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PHOENIX — As the GOP health care bill made it past an early stumbling block Friday morning, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs said he would not be voting for it as is.
"There's really nothing there. They said we're not going to negotiate anymore. It remains rife with problems. I'm still a no," the U.S. congressman from Gilbert told KTAR's Arizona's Morning News shortly before the rules committee went to work.
Washington, D.C. – "I cannot vote for the most recent draft of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). I appreciate House Leadership's efforts to work through the concerns I have flagged, and I have great respect for the way President Trump and his team have negotiated with Members of Congress. The White House has been fully engaged and worked towards a resolution that is consistent with the promises we have made to our constituents.
Happy Friday!
The action and pace of Capitol Hill is heating up – even though the temperature in D.C. this week dipped below freezing. In the next weeks and months, the House will consider vital pieces of legislation to keep the promises we made to our constituents, including health care, tax reform, border security, and funding our government. Stay tuned for news on our efforts.
THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE:
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the White House released its fiscal year 2018 budget proposal to Congress, which would increase funding to the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs while reigning in spending in other government departments and agencies. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held a hearing to examine ideas for restructuring the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Congressman Andy Biggs, a member of this subcommittee, released the following statement after the completion of the hearing:
Anti-abortion groups and conservative lawmakers are worried that several provisions aimed at cutting abortions won't survive in the House Republicans' plan to repeal Obamacare.
The lawmakers are worried that a plan to cut Medicaid spending to Planned Parenthood for one year, a long-standing goal among conservatives, nor a provision that would restrict abortions could make it to final passage in the American Health Care Act, which would repeal Obamacare.
BY LYDIA WHEELER - 03/14/17 (The Hill)
The U.S. Judicial Conference agreed Tuesday to recommend Congress add five judges to the California-based federal court of appeals.
In addition to the five judgeships the conference wants Congress to create on Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the 26-member policy-making body for the federal court system is recommending Congress create 52 Article III judgeships in the district courts, and give eight temporary district court judges full-time status.
After years of calling for the dismantling of "Obamacare," many Republicans have come to a stark realization. It might be all but impossible, politically, to do so while ignoring how it extended coverage to millions of uninsured Americans.
"If Republicans have accepted that everybody with pre-existing conditions are covered, that kind of dictates a lot of what you can and can't do," Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said, citing one of the key tenets of President Barack Obama's signature 2010 health law.
Washington, D.C. – This week, ADP Research Institute reported that the United States added 298,000 private-sector jobs in February – the first full month of the 115th Congress and the Trump administration. According to the report, expectations for new jobs was originally set at 190,000. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, credited the job numbers to anticipation of "tax cuts and less regulation." Congressman Andy Biggs released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of Homeland Security reported that illegal border crossings from January to February decreased by 40 percent (31,578 to 18,762 illegal aliens). The historical trend of apprehensions typically increases 10 to 20 percent from January to February. Congressman Andy Biggs released this statement in reaction to the news: