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The group of illegal migrants continues to cross Mexico toward the United States. President Trump is deploying more than 5,000 troops to the border. The Mexican government has not been able to turn the group around toward their own countries, and they persist in defying multiple laws in their stated efforts to breach the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kim Vehon, a Mesa mother of seven and CEO/founder of Foster Arizona, has been named an Angels in Adoption Honoree by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
Nominated by U.S. Rep Andy Biggs, R-Mesa, as one of two Arizonans to get the award, Vehon is the founder of a nonprofit focused on educating, encouraging and helping Arizonans "to positively impact the lives of kids in foster care," a spokeswoman said.
Congressman Dave Brat joins Congressman Andy Biggs to discuss the state of the U.S. economy, trade, and the path forward to fiscal responsibility. https://soundcloud.com/user-171694389-215186623/being-fiscally-responsible-with-congressman-dave-brat
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Trump outlined the Administration's response to the immigration crisis at the southern border. Going forward, no migrant who enters the United States illegally, rather than entering legally through a port of entry, will be eligible for asylum. Additionally, any alien apprehended after crossing the border illegally will be detained until their immigration status is adjudicated. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
GILBERT, ARIZONA – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries introduced the bipartisan Justice Against Corruption on K Street (JACK) Act. The JACK Act would amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act to require lobbyists to disclose if they have ever been convicted of bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, or money laundering. Congressman Biggs, Congressman Jeffries, and Senator John Kennedy released the following statements:
Oct. 29--Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is finally free to do something about its short -- and potentially unsafe -- air traffic control tower.
Thanks to the U.S. Senate passing the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, the airport will be allowed to spend around $20 million on a new control tower after years of not being able to build it because of an old, bureaucratic rule.
"All we've been wanting to do is spend our own money," airport spokesman Ryan Smith said. "We're not looking for a handout. We just to be able to spend our own money."
Congressman Andy Biggs talks with Jessica Vaughan, the Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, about the caravans of illegal immigrants marching towards America's southern border and what the U.S. response should be. https://soundcloud.com/user-171694389-215186623/stopping-the-caravan-with-jessica-vaughan
People fleeing violence rarely stop to grab a flag from their home country to display proudly as they slowly march to safety. The terrified typically plead for help rather than threaten those from whom they seek help. Those who have been victimized rarely attack potential benefactors. Supporters of people in distress wouldn't typically paint a swastika on the flag of the nation they are beseeching, before burning that flag.
The Phoenix VA Health Care System was the epicenter of an Obama-era scandal of corruption and mismanagement. The scandal happened at the expense of Arizona veterans, who, according to VA employees, waited more than a month to schedule their first primary-care provider appointment.
The problems persist. Some of my constituents continue to wait more than a month to obtain a doctor's appointment – even though they have urgent medical needs. Imagine the agony of waiting.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and the chief of strategy for government watchdog Common Cause raised concerns this week about the use of junkets taken by senior Justice Department officials this year.
"I think they can have an influence that's not wholesome and that can affect the notion of whether they're going to be independent investigators," Biggs told Hill.TV's Alison Spann Thursday.
"I think it should end, and it indicates that so much that's gone on that affects the independence of the police apparatus in the United States today," he continued.