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DACA is the amnesty that nobody wants. DACA recipients don't want it because it doesn't do enough. Opponents believe it does too much and that other priorities, such as a border wall, must come first. We can pay for that border wall by taxing remittance payments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that it had failed to preserve five months of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The end date of the missing texts coincides with the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Peter Strzok served on the Special Counsel's team before being demoted due to the text messages he had sent to Ms. Page. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Biggs released the following statement on the federal government's shutdown:
"This government closure can be laid at the feet of the Democrats and the United States Senate. Democrats are withholding government funding to give amnesty to illegal aliens, and the Senate has ignored the House-passed budget we sent them over four months ago.
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona, were pushing for the release of a memo they said showed abuse of power by the FBI and Justice Department.
"It needs to be public. I think Americans will be outraged when they read what I read," Biggs said Friday on KTAR News 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News.
"We just have to get it on the [Senate] floor and vote to reveal it."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence allowed House lawmakers to view a classified memo. Congressman Biggs viewed the document this evening and released the following statement:
"I am outraged by what I read, and the American people deserve to know what Congress now knows.
"I will be joining several of my colleagues to urge House leadership to declassify this material. Nothing within this memo would impair national security. My constituents deserve full transparency on this issue."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Rules Committee hosted a member day on the issue of earmarks. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
"I am fundamentally opposed to earmarks. The old system was flawed, leading to corruption and coercion. Congress was right to stop the rampant earmark abuse and work towards a more transparent appropriations process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs introduced legislation to limit the unilateral expansion of monuments on federal lands. Congressmen Biggs and Gosar released the following statements:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05), and Congressman John Curtis (UT-03) issued statements following the leadership and membership changes in the Caucus. Congressman Biggs will serve as the Caucus' Chief Regulatory Reform Officer for 2018, and Congressman Curtis - the newest Member in the United States House of Representatives - has just joined the Caucus as a member. They issued the following statements:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Biggs voted YES on Congressman Amash's USA Rights Act amendment and NO on the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
"I was disappointed to see this amendment fail. This legislation would have repealed an unconstitutional search provision within Section 702 by requiring a warrant to access information in the database relating to U.S. persons. Sadly, today was a missed opportunity to defend Americans from both terrorists and privacy invasions.
PHOENIX — The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate said it was close to agreement on immigration issues that included the futures of thousands of young people in the country, but one Arizona congressman still objects on principle.
"We're getting the cart before the horse," U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said Thursday on KTAR 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News. "We need to build the wall first."