Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act

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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) issued the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which allows law-abiding citizens who are qualified to carry concealed firearms in one state to also carry in other states that allow residents to do so: “As a lifelong gun owner and fervent supporter of the Second Amendment, I am proud…

Houston Area Members: Supplemental Disaster Request Woefully Inadequate

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HOUSTON, TX- Today, Congressmen Brian Babin (TX-36), Ted Poe (TX-02), Pete Olson (TX-22), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Randy Weber (TX-14), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Kevin Brady (TX-08) released the following statement regarding the Office of Management and Budget Supplemental Disaster Request: “After reviewing the latest Office of Management and Budget (OMB) supplemental request for…

Babin Applauds House Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, landmark legislation that will overhaul our broken tax code and deliver much needed tax relief and simplification to the American people and job creators. In response to its passage, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) released the following video message: “Today is a good day for hardworking Americans.…

House Unanimously Passes Babin Amendment to Study and Reform Hydropower Dam Licenses in Southeast Texas

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Washington, DC – On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed an amendment offered by Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) that will authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to examine an issued license for any project that is located in an area that was declared by the President to be a disaster area in 2017. “The people of Southeast Texas are looking for…

Babin Sends Letter to President Trump Requesting Executive Order to Delay ELD Mandate

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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to issue an Executive Order to delay Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate, which is set to go into effect Dec. 18th, 2017. “Millions of hard working American truckers, farmers and small businesses need you to take immediate and decisive action to protect them from a massive new regulation…