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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, new reports allege that former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe made repeated claims that an effort was undertaken in 2017 to begin research into invoking the 25th Amendment against President Trump. New allegations were also made that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offered on multiple occasions to wear a wire around President Trump. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee considered H.R. 8, a gun control bill championed by the Democrats of the Committee. Throughout the day, Republicans offered dozens of amendments, seeking to restore constitutional protections to the legislation. Democrats opposed allowing a person who is suicidal or a potential danger to others from giving their gun to someone in order to prevent violence. They also opposed allowing victims of domestic violence, who have orders of protection, from receiving a gun to protect themselves.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last month, Congressman Andy Biggs was appointed to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and has reintroduced the Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act. This bill would ensure that potentially toxic substances are accurately identified and reported to the public by eliminating an office within the Environmental Protection Agency--the Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS--that has been carrying out flawed chemical assessments using improper science. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the national debt reached $22 trillion dollars for the first time in history. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, an appropriations conference committee emerged with a tentative agreement to address government funding and border security. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
Congressman Andy Biggs recaps the issues covered in the last week in our nation's capital, including President Trump's State of the Union address, the recently released Green New Deal, and today's contentious House Judiciary hearing with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. https://soundcloud.com/user-171694389-215186623/recapping-the-2019-state-of-the-union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last month, Congressman Biggs received his committee assignment to the House Judiciary Committee for the 116th Congress and introduced six bills under the jurisdiction of the committee. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Democrats took the unprecedented action of granting their Chairman the authority to issue a subpoena to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker – even though Mr. Whitaker has indicated that he will appear before the committee voluntarily. Mr. Whitaker has only been on the job a little over two months, and a new Attorney General is expected to be confirmed next week, which will end Mr. Whitaker's tenure as Acting Attorney General.
President Donald Trump does have the authority to declare a national emergency in order to build his promised border barrier between the United States and Mexico if gridlock in Congress makes it necessary, a Republican lawmaker says.