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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American dentist and politician (born 1948)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Brian_Babin_115th_Congress.jpg/220px-Brian_Babin_115th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Brian_Babin_115th_Congress.jpg/330px-Brian_Babin_115th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Brian_Babin_115th_Congress.jpg/440px-Brian_Babin_115th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2662" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Texas36 !"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_36th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 36th congressional district">36th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 3, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Stockman" title="Steve Stockman">Steve Stockman</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Brian Philip Babin<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-03-23</span>) </span>March 23, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Roxanne Babin</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1972)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5, including <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Babin" title="Lucas Babin">Lucas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Woodville,_Texas" title="Woodville, Texas">Woodville, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Health_Science_Center_at_Houston" title="University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston">University of Texas Health Science Center</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Dental_Surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of Dental Surgery">DDS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Dentist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://babin.house.gov">House website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output 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.listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Brian_Babin_Speaks_in_Support_of_a_Balanced_Budget_Constitutional_Amendment.ogg" title="File:Rep. Brian Babin Speaks in Support of a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.ogg">Brian Babin's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="124" data-mwtitle="Rep._Brian_Babin_Speaks_in_Support_of_a_Balanced_Budget_Constitutional_Amendment.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Rep._Brian_Babin_Speaks_in_Support_of_a_Balanced_Budget_Constitutional_Amendment.ogg/Rep._Brian_Babin_Speaks_in_Support_of_a_Balanced_Budget_Constitutional_Amendment.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Rep._Brian_Babin_Speaks_in_Support_of_a_Balanced_Budget_Constitutional_Amendment.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Babin on his support for a <a href="/wiki/Balanced_budget_amendment#U.S._federal_government" title="Balanced budget amendment">balanced budget amendment</a> to the Constitution<br />Recorded April 12, 2018</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brian Philip Babin</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BAB</span>-in</i></a>; born March 23, 1948) is an American dentist, politician and member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> who has served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> from <span data-sort-value="Texas36 !"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_36th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 36th congressional district">Texas's 36th congressional district</a></span> since 2015. The district includes much of southeastern <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a>, some of its eastern suburbs, as well as <a href="/wiki/Orange,_Texas" title="Orange, Texas">Orange</a> and some more exurban areas to the east. </p><p>A graduate of <a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Health_Science_Center_at_Houston" title="University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston">University of Texas Dental Branch</a>, Babin served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> from 1975 to 1979. He then opened a dental practice in <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_Texas" title="Woodville, Texas">Woodville</a>, south of <a href="/wiki/Lufkin,_Texas" title="Lufkin, Texas">Lufkin</a>, and became involved in Republican politics. He worked for various state and federal campaigns and held numerous local and regional government positions, including president of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (1981–1987), on the <a href="/wiki/Deep_East_Texas_Council_of_Governments" title="Deep East Texas Council of Governments">Deep East Texas Council of Governments</a> (1982–1984), mayor of Woodville (1982–1984), on the Woodville City Council (1984–1989), on the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Historical_Commission" title="Texas Historical Commission">Texas Historical Commission</a> (1989–1995), chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_Texas" title="Tyler County, Texas">Tyler County</a> Republican Party (1990–1995), on the Woodville Independent School District Board (1992–1995) and on the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Neches_Valley_Authority" title="Lower Neches Valley Authority">Lower Neches Valley Authority</a> (1999–2015). </p><p>Babin was the Republican nominee for <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 2nd congressional district">Texas's 2nd congressional district</a> in <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Texas" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections">1996</a> and <a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Texas" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections">1998</a>, losing to <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(politician)" title="Jim Turner (politician)">Jim Turner</a> both times. He ran again in <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas#District_36" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas">2014</a> to succeed <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stockman" title="Steve Stockman">Steve Stockman</a>, who ran unsuccessfully <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" title="2014 United States Senate election in Texas">for the U.S. Senate</a>, and was elected to succeed him. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_personal_life">Early and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin graduated from <a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> in 1973 and served as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> from 1975 to 1979, leaving with the rank of captain. While serving, he earned a B.S. in biology from <a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> in 1975<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then enrolled in the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Health_Science_Center_at_Houston" title="University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston">University of Texas Dental Branch</a> and graduated with his <a href="/wiki/Dental_degree#DDS_vs_DMD_degree" title="Dental degree">D.D.S.</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To pay for his tuition, he worked as a janitor, merchant seaman and postman and sang folk and country music in local restaurants with his wife Roxanne, whom he met in college.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paristexas_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paristexas-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Babin and his wife have been married since 1972 and have five children: Marit, an attorney and former press staffer at the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a>; Leif, a former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">Navy SEAL</a>; twins Kirsten, an educator, and <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Babin" title="Lucas Babin">Lucas</a>, a district attorney and former model and actor; and Laura.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paristexas_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paristexas-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also the <a href="/wiki/Father-in-law" class="mw-redirect" title="Father-in-law">father-in-law</a> of journalist and former <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a> anchor <a href="/wiki/Jenna_Lee" title="Jenna Lee">Jenna Lee</a>, who is married to Leif.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babin and his wife are members of the First Baptist Church of Woodville, where he is a deacon, Sunday school teacher, choir member, and member of <a href="/wiki/Gideons_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Gideons International">Gideons International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin has been engaged in general dental practice in <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_Texas" title="Woodville, Texas">Woodville</a> since 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He first entered politics in 1980, saying that when stationed overseas he felt "demoralized" by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>. He thus worked for <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s campaign for president, first as county coordinator and then regional coordinator. He became active in the GOP when it barely existed in then heavily Democratic <a href="/wiki/East_Texas#Deep_East_Texas" title="East Texas">Deep East Texas</a>, and is considered "instrumental" in turning the region Republican over the years.