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By Todd Beamon | Tuesday, 01 Dec 2015 | Link
Local communities "need to be warned" of Syrian refugees being settled in their neighborhoods, Rep. Brian Babin told Newsmax TV on Tuesday.
"They need to be forewarned ... because they have little to no say from these federal contractors of these refugees that come into their communities," the Texas… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) was joined by 73 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Ryan, Majority Leader McCarthy and Appropriations Chairman Rogers asking that a provision be included in the upcoming year-end spending bill that would defund and suspend the President’s Syrian refugee plan pending further Congressional oversight and scrutiny over the refugee… 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 »
After 73 years of waiting, East Texas WWII veteran Raymond Hopson was finally presented with the Bronze Star of Valor Friday afternoon.
Hopson served his country honorably, fighting bravely in Europe, where he earned the award in battle. However, after coming home from the war, he was never given the medal.
"He was in a hurry to get away from there and come home,” said Raymond… Read more »
SUPPORT GROWS FOR REP. BABIN PLAN TO DEFUND SYRIAN REFUGEE PLAN
Breitbart | by Caroline May | Link
A letter to House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) requesting that the year-end spending bill feature language to fully defund refugee resettlement to the U.S. has 57 co-signers, according to the letter’s author Rep. Brian Babin… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) joined a bipartisan, veto-proof majority today in passing H.R. 4038, which requires the heads of the FBI, DHS and DNI to personally certify the background investigation of each refugee coming into the United States. Babin, who has been a leader on the refugee issue, introduced legislation back in July to place an… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36), who introduced legislation back in July to block President Obama’s Syrian refugee plan, is currently in the process of circulating a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers asking that there be a provision included in the year-end spending bill to fully defund and prevent new refugee resettlements. The letter,… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36), who has been sounding the alarm and leading the effort in Congress to block President Obama’s Syrian refugee plan, is urging immediate action on his Resettlement Accountability National Security Act (H.R. 3314), as well as leading a letter to House leadership asking that a provision be included in the year-end spending bill that defunds the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), and Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin (R-Texas) today praised passage of crucial legislation that provides guidance and certainty for American commercial space partners. The bicameral, bipartisan agreement on H.R. 2262, the U.S.… Read more »
Vietnam veteran receives belated Purple Heart in Woodville
Beaumont Enterprise
By Manuella Libardi | Nov. 12, 2015
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On May 13, 1969, Craig Metcalf crouched down on the ridges of Hill 937 in South Vietnam, putting pressure with his hand on a wound he had sustained to his upper-right thigh.
The 21-year-old radio and telephone operator from Woodville had been moving up the steep… Read more »
