Rep. Brian Babin — TX-36 (Southeast Texas)

**Brian Babin** represents Texas's 36th Congressional District (southeast Texas, near Johnson Space Center). **Ranking Member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee (Republicans lost House majority in 2022)** — controls NASA authorization, NOAA, NSF, DOE research, and federal R&D policy. Former Air Force Captain. Dentist by profession (Lamar University, UT Dental). District includes NASA's Johnson Space Center, making space policy deeply personal and economic for his constituents.