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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, is calling for an investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) over its handling of referrals for veterans to receive care amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Republican from Texas, is the right person to serve as the next director of national intelligence. Ratcliffe appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a confirmation hearing on Tuesday, and I urge senators to confirm his nomination.
GILBERT, ARIZONA – Congressman Andy Biggs introduced the One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act, to limit Congress from legislating on more than one matter at a time. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
Dr. Dan Erickson, who owns several urgent care facilities throughout California and is a specialist in emergency medicine, warned of the "collateral damage" resulting from the coronavirus outbreak and the stay at home orders, which, he said, only elongates the curve and decreases immune systems, and "isn't a good plan" and his early warnings on the issue, he said, were silenced.
GILBERT, ARIZONA – Tonight, Congressman Andy Biggs will be hosting a live webinar on Facebook Live at 8 PM EST with Dan Erickson, M.D., Jay Bhattacharya, M.D. & Ph.D., and M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., to discuss scientific analysis of the COVID-19 outbreak. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
With fewer than 48 hours remaining in Gov. Doug Ducey's statewide lockdown, it's worth considering the story of the Fountain Hills pizza parlor whose owner now stands accused of a crime.
This, for allowing customers to eat and drink at tables on the restaurant's patio.
There was a big hoo-hah this week when the top health official in Virginia seemed to say that Virginia would not reopen until a vaccine was developed and in use, which might take up to two years. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, has done and said so many outrageous things that the comment was believable.
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Friday providing a $484 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and 1 in 6 U.S. jobs.
The bipartisan measure passed through Congress almost unanimously this week.
Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona was one of five House members to vote against the bill Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Congressman Biggs voted against the bill and issued the following statement:
"The legislation passed today includes $12 billion to be distributed to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions for various purposes, including 'surveillance' and 'contact tracing.' The bill failed to define these terms, which have been used to spy on Americans.
A high-tech method to pinpoint who is infected with the coronavirus is drawing pushback over potential privacy abuses.
Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of the chamber's most conservative Republicans, is among the most outspoken about contact tracing.