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Brooks: “Fake News Media and Socialist Democrats should apologize to the American people”

Wednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), after reading the transcript of the phone call between President Donald J. Trump’s (R) and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zerensky, called on the news media and House Democrats to apologize to the American people. “I have read the full transcript of the call between President Trump and Ukraine President … Continued
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September 26, 2019

Brooks questions NASA experts with conflicting views on best way to return to the moon

Wednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) questioned NASA experts on their starkly different views on how to best return to the Moon during a House Space Subcommittee hearing. Former NASA Associate Administrator Doug Cooke advocated replicating the simpler “Apollo” approach. Current NASA Associate Administrator Kenneth Bowersox defended a more complex, multi-faceted “Artemis” approach. Cooke estimated that … Continued
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September 23, 2019

NumberUSA declares Brooks best congressman on border security

NumbersUSA, America’s largest grassroots border security organization graded Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, No. 1 for border security in all of the U.S. Congress. “NumbersUSA is the premier grassroots border security advocacy organization in America,” Brooks said. “I thank them for helping the public know which members of Congress fight to protect American lives, property, jobs … Continued
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August 7, 2019

Brooks says El Chapo should pay for border wall

Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, said on Thursday that Congress should pass his bill to use the billions of seized drug cartel profits from convicted drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, or “El Chapo,” to pay for construction of the border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. “Drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ was ordered to forfeit more than … Continued
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July 23, 2019

Mo Brooks out-raises Chris Lewis 5-to-1

In Alabama’s 5th Congressional District incumbent Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, outraised challenger Chris Lewis by $179,761,81 in the first half of 2019. Lewis is challenging Brooks in the Republican primary on March 3. Brooks reported receipts of $220,395.06 and expenditures of $42,106.84 for a final cash balance of $870,469.73 entering the month of July. Chris Lewis … Continued
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July 19, 2019

Rush Limbaugh: Mo Brooks’ rebuttal of manmade climate change was “brilliant”

Friday, popular national conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh praised Congressman Mo Brooks R-Huntsville, as “brilliant” on air. Limbaugh called Congressman Brooks’ questioning of a panel of scientists in Thursday’s House Science, Space, and Technology hearing on climate change “one of the best attempts at persuasion I have seen.” “So, yesterday, there was a hearing in … Continued
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July 17, 2019

Brooks opposes bipartisan border bill, says it rewards undocumented immigrants

Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced Thursday that he voted against the Senate’s bipartisan border crisis spending bill, incorporated into H.R. 3401, that spends billions of taxpayer dollars. Brooks said it rewards undocumented immigrants who break America’s laws. “There are two principal reasons why the Senate’s $4.5+ billion ‘emergency’ spending bill is horribly bad for America,” … Continued
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July 1, 2019

Brooks votes against spending bill, says it rewards undocumented immigrants

Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced his opposition to the spending bill passed by House Democrats to deal with the border emergency crisis on Tuesday. Brooks said “socialist democrats’ solutions are a combination of open borders and giving illegal aliens free welcome mats.” “Unprecedented illegal alien tsunamis are swamping Customs and Border Patrol resources on America’s … Continued
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June 28, 2019