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Federal law enforcement agencies would be prevented from using drones to conduct warrantless surveillance of U.S citizens under a new privacy bill proposed on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Andy Biggs, Arizona Republican, explained Tuesday that the Buzz Off Act he introduced aims to keep the U.S. from copying other countries that recently begun deploying unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to enforce restrictions imposed as a result of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

First a Dallas hair salon owner was imprisoned for opening her store to earn a living. Next Texas has signed a $295 million contract for "contact tracing," by which law-abiding citizens will have to submit to monitoring about when, where, and with whom they have been.

While this sounds like a dark episode in the history of the communist Soviet Union or China, it is being promoted by Democratic governors today on a massive scale never accepted in the United States. It even extends into liberty-conscious conservative Texas.

The COVID-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan, China and spread death, massive unemployment and economic dislocation around the world is just the latest example of China's long history of misconduct in its dealings with the rest of the world.

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., is introducing a bill to prevent the federal government from using drones to spy on U.S. citizens — amid concern about the use of drones by authorities in the U.S. and abroad to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States has a "whole toolbox" it can use against China while holding it accountable for the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Andy Biggs said Monday. The virus has killed thousands around the world, including just under 90,000 people in the United States alone.

"It will wake up China," the Arizona Republican said on Fox News' "America's Newsroom." "We must act this time."

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs (R) claimed on Monday that a temporary House rule change to allow members to vote by proxy during the coronavirus pandemic meant the end of America's representative democracy.

Americans should be outraged and frightened by an unprecedented rule change backed by Democrats and approved by the House on a 217-189 vote Friday night allowing for proxy voting and remote committee meetings to guard against the spread of the coronavirus.

While the duration of the rule change – which drew strong objections from Republicans – was labeled as "temporary" for 45 days, in government there is rarely a "temporary" duration to any new centralization of power.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) has introduced legislation aimed at providing liability protections for businesses as states begin to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The measure takes aim at a key sticking point that has emerged in negotiations for coronavirus relief aid.

Biggs said he believes that the legislation is necessary to protect businesses from trial lawyers, arguing that companies and churches shouldn't be held liable for reopening.