HUNTSVILLE — During an appearance at the Madison County Republican Men’s Club’s monthly breakfast meeting, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) took part in a candidates’ forum as the incumbent member representing Alabama’s fifth congressional district on Saturday.
Brooks offered the crowd of roughly 200-plus examples of his successful legislative efforts, including language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that have benefited his congressional district.
“I’ve done my part to contribute to [north Alabama’s] great economy,” Brooks said. “In my hands, I have legislative achievements — 10 pages of them, where proposals I have drafted have become law, proposals I have drafted that I had to compromise to get signed have become law, or report language that has been entered into the National Defense Authorization Act and in turn has helped our community compete for those jobs that have served us for so long, so well.”
The Madison County Republican also spoke about his policy proposals to stem the follow of illegal immigration, which have been recognized as the top in the nation by Numbers USA.
“Illegal aliens get free health care, free education, welfare costing the American taxpayers roughly $10,000 per illegal alien, per year totally over $200 billion out of your pockets,” he said. “This is a big issue. Let’s move to the crime side — roughly 2,000 Americans are dead each year at the hands of illegal aliens committing homicide on American soil. As your congressman, I have and will continue to fight to protect America’s borders, protect American jobs and help President Trump build a wall. In that vein, Numbers USA has ranked your congressman’s border security number one of all 435 congressmen for eight consecutive years.”
He reminded attendees he has the support of conservative talker Mark Levin, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and President Donald Trump, who Brooks described as a firewall between the American public and Democrats’ “dictatorial policies.”
“Consistent with my efforts, I’m proud to announce the president of the United States has asked me to help co-chair his Alabama campaign for reelection,” Brooks added. “And I accepted because President Trump is the man who is standing between us and the dictatorial policies that the Democrats want to hoist upon us.”
Brooks faces U.S. Navy veteran Chris Lewis in the March 3, 2020 Republican primary in his quest to be reelected to Congress.
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.
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