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Congressman Mo Brooks

Representing the 5th District of Alabama

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January 12, 2017 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) voted in support of a House Armed Services Committee waiver providing for retired Marine General James Mattis’ service as Secretary of Defense in President-elect Trump’s new administration.  The waiver grants a one-time exception to Section 113(a) of Title 10, U.S.

January 10, 2017 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) attended Senator Jeff Sessions’ U.S. Senate confirmation hearing to convey his unwavering support for Senator Sessions’ future service to America as the U.S. Attorney General.   

January 5, 2017 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) voted for a bipartisan resolution condemning and calling for the United Nations to repeal Security Council Resolution 2334 that purports to invalidate Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.  The United States has vetoed 42 anti-Israel resolutions since 1972.

January 4, 2017 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Vice President-elect Mike Pence addressed Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) and the House Republican Conference.  Pence stated that “Priority #1” is keeping the promises Donald Trump made to the American people during the presidential campaign.  More specifically, Pence stated that the highest policy priorities for the incoming Trump Administration are rep

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January 3, 2017 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) was sworn in to the 115th Congress for a fourth term by House Speaker Paul Ryan.  Congressman Brooks was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 2, 2010.    

January 3, 2017 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – This morning, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) supported killing changes to the Office of Congressional Ethics (“Ethics Office”).

December 9, 2016 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) joined a group of bipartisan lawmakers in sending a letter to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), pushing back against the purchase of Lattice Semiconductor, the third-largest American producer of critical technology for U.S.

December 6, 2016 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) attended the Department of the Army’s award ceremony, hosted by the Honorable Patrick Murphy, Under Secretary of the Army, to congratulate the Alabama Army National Guard, Team Redstone, and their community partners as 2016 recipients of an Army Community Partnership Award.

December 2, 2016 News Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) voted in support of the conference report to S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017. The NDAA authorizes programs for America’s national defense and passed the House by a 375-34 bipartisan vote. This legislation is the conference report to H.R. 4909, which passed the House in May, and S. 2943 which passed the Senate in June.
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December 1, 2016 News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today in a bipartisan effort, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL-05) and Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) filed House resolution H.Con.Res.175, calling for a national goal of balanced trade, with a special emphasis on manufacturing and goods.

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February 8, 2018 In The News
GOP’s fiscal hawks came out Wednesday against the bipartisan budget deal that increases government spending by $300 billion, calling it a “monstrosity” and potentially derailing the last-ditch attempt to prevent another government shutdown Thursday midnight.
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February 8, 2018 In The News
“I’m not only a ‘no.’ I’m a ‘hell no,’” Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said on Wednesday.
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February 8, 2018 In The News
In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Your World” on Wednesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) ripped the bipartisan budget deal reached in the U.S. Senate.
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February 8, 2018 In The News
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the federal government faces the prospect of a shutdown if a funding deal isn’t reached by midnight, Alabama’s newest U.S. Senator and a Huntsville-area congressman have starkly different views on the merits of a Senate budget compromise proposal.
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February 8, 2018 In The News
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., a member of the House Freedom Caucus, about the spending bill currently in front of Congress that would increase spending and add to the national deficit.
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February 7, 2018 In The News
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL) slammed the Senate budget deal and argued that federal dollars should be spent on improving the military and not a military parade.
February 7, 2018 In The News
Alabama Republican Congressman Mo Brooks ripped the Senate budget agreement forged Wednesday between Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
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February 7, 2018 In The News
A spending bill that would ward off a government shutdown later this week and has the support of Alabama's two senators does not have the backing of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks.
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January 19, 2018 In The News
Late Thursday, Alabama’s Republican members of the House of Representatives issued a statement calling on Senate Democrats to allow passage of a continuing resolution that would reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding for six years and fund the federal government through February 16.

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