Media
Latest News
You may be wondering why the House had to approve the tax-reform bill twice last week—before and after the Senate vote—even though a committee had resolved all differences between the bodies. Your confusion is justified.
Originally each chamber passed a different tax plan. A committee of representatives and senators overcame the differences and produced a compromise bill. The House voted for the compromise and sent it to the Senate. But before the Senate could vote on the agreement, an unelected official required that some agreed-upon provisions be removed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Biggs released the following statement after voting against the short-term government funding bill:
"Since 1996, Congress has adopted over 100 continuing resolutions (CR), bypassing its responsibilities to authorize spending under regular order. In that same time, the national debt has nearly quadrupled, leading this country to the brink of financial bankruptcy. Once again, Congress is too afraid to make the tough decisions to balance our budget.
Congressmen Andy Biggs and Matt Gaetz reacted to the hours-long closed-door hearing being attended by FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Gaetz (R-Fla.) have called for special counsel Robert Mueller's resignation, claiming his deputies - like McCabe - have shown obvious signs of bias.
"The Peter Strzok scheme [of changing language in the FBI's statement on Hillary Clinton's emails] seems to have been hatched in Andy McCabe's presence," Gaetz said.
Biggs called for a public hearing where Congress can question McCabe in public view.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, we learned that the General Service Administration (GSA) inappropriately, and potentially illegally, released tens of thousands of private documents from Donald Trump's Presidential Transition Team (PTT) to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Current law considers records produced by the PTT as private and they are afforded Fourth Amendment protections. These documents are not government property, and the GSA does not have the authority to release any of these records without due process.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill Tuesday that cuts rates for corporations, consolidates and cuts personal income and estate taxes and tweaks child tax credits and mortgage interest deductions.
The House of Representatives passed Republicans' $1.5 trillion tax cut bill with no Democratic support and only one GOP defection. The Senate is expected to pass the bill as well, giving President Donald Trump his first signature legislative victory.
Here's how Arizona's delegation voted and what they had to say about the bill:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Congressman Biggs voted YES on the conference report and released the following statement:
"This is an historic day. We promised our constituents we would cut taxes and reform our outdated tax structure. Today, we honored those commitments. I applaud my colleagues who have worked for many months – and years – to accomplish this objective.
Conservatives cheered the House passage of historic tax reform legislation through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
The House passed the final tax reform legislation almost entirely on partisan lines. Twelve Republicans voted against the bill, while no Democrats voted for the tax reform legislation.
House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) cheered the tax reform's legislation, saying:
PHOENIX — The finish line is in sight for the $1.5 trillion tax legislation and U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona was optimistic about the outcome of Tuesday's vote.
"We're going to be voting on it [today] in the House … and I've been told [the Senate is] going to vote on it [Wednesday]," the Republican told KTAR 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News, hours before the vote, which passed 227-203.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the Senate would vote Tuesday evening.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Biggs introduced the "Let Lenders Lend Act," which permanently eliminates the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Congressman Biggs released the following statement: