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Washington, D.C. – Tonight, President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress to outline his goals for the upcoming year. Congressman Biggs released the following statement after attending the address:
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05), chairman of the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment, delivered the following opening statement at this morning's hearing, At What Cost? Examining the Social Cost of Carbon:
Hello from sunny Arizona!
I’ve been in the district this week, meeting with constituents, businesses, and organizations. I have enjoyed hearing your concerns and I look forward to taking the opinions of Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District constituents back to D.C.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Biggs joined 28 U.S. Representatives and 2 U.S. Senators to sign an amicus brief in Jennings v. Rodriguez. The case involves several aliens who have been ordered deported from the United States, but who disagree with being detained while challenging their deportation. The U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Last week, the Arizona House of Representatives passed House Concurrent Memorial (HCM) 2001, Urging the United States Congress to Divide the Ninth Circuit Into Two Separate Circuits.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Intel Corporation announced that it will invest $7 Billion into its Chandler facility, creating 3,000 jobs in the factory and 10,000 additional jobs around Arizona.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Andy Biggs (AZ-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08) introduced the Right to Try Act of 2017, which would allow terminally-ill patients an option to receive drugs that have passed the Food and Drug Administration’s basic safety testing, but are still working their way through the often lengthy bureaucratic process to final approval.
Good afternoon from Washington, D.C.!
As we complete the fifth week of the 115th Congress, here’s an update on what we have done for Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District.
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) joined the Congressional Western Caucus. The stated mission of the Western Caucus is to enhance, sustain and preserve the West’s dynamic and unique culture, and to find innovative solutions that address the distinctive concerns facing western and rural communities.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs was named chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
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Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and House conservatives chastised Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday for holding up over 300 House-passed bills and urged the Senate to drop the legislative filibuster to enable the Republican-controlled Congress to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Before Democrats rammed Obamacare through Congress in 2009, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told us “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it.”
LONDON, (Reuters) - Two influential U.S. Congressmen have asked the World Health Organization’s cancer agency to get ready to testify about its work assessing if substances cause cancer, citing concerns about its “scientific integrity”.
Since 2014, more than 25 state legislatures have passed tax cuts to give their hardworking constituents a break, grow their states’ economies, create jobs, and raise wages.
Ashlynne Mike’s life ended too soon.
Her favorite color was yellow, and she enjoyed playing music for her friends and family. She was a kindhearted soul who had enormous potential. She was 11 years old.
PHOENIX — An Arizona congressman and the state’s attorney general urged lawmakers to pass a bill that would extend AMBER Alert, a child abduction alert system, to tribal lands.
PHOENIX — U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) has called for both special counsel Robert Mueller to recuse himself from the Russia investigation and a prosecutor to take a closer look at Hillary Clinton.
When discussing matters of national security and threats to America, most people immediately think of overseas terrorists plotting destruction of our homeland or North Korea’s building up its nuclear program.
But there is an equally grave threat: our unsecured southern border with Mexico.
During the 2016 elections, President Trump and a majority of Congress campaigned on the promise to repeal ObamaCare and implement pro-growth economic policies.
Loyalists of President Donald Trump are losing patience with Republican leaders over the wide-ranging Russia probes creeping into his inner circle, saying House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have allowed the investigations to hobble the White House for months.