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brianbabin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brianbabin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stockmansuccessor_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stockmansuccessor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-docbabin_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-docbabin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also worked at the county, regional and state level for Reagan's reelection campaign, <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>'s presidential campaign, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clements" title="Bill Clements">Bill Clements</a>'s and <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s campaigns for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">governor of Texas</a>. </p><p>Babin has served as mayor of Woodville (1982–1984), a Woodville city councilman (1984–1989), chair of the <a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_Texas" title="Tyler County, Texas">Tyler County</a> Republican Party (1990–1995), a member of the Woodville Independent School District Board (1992–1995) and director of the Tyler County Chamber of Commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also served as president of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (1981–1987), on the <a href="/wiki/Deep_East_Texas_Council_of_Governments" title="Deep East Texas Council of Governments">Deep East Texas Council of Governments</a> (1982–1984) and on the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Historical_Commission" title="Texas Historical Commission">Texas Historical Commission</a> (1989–1995).<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Governor Bush appointed Babin to the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Neches_Valley_Authority" title="Lower Neches Valley Authority">Lower Neches Valley Authority</a>, and Governor <a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Rick Perry</a> reappointed him, most recently in 2013, for a term that was to expire in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned before being sworn into Congress. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1996">1996</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1996"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When 12-term representative <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Wilson_(Texas_politician)" title="Charlie Wilson (Texas politician)">Charlie Wilson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 2nd congressional district">Texas's 2nd congressional district</a> decided to retire in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1996#Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1996">1996</a>, Babin ran to succeed him. In the Republican primary, he was second of five candidates, with 7,094 votes (31.01%), behind Donna Peterson, the nominee for the seat in 1990, 1992 and 1994, who took 8,047 votes (35.18%). As no candidate secured a majority, Babin faced Peterson in a runoff, and defeated her, 7,405 votes (66.83%) to 3,675 (33.16%). In the general election, he lost to Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(politician)" title="Jim Turner (politician)">Jim Turner</a>, a State Senator and former State Representative, 102,908 votes (52.24%) to 89,838 (45.6%). </p><p>After the 1996 election, Babin became involved in a campaign finance scandal concerning $37,000 in illegal donations from businessman Peter Cloeren that were moved through "vehicles" to circumvent the individual contribution limit of $1,000. Cloeren asserted in an <a href="/wiki/Affidavit" title="Affidavit">affidavit</a> that Babin and then-<a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives">House majority whip</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">Tom DeLay</a> laundered his donations through other candidates and organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babin and DeLay denied his allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cloeren pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, paid a $400,000 fine and received a two-year suspended prison sentence. Babin paid a $20,000 civil penalty and paid back $5,000 in excessive contributions for "accepting an excessive contribution and a contribution in the name of another and failing to disclose financial activity properly."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1998">1998</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin sought a rematch with Turner in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1998#Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1998">1998</a>. Unopposed in the Republican primary, he again lost the general election, 81,556 votes (58.42%) to 56,891 (40.75%). </p><p>During the campaign, Babin's <a href="/wiki/Campaign_manager" title="Campaign manager">campaign manager</a> was 21-year-old <a href="/wiki/Jon-Marc_McDonald" title="Jon-Marc McDonald">Jon-Marc McDonald</a>. McDonald gained national attention when he simultaneously <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out of the closet</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> man and resigned as campaign manager.<sup id="cite_ref-docbabin_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-docbabin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1998, McDonald abruptly stepped down, citing "irreconcilable differences" with Babin over <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-docbabin_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-docbabin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dallas_Morning_News" title="The Dallas Morning News">The Dallas Morning News</a></i>, McDonald announced his resignation via <a href="/wiki/Press_release" title="Press release">press release</a> without discussing it with Babin, and his sudden departure left those in the campaign shocked and confused.<sup id="cite_ref-PlanetOut_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PlanetOut-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dallas_Archives_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dallas_Archives-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StarTelegram_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTelegram-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonald generated further press coverage when he said in an interview after his resignation that Babin had made disparaging remarks about homosexuals in private, which Babin adamantly denied.<sup id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoustonChronicle-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some press reports, Babin claimed that McDonald was not the campaign manager, but instead a "volunteer coordinator", also a paid position.<sup id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoustonChronicle-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An article by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hastings_Wyman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hastings Wyman (page does not exist)">Hastings Wyman</a> of the <i>Southern Political Report</i> suggested that McDonald was forced to resign by the local media threatening to "out" him.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resignation received widespread national media attention because of the <a href="/wiki/Sensationalism" title="Sensationalism">sensationalistic</a> way it transpired.<sup id="cite_ref-WashingtonPost_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashingtonPost-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014">2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Representative <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stockman" title="Steve Stockman">Steve Stockman</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_36th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 36th congressional district">Texas's 36th congressional district</a> made a late decision to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Texas, 2014">run for the U.S. Senate</a> instead of for reelection, Babin ran to succeed him.<sup id="cite_ref-important_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-important-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 12-candidate Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district—Babin finished first with 17,194 votes (33.36%). As he did not receive a majority, he proceeded to a runoff with the second-place candidate, mortgage banker and candidate for <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 10th congressional district">Texas's 10th congressional district</a> in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas,_2004#District_10" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2004">2004</a> Ben Streusand, who had received 12,024 votes (23.33%). In the runoff, Babin defeated Streusand, 19,301 votes (57.84%) to 14,069 (42.16%).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then faced Democrat Michael Cole in the general election,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> defeating him 100,933 votes (75.97%) to 29,291 (22.04%).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 27, 2015, Babin announced that he would run for reelection <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas,_2016#District_36" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2016">in 2016</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Texas, 2014">2014 U.S. Senate candidate</a> Dwayne Stovall, a bridge construction contractor, school board member from <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Texas" title="Cleveland, Texas">Cleveland</a> and candidate for the State House of Representatives in 2012, announced in July 2015 that he would challenge Babin for the Republican nomination, but suspended his campaign in December 2015, citing poor fundraising and the difficulties of challenging an incumbent.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babin was thus unopposed in the March 1 Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-babinavoids_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babinavoids-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Democrats did not field a challenger in the general election; his only opposition came from Green Party candidate Hal Ridley Jr., who also ran in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-babinavoids_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babinavoids-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 6, 2015, Babin was one of 25 House Republicans to vote against <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a>'s reelection as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the United States House of Representatives</a>. Boehner, who needed 205 votes, was reelected with 216.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 24 Republicans voted for another candidate and Babin voted "<a href="/wiki/Abstention" title="Abstention">present</a>", effectively abstaining.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, Babin explained his vote. He said that he didn't want to vote for Boehner to reflect dissatisfaction with him in his district, particularly over the <a href="/wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill" title="Omnibus spending bill">Cromnibus</a>. But he declined to vote for another candidate because "he would have preferred to see Boehner denied reelection on the first ballot, forcing a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at which a replacement might emerge."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 25, in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Caller" title="The Daily Caller">The Daily Caller</a></i>, Babin said that President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> "deserves impeachment", but he doubted that Congress would act on that. He also criticised Obama's foreign policy, calling him an "appeaser deluxe".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In June 2015, after the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/King_v._Burwell" title="King v. Burwell">King v. Burwell</a></i> that the tax subsidies in the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> (commonly known as Obamacare) were constitutional, Babin introduced the "SCOTUScare Act". His bill would force the Supreme Court Justices to enroll in Obamacare and purchase health insurance under the <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace" title="Health insurance marketplace">health exchanges</a>, so that they could, as he said, "understand the full impact of their decisions on the American people [and] see firsthand what the American people are forced to live with!" The name of Babin's bill references Justice <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia" title="Antonin Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/King_v._Burwell#Dissent" title="King v. Burwell">dissent</a>, where he said that, after the Court had upheld the law twice, "we should start calling this law SCOTUScare."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2015, Babin endorsed Senator <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> for president. He praised Cruz's "conservative leadership and fortitude" and said that he "will speak honestly to the American people".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, in response to the <a href="/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Refugees of the Syrian Civil War">Syrian refugee crisis</a>, Babin introduced the Resettlement Accountability National Security Act, designed to oppose Obama's plan to expand the country's refugee program.<sup id="cite_ref-insanity_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insanity-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill calls for a "temporary halt to the refugee program until the general accounting office can do an assessment of just exactly how much this is costing the taxpayer." Babin said that this was urgently necessary because the refugee program amounted to an "open invitation" to the "problems of the Middle East, of terrorism, oppression of women and all the things that go along with it." He also claimed that over 90% of refugees "are already on some sort of entitlement program when they come in" and that American cities could end up with "no-go zones", claiming that such places already existed in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-insanity_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insanity-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 9, 2015, Babin chaired a hearing of the House Space Committee attended by various <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> executives. He criticised the Obama administration for cutting the NASA budget, saying that they would have a negative effect on the agency's space exploration programs and that budget uncertainty would impair efficiency. Babin also noted that the recent discovery of <a href="/wiki/Water_on_Mars" title="Water on Mars">liquid water on Mars</a> and the release of the <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley Scott</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Martian_(film)" title="The Martian (film)">The Martian</a></i> had "garnered the public's attention, and rightly so" which would prompt the public to ask when there would be a <a href="/wiki/Human_mission_to_Mars" title="Human mission to Mars">human mission to Mars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Babin cosponsored a resolution to <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babin also cosponsored a resolution disagreeing with the Supreme Court ruling in <a href="/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges" title="Obergefell v. Hodges">Obergefell v. Hodges</a>, which held that same-sex marriage bans violated the constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 20, 2016, Babin defended comments by Republican presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> calling <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> "a nasty woman" at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2016#Third_presidential_debate_(University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election debates, 2016">final presidential debate</a>, saying "sometimes a lady needs to be told when she's being nasty."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, Babin asked Trump in a letter to order a review of the case of <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Miller" title="Derrick Miller">Derrick Miller</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army">US Army</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">National Guardsman</a> <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a> who was sentenced in to <a href="/wiki/Life_in_prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Life in prison">life in prison</a> with the chance of <a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">parole</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Premeditated_murder" class="mw-redirect" title="Premeditated murder">premeditated murder</a> of an Afghan civilian during a battlefield interrogation, and the cases of other veterans who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq who were imprisoned for battlefield crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6A_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6A-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, Babin joined many of his Republican colleagues in the House and Senate in an effort to overturn <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s victory. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack" title="United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack">House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack</a> obtained 21 text messages from Babin to former White House chief of staff <a href="/wiki/Mark_Meadows" title="Mark Meadows">Mark Meadows</a> about the outcome of the election. The first urged Meadows to "[f]ight like hell and find a way. We're with you down here in Texas and refuse to live under a corrupt Marxist dictatorship. Liberty!".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Babin supports <a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_President_Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="Efforts to impeach President Biden">efforts to impeach President Biden</a>, having cosponsored a resolution to <a href="/wiki/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Federal impeachment in the United States">impeach</a> Biden in September 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also during the <a href="/wiki/117th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="117th Congress">117th Congress</a>, Babin cosponsored a resolution to impeach Biden's secretary of homeland security <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas" title="Alejandro Mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and another resolution to impeach Biden's secretary of state <a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Antony Blinken</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Very early into the <a href="/wiki/118th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="118th Congress">118th Congress</a>, Babin cosponsored another resolution to impeach Secretary Mayorkas.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,_Space_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology">Committee on Science, Space and Technology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Science_Subcommittee_on_Environment" title="United States House Science Subcommittee on Environment">Subcommittee on Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Science_Subcommittee_on_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Science Subcommittee on Space">Subcommittee on Space</a> (Chairman)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Highways_and_Transit" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit">Subcommittee on Highways and Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Railroads,_Pipelines,_and_Hazardous_Materials" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials">Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Water_Resources_and_Environment" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment">Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Western_Caucus" title="Congressional Western Caucus">Congressional Western Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Amendment_Caucus" title="Second Amendment Caucus">Second Amendment Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin cites water conservation, repealing the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>, and stopping illegal immigration as his main priorities.<sup id="cite_ref-brianbabin_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brianbabin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He believes in the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic" title="Protestant work ethic">Christian work ethic</a> and that "if you don’t work, you don’t eat, if you are able to work." He supports <a href="/wiki/Term_limits_in_the_United_States" title="Term limits in the United States">term limits</a> and wants to reduce the number of out of wedlock births and restore the traditional family unit.<sup id="cite_ref-brianbabin_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brianbabin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also believes that taxes are too high and the tax code too complex.<sup id="cite_ref-brianbabin_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brianbabin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Babin helped found and is a member of the Tyler County Patriots, he does not identify as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party</a>, saying, "I believe with all my heart in less government, lower taxes and more individual responsibility and more economic freedom, and you can put whatever label you want to on it."<sup id="cite_ref-stockmansuccessor_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stockmansuccessor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immigration">Immigration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin supported Trump's 2017 <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">executive order</a> to temporarily curtail travel to the U.S. from six Middle Eastern nations until better screening methods are devised. After the EO was signed, he posted on social media: "Great news—now let’s get it into law!"<sup id="cite_ref-Blake1_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blake1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babin also wholeheartedly supported building a wall at the southern border.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Babin sponsored H.R. 6202, the American Tech Workforce Act of 2021, introduced by Representative <a href="/wiki/Jim_Banks" title="Jim Banks">Jim Banks</a>. The legislation would establish a wage floor for the high-skill H-1B visa program, thereby significantly reducing employer dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin voted to provide Israel with support following <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas attack on Israel">2023 Hamas attack on Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transgender_bathroom_use">Transgender bathroom use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transgender bathroom use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 19, 2016, Babin introduced HR 5294, the "Student Privacy Protection and Safety Act of 2016", which would invalidate the "<a href="/wiki/Gender_identity_under_Title_IX#2016_Dear_Colleague_letter" title="Gender identity under Title IX">Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students</a>" until superseded by an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Dear_colleague_letter_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dear colleague letter (United States)">"Dear Colleague" letter</a> was an official correspondence jointly issued by the United States departments of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">Education</a> on May 13 providing significant guidance that <a href="/wiki/Title_IX" title="Title IX">Title IX</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Education_Amendments_of_1972" title="Education Amendments of 1972">Education Amendments of 1972</a>, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, also prohibits discrimination based on a student's gender identity.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babin characterized HR 5294 as a "<a href="/wiki/Bathroom_bill" title="Bathroom bill">bathroom bill</a>" in a subsequent press release, where he stated, in part, that "The federal government should not be in the business of throwing common sense and decency out the window and forcing local schools to permit a teenage boy who ‘identifies’ as a girl to use changing rooms, locker rooms and bathrooms with five-year-old girls."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Babin also cosponsored HR 5275, the "Prohibiting the Usurpation of Bathroom Laws through Independent Choice School Act (PUBLIC School Act) of 2016". HR 5275 would allow state and local governments to enact and enforce policies on the use of sex-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also cosponsored HR 5307, the "Title IX Clarification Act of 2016", on May 24. HR 5307 would amend Title IX to define sex as 'the biological sex'.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2016, Babin cosponsored HR 5812, the Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All four bills (HR 5294, 5275, 5307, and 5812) died in committee. HR 5812 was reissued in 2017 as the "<a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Uniformity_Act_of_2017" title="Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017">Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017</a>" (HR 2796), which Babin cosponsored on June 7, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_v._Pennsylvania"><i>Texas v. Pennsylvania</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Texas v. Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2020, Babin was one of 126 Republican members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> to sign an <a href="/wiki/Amicus_brief" class="mw-redirect" title="Amicus brief">amicus brief</a> in support of <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_v._Pennsylvania" title="Texas v. Pennsylvania">Texas v. Pennsylvania</a></i>, a lawsuit filed at the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> contesting the results of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> defeated<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked <a href="/wiki/Standing_(law)" title="Standing (law)">standing</a> under <a href="/wiki/Article_Three_of_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Article Three of the United States Constitution">Article III of the Constitution</a> to challenge the results of an election held by another state.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_Republican_primary">2024 Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2024 Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Babin was named as part of the Trump campaign's Texas leadership team in March.<sup id="cite_ref-banksandsantos_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-banksandsantos-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Babin&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">Representatives <br /><span class="nobold">(ordered by district)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Moran" title="Nathaniel Moran">Nathaniel Moran</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">Dan Crenshaw</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Keith_Self" title="Keith Self">Keith Self</a> (R)</li> 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style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">Kay Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">Ronny Jackson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">Randy Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Monica_De_La_Cruz" title="Monica De La Cruz">Monica De La Cruz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">Veronica Escobar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">Pete Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Erica_Lee_Carter" title="Erica Lee Carter">Erica Lee Carter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">Jodey Arrington</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">Joaquin Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">Chip Roy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">Troy Nehls</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzales" title="Tony Gonzales">Tony Gonzales</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">Beth Van Duyne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">Roger Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">Michael C. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">Michael Cloud</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">Henry Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">Sylvia Garcia</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett" title="Jasmine Crockett">Jasmine Crockett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">John Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">Colin Allred</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">Marc Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">Vicente Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Casar" title="Greg Casar">Greg Casar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brian Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Hunt" title="Wesley Hunt">Wesley Hunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFF; 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Burgess">Burgess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Burlison" title="Eric Burlison">Burlison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Calvert" title="Ken Calvert">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Cammack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(politician)" title="Mike Carey (politician)">Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Carl" title="Jerry Carl">Carl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Carter" title="Buddy Carter">B. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Chavez-DeRemer" title="Lori Chavez-DeRemer">Chavez-DeRemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Ciscomani" title="Juan Ciscomani">Ciscomani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Cline" title="Ben Cline">Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Clyde" title="Andrew Clyde">Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cole" title="Tom Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Collins_(politician)" title="Mike Collins (politician)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Comer_(politician)" title="James Comer (politician)">Comer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Crane" title="Eli Crane">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Crawford_(politician)" title="Rick Crawford (politician)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Curtis_(Utah_politician)" title="John Curtis (Utah politician)">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Davidson" title="Warren Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_De_La_Cruz" title="Monica De La Cruz">De La Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_DesJarlais" title="Scott DesJarlais">DesJarlais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_D%27Esposito" title="Anthony D'Esposito">D'Esposito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Donalds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Duarte_(politician)" title="John Duarte (politician)">Duarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Edwards" title="Chuck Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Ellzey" title="Jake Ellzey">Ellzey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Estes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ezell" title="Mike Ezell">Ezell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fallon" title="Pat Fallon">Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Feenstra" title="Randy Feenstra">Feenstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Finstad" title="Brad Finstad">Finstad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fischbach" title="Michelle Fischbach">Fischbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Scott Fitzgerald (politician)">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician)" title="Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)">Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Fleischmann" title="Chuck Fleischmann">Fleischmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Flood_(politician)" title="Mike Flood (politician)">Flood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Fong" title="Vince Fong">Fong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Fry_(politician)" title="Russell Fry (politician)">Fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Fulcher" title="Russ Fulcher">Fulcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garbarino" title="Andrew Garbarino">Garbarino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Garcia_(politician)" title="Mike Garcia (politician)">Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">Giménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzales" title="Tony Gonzales">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Good" title="Bob Good">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">Gooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">Gosar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">Granger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garret_Graves" title="Garret Graves">G. Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Green_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Mark Green (Tennessee politician)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Grothman" title="Glenn Grothman">Grothman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Guest_(politician)" title="Michael Guest (politician)">Guest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Guthrie" title="Brett Guthrie">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Hageman" title="Harriet Hageman">Hageman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Harris_(politician)" title="Andy Harris (politician)">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Harshbarger" title="Diana Harshbarger">Harshbarger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hern" title="Kevin Hern">Hern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Higgins" title="Clay Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Hill_(politician)" title="French Hill (politician)">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Hinson" title="Ashley Hinson">Hinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Houchin" title="Erin Houchin">Houchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hudson_(American_politician)" title="Richard Hudson (American politician)">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Huizenga" title="Bill Huizenga">Huizenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Hunt" title="Wesley Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Issa" title="Darrell Issa">Issa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_James_(Michigan_politician)" title="John James (Michigan politician)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jordan" title="Jim Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Joyce_(politician)" title="David Joyce (politician)">D. Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joyce_(American_politician)" title="John Joyce (American politician)">J. Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kean_Jr." title="Thomas Kean Jr.">Kean Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">M. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Kelly" title="Trent Kelly">T. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jen_Kiggans" title="Jen Kiggans">Kiggans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kiley_(politician)" title="Kevin Kiley (politician)">Kiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Kim" title="Young Kim">Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kustoff" title="David Kustoff">Kustoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">LaHood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_LaLota" title="Nick LaLota">LaLota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_LaMalfa" title="Doug LaMalfa">LaMalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Lamborn" title="Doug Lamborn">Lamborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Langworthy" title="Nick Langworthy">Langworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Latta" title="Bob Latta">Latta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_LaTurner" title="Jake LaTurner">LaTurner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lawler" title="Mike Lawler">Lawler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Lesko" title="Debbie Lesko">Lesko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Letlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Lopez" title="Greg Lopez">Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Loudermilk" title="Barry Loudermilk">Loudermilk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucas_(Oklahoma_politician)" title="Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">Luetkemeyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Luttrell" title="Morgan Luttrell">Luttrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">Mace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Malliotakis" title="Nicole Malliotakis">Malliotakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celeste_Maloy" title="Celeste Maloy">Maloy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Mann" title="Tracey Mann">Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Massie" title="Thomas Massie">Massie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">McCaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_McClain" title="Lisa McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McClintock" title="Tom McClintock">McClintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_McCormick" title="Rich McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McHenry" title="Patrick McHenry">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_McMorris_Rodgers" title="Cathy McMorris Rodgers">McMorris Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Meuser" title="Dan Meuser">Meuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Miller_(politician)" title="Mary Miller (politician)">Mar. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Miller_(politician)" title="Max Miller (politician)">Max Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariannette_Miller-Meeks" title="Mariannette Miller-Meeks">Miller-Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Molinaro" title="Marc Molinaro">Molinaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moolenaar" title="John Moolenaar">Moolenaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mooney" title="Alex Mooney">Mooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Moore_(American_politician)" title="Barry Moore (American politician)">Ba. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Moore" title="Blake Moore">Bl. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Moran" title="Nathaniel Moran">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Murphy_(politician)" title="Greg Murphy (politician)">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">Nehls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Newhouse" title="Dan Newhouse">Newhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Nunn" title="Zach Nunn">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Obernolte" title="Jay Obernolte">Obernolte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ogles" title="Andy Ogles">Ogles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Owens" title="Burgess Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Palmer_(politician)" title="Gary Palmer (politician)">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Pence" title="Greg Pence">Pence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Perry_(politician)" title="Scott Perry (politician)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Pfluger" title="August Pfluger">Pfluger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Reschenthaler" title="Guy Reschenthaler">Reschenthaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(Alabama_politician)" title="Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)">M. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rose_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Rose (Tennessee politician)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosendale" title="Matt Rosendale">Rosendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rouzer" title="David Rouzer">Rouzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rulli" title="Michael Rulli">Rulli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elvira_Salazar" title="María Elvira Salazar">Salazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">Schweikert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Scott_(politician)" title="Austin Scott (politician)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Self" title="Keith Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Simpson" title="Mike Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Smucker" title="Lloyd Smucker">Smucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Spartz" title="Victoria Spartz">Spartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Stauber" title="Pete Stauber">Stauber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Steel" title="Michelle Steel">Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elise_Stefanik" title="Elise Stefanik">Stefanik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Steil" title="Bryan Steil">Steil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Steube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Strong" title="Dale Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Tenney" title="Claudia Tenney">Tenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thompson_(politician)" title="Glenn Thompson (politician)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tiffany" title="Tom Tiffany">Tiffany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Timmons_(politician)" title="William Timmons (politician)">Timmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Turner" title="Mike Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Valadao" title="David Valadao">Valadao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Drew" title="Jeff Van Drew">Van Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">Van Duyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Van_Orden" title="Derrick Van Orden">Van Orden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walberg" title="Tim Walberg">Walberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Waltz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">Weber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Wenstrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Westerman" title="Bruce Westerman">Westerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Wied" title="Tony Wied">Wied</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Williams_(politician)" title="Brandon Williams (politician)">B. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)" title="Joe Wilson (American politician)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">Wittman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Womack" title="Steve Womack">Womack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Yakym" title="Rudy Yakym">Yakym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Zinke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">Delegates</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez-Col%C3%B3n" title="Jenniffer González-Colón">González-Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Moylan" title="James Moylan">Moylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amata_Coleman_Radewagen" title="Amata Coleman Radewagen">Radewagen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #f4d552, inset -1px -1px 0 #f4d552;;width:1%">Minority</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Template:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Template talk:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Democratic_Party_caucus" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/House_Democratic_Caucus" title="House Democratic Caucus">Democratic Party caucus</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Minority Leader:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Jeffries" title="Hakeem Jeffries">Hakeem Jeffries</a> ‧ <b>Minority Whip:</b> <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Clark" title="Katherine Clark">Katherine Clark</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Other members:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alma_Adams" title="Alma Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Aguilar" title="Pete Aguilar">Aguilar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">Allred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Amo" title="Gabe Amo">Amo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Auchincloss" title="Jake Auchincloss">Auchincloss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becca_Balint" title="Becca Balint">Balint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Barrag%C3%A1n" title="Nanette Barragán">Barragán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Beatty" title="Joyce Beatty">Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ami_Bera" title="Ami Bera">Bera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Beyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_Bishop" title="Sanford Bishop">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Blumenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Blunt Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Bonamici" title="Suzanne Bonamici">Bonamici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman" title="Jamaal Bowman">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Boyle" title="Brendan Boyle">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shontel_Brown" title="Shontel Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Brownley" title="Julia Brownley">Brownley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Budzinski" title="Nikki Budzinski">Budzinski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yadira_Caraveo" title="Yadira Caraveo">Caraveo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salud_Carbajal" title="Salud Carbajal">Carbajal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_C%C3%A1rdenas" title="Tony Cárdenas">Cárdenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Carson" title="André Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Lee_Carter" title="Erica Lee Carter">E. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Carter_(politician)" title="Troy Carter (politician)">T. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cartwright" title="Matt Cartwright">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Casar" title="Greg Casar">Casar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Case" title="Ed Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Casten" title="Sean Casten">Casten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Cherfilus-McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Chu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Clarke" title="Yvette Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">Clyburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Cohen_(politician)" title="Steve Cohen (politician)">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Correa" title="Lou Correa">Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Costa" title="Jim Costa">Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">Courtney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angie_Craig" title="Angie Craig">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett" title="Jasmine Crockett">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Crow" title="Jason Crow">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">Cuellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharice_Davids" title="Sharice Davids">Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Da. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Davis_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Don Davis (North Carolina politician)">Do. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Dean" title="Madeleine Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_DeGette" title="Diana DeGette">DeGette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">DeLauro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">DelBene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Deluzio" title="Chris Deluzio">Deluzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_DeSaulnier" title="Mark DeSaulnier">DeSaulnier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Dingell" title="Debbie Dingell">Dingell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">Escobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Eshoo" title="Anna Eshoo">Eshoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriano_Espaillat" title="Adriano Espaillat">Espaillat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(politician)" title="Dwight Evans (politician)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(politician)" title="Bill Foster (politician)">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Foushee" title="Valerie Foushee">Foushee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Gallego" title="Ruben Gallego">Gallego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Garamendi" title="John Garamendi">Garamendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuy_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Chuy García">C. García</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)" title="Robert Garcia (California politician)">R. Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">S. Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Golden" title="Jared Golden">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Goldman" title="Dan Goldman">Goldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Gomez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer" title="Josh Gottheimer">Gottheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">Grijalva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Harder" title="Josh Harder">Harder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahana_Hayes" title="Jahana Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">Himes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Horsford" title="Steven Horsford">Horsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrissy_Houlahan" title="Chrissy Houlahan">Houlahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Hoyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Hoyle" title="Val Hoyle">Hoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Huffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ivey" title="Glenn Ivey">Ivey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jackson_(politician)" title="Jeff Jackson (politician)">Je. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Jackson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician)">Jo. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Jacobs" title="Sara Jacobs">Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal" title="Pramila Jayapal">Jayapal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Johnson" title="Hank Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Kamlager-Dove" title="Sydney Kamlager-Dove">Kamlager-Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcy_Kaptur" title="Marcy Kaptur">Kaptur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Keating_(politician)" title="Bill Keating (politician)">Keating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Kelly" title="Robin Kelly">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kennedy_(politician)" title="Tim Kennedy (politician)">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ro_Khanna" title="Ro Khanna">Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kildee" title="Dan Kildee">Kildee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Kilmer" title="Derek Kilmer">Kilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Kim_(politician)" title="Andy Kim (politician)">Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Krishnamoorthi" title="Raja Krishnamoorthi">Krishnamoorthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Kuster" title="Annie Kuster">Kuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Landsman" title="Greg Landsman">Landsman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Larsen" title="Rick Larsen">Larsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee">B. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Lee" title="Summer Lee">Sum. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susie_Lee" title="Susie Lee">Sus. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Leger_Fernandez" title="Teresa Leger Fernandez">Leger Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Levin" title="Mike Levin">Levin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lieu" title="Ted Lieu">Lieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Lofgren" title="Zoe Lofgren">Lofgren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lynch_(politician)" title="Stephen Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Magaziner" title="Seth Magaziner">Magaziner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Manning" title="Kathy Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Matsui" title="Doris Matsui">Matsui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_McBath" title="Lucy McBath">McBath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_McClellan" title="Jennifer McClellan">McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_McGarvey" title="Morgan McGarvey">McGarvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaMonica_McIver" title="LaMonica McIver">McIver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Menendez" title="Rob Menendez">Menendez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Meng" title="Grace Meng">Meng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kweisi_Mfume" title="Kweisi Mfume">Mfume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Moore" title="Gwen Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Morelle" title="Joseph Morelle">Morelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Moskowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Moulton" title="Seth Moulton">Moulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Mrvan" title="Frank J. Mrvan">Mrvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mullin" title="Kevin Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nadler" title="Jerry Nadler">Nadler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Napolitano" title="Grace Napolitano">Napolitano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Neguse" title="Joe Neguse">Neguse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiley_Nickel" title="Wiley Nickel">Nickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Norcross" title="Donald Norcross">Norcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Ocasio-Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilhan_Omar" title="Ilhan Omar">Omar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pallone" title="Frank Pallone">Pallone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Panetta" title="Jimmy Panetta">Panetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pappas_(American_politician)" title="Chris Pappas (American politician)">Pappas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Pelosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Peltola" title="Mary Peltola">Peltola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Gluesenkamp_Perez" title="Marie Gluesenkamp Perez">Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Peters_(politician)" title="Scott Peters (politician)">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brittany_Pettersen" title="Brittany Pettersen">Pettersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Phillips" title="Dean Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chellie_Pingree" title="Chellie Pingree">Pingree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pocan" title="Mark Pocan">Pocan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Porter" title="Katie Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayanna_Pressley" title="Ayanna Pressley">Pressley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley" title="Mike Quigley">Quigley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delia_Ramirez" title="Delia Ramirez">Ramirez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Raskin" title="Jamie Raskin">Raskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Ross_(politician)" title="Deborah Ross (politician)">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raul_Ruiz_(politician)" title="Raul Ruiz (politician)">Ruiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Ruppersberger" title="Dutch Ruppersberger">Ruppersberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Ryan_(politician)" title="Pat Ryan (politician)">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Salinas" title="Andrea Salinas">Salinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Linda Sánchez">Sánchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sarbanes" title="John Sarbanes">Sarbanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Gay_Scanlon" title="Mary Gay Scanlon">Scanlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Schakowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff">Schiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Schneider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Scholten" title="Hillary Scholten">Scholten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Schrier" title="Kim Schrier">Schrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(politician)" title="Bobby Scott (politician)">B. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Scott_(Georgia_politician)" title="David Scott (Georgia politician)">D. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Sewell" title="Terri Sewell">Sewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Sherman" title="Brad Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikie_Sherrill" title="Mikie Sherrill">Sherrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elissa_Slotkin" title="Elissa Slotkin">Slotkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith_(Washington_politician)" title="Adam Smith (Washington politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Sorensen_(politician)" title="Eric Sorensen (politician)">Sorensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Spanberger" title="Abigail Spanberger">Spanberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanie_Stansbury" title="Melanie Stansbury">Stansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Stanton" title="Greg Stanton">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haley_Stevens" title="Haley Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Strickland" title="Marilyn Strickland">Strickland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Suozzi" title="Tom Suozzi">Suozzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Swalwell" title="Eric Swalwell">Swalwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilia_Sykes" title="Emilia Sykes">Sykes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Takano" title="Mark Takano">Takano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Thanedar" title="Shri Thanedar">Thanedar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Thompson" title="Bennie Thompson">B. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (California politician)">M. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dina_Titus" title="Dina Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib" title="Rashida Tlaib">Tlaib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Tokuda" title="Jill Tokuda">Tokuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tonko" title="Paul Tonko">Tonko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Torres" title="Norma Torres">N. Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Torres" title="Ritchie Torres">R. Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Trahan" title="Lori Trahan">Trahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Trone" title="David Trone">Trone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Underwood" title="Lauren Underwood">Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Vargas" title="Juan Vargas">Vargas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Vasquez" title="Gabe Vasquez">Vasquez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">Veasey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Nydia Velázquez">Velázquez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Wasserman Schultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxine_Waters" title="Maxine Waters">Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Watson_Coleman" title="Bonnie Watson Coleman">Watson Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Wexton" title="Jennifer Wexton">Wexton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Wild" title="Susan Wild">Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikema_Williams" title="Nikema Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">Delegates</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Holmes_Norton" title="Eleanor Holmes Norton">Holmes Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Plaskett" title="Stacey Plaskett">Plaskett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Sablan" title="Gregorio Sablan">Sablan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#FFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #f4d552, inset -1px -1px 0 #f4d552;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_118th_United_States_Congress" title="List of acts of the 118th United States Congress">List of acts of the 118th United States Congress</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Texas&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_114th–present_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Texas&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_114th–present_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>'s delegation(s) to the 114th–present <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mac_Thornberry" title="Mac Thornberry">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold">B. Farenthold</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">B. O'Rourke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">W. Hurd</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician)" title="John Ratcliffe (American politician)">J. Ratcliffe</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mac_Thornberry" title="Mac Thornberry">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold"><i>B. Farenthold</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">B. O'Rourke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">W. Hurd</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician)" title="John Ratcliffe (American politician)">J. Ratcliffe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">J. Arrington</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">V. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud"><i>M. Cloud</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mac_Thornberry" title="Mac Thornberry">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">W. Hurd</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician)" title="John Ratcliffe (American politician)"><i>J. Ratcliffe</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">J. Arrington</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">V. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">M. Cloud</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">C. Allred</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">D. Crenshaw</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">V. Escobar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">S. Garcia</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">L. Gooden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">L. Fletcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">C. Roy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Taylor" title="Van Taylor">V. Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wright_(politician)" title="Ron Wright (politician)">R. Wright</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a></i> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">J. Arrington</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">V. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">M. Cloud</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">C. Allred</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">D. Crenshaw</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">V. Escobar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">S. Garcia</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">L. Gooden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">L. Fletcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">C. Roy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Taylor" title="Van Taylor">V. Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wright_(politician)" title="Ron Wright (politician)">R. Wright</a></i> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fallon" title="Pat Fallon">P. Fallon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzales" title="Tony Gonzales">T. Gonzales</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">R. Jackson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">T. Nehls</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/August_Pfluger" title="August Pfluger">A. Pfluger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">B. Van Duyne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jake_Ellzey" title="Jake Ellzey">J. Ellzey</a></i> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Mayra_Flores" title="Mayra Flores">M. Flores</a></i> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">R. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee"><i>S. Jackson Lee</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">N. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">E. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">J. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">J. Arrington</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">V. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">M. Cloud</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">C. Allred</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">D. Crenshaw</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">V. Escobar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">S. Garcia</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">L. Gooden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">E. Fletcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">C. Roy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fallon" title="Pat Fallon">P. Fallon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzales" title="Tony Gonzales">E. Gonzales</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">R. Jackson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">T. Nehls</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/August_Pfluger" title="August Pfluger">A. Pfluger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">B. Van Duyne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jake_Ellzey" title="Jake Ellzey">J. Ellzey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Casar" title="Greg Casar">G. Casar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett" title="Jasmine Crockett">J. Crockett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Monica_De_La_Cruz" title="Monica De La Cruz">M. De La Cruz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Hunt" title="Wesley Hunt">W. Hunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Luttrell" title="Morgan Luttrell">M. 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