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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate's Appropriations Committee approved $4.6 billion in humanitarian aid for the crisis at America's southern border. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
"After months of ignoring the dire crisis at our southern border, Senate Democrats have finally admitted that there are significant issues that Congress must confront. This is progress, but the American people deserve better.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, House Democrats continued to ignore desperately needed funding to address the national security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border by passing H.R. 2740 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs said Tuesday at least 2 million immigrants in the country illegally were likely the focus of potential deportations that President Donald Trump said could happen soon.
"(There are) about a million people who have already received due process – they've had a court review their case and say you are illegally in the United States. … They need to be sent home," Biggs (R-Ariz.) said on KTAR News 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News.
Another 1 million, he said, had court dates but failed to appear.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the first vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announced an unlikely partnership on Tuesday.
The bipartisan duo launched the War Powers Caucus, a group that says it is "dedicated to restoring Congress's constitutionally-mandated authority over matters of war and peace."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) created a new political firestorm Tuesday, stating that detention centers housing immigrants are "exactly" like concentration camps and then doubling down in the face of GOP criticism.
"The U.S. is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is exactly what they are," Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live appearance on Monday night.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs responded to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's claim that the administration "has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants…"
"Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez's comments were despicable, and I call on her to immediately retract her irresponsible words. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez's comparison shows an utter disregard for history and the millions of Jewish and non-Jewish people killed by starvation, gassing and death squads at these camps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) have established a new bipartisan War Powers Caucus, which will be dedicated to debating our nation's role in global affairs and reaffirming Congress's constitutional leadership responsibility on matters of war and peace. Joining Representatives Biggs and Khanna as original members of the caucus are Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Representative Ken Buck (R-CO). War Powers Caucus members, Concerned Veterans for America, and VoteVets issued the following statements:
A Republican lawmaker blasted a Democrat who publicly disparaged President Trump'ssupporters, claiming the remarks on the House floor added to the partisan divide.
Congressional proceedings are usually pretty dry, but on Wednesday, House floor watchers might as well have been tuned into a reality TV show given all the shenanigans occurring as lawmakers debated their first spending package for the upcoming fiscal year.
Between a Democratic lawmaker calling her GOP male colleagues "sex-starved" and Republicans using a series of procedural tricks to delay proceedings, there was no shortage of tension to kick off the fiscal 2020 appropriations process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, House Democrats blocked over a dozen requests to consider $4.5 billion in supplemental funding to deal with the humanitarian crisis at America's southern border. Congressman Biggs joined Congressman Chip Roy to call attention to this travesty of inaction on the part of Democrats as they started floor consideration of H.R. 2740 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Congressman Biggs released the following statement: