Brian Babin

I represent the 36th Congressional District of Texas, basically Houston over to Louisiana, where we have many critical ports and waterways...

And that is exactly what needs to happen. We have to bust up their profit motive and their business model.

Foreign shrimpers, however, are apparently having a heyday. They have been dumping shrimp into the American economy, driving prices down, and harming the livelihood of individuals in my district.

Enforcing our maritime border security, disrupting international drug and human smuggling activities, and protecting American waters from illegal foreign fishing is all vital for our Nation.

As one of the cochairs of the House Border Security Caucus, I believe this hearing is vital.

I would love to see those, Mr.

Despite never-before-seen levels of funds going to your Department, our transportation does not seem to be safer today than it did just a few years ago.

I personally have been particularly concerned about the health and safety of workers in semiconductor fabrication facilities.

This administration's immigration policies have led us to a crisis at the southern border like we have never experienced or seen before.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy needs experienced leaders training our merchant mariners, not some social justice warrior who is laser-focused on DEI ideology.

The U.S. Coast Guard and American merchant mariners both are vital to keeping our ships moving and our waterways safe.

Rail is far and away the most efficient, cost effective, and safest way to move these critical products over long distances.

MARAD needs to be transparent, honest, and straightforward with private-sector partners.

I find that extremely disturbing, given the project proponents are spending millions of their dollars to develop these projects, only to have them stalled in your agency.

The U.S. maritime industry keeps our Nation's economy running, without question.

If PHMSA does not intend to pursue model 3, how will it make up for the shortfalls and gaps in knowledge?

PHMSA will need to step up its important safety role to oversee this industry.

Why would President Biden shoot down a cheaper, cleaner, safer way to move our petroleum products?

Pipelines are the backbone of our energy infrastructure.

Unfortunately, over the last few decades, we have watched the Obama and Biden administrations use WOTUS and its definition basically as a political football used to punish farmers.

This is imperative not only for our scientific leadership, but also our national and economic security.

We can't take for granted that we will be able to build cutting-edge systems in the future just because we were able to do so in the past.

The successful development, launch, and deployment of JWST is a testament to the engineers, scientists, technicians that were so committed to the project.

Despite the administration's best efforts, oil and gas don't seem to be going anywhere but higher.

The United States of America has always had guns. It`s our history. We were built on the Judeo-Christian foundation and with guns. We have seen kids are not getting a faith. The faith of America has really suffered for several decades now.