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Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs said Saturday he's ‘bewildered' by fellow House Republicans not keeping their promises on health care, following their vote Thursday to replace ObamaCare.

"They just passed a bill and they're claiming it's a repeal, but it's not a repeal. And they're going to send it to the Senate knowing it's going to be changed," he told Fox News' "America's News Headquarters."

In the wake of the passage this week of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a former Arizona congressman has some strong words for for his ex-colleagues in the U.S. House.

Matt Salmon believes Washington is more dysfunctional than ever.

Salmon, one of the GOP's most respected names in Arizona, decided not to run again last year. And he doesn't regret that decision one bit, especially in light of recent events.

"This atrocity that was passed by the House is a dereliction of duty," Salmon said.

PHOENIX — An Arizona congressman said one reason he did not vote for a Republican health care bill on Thursday is because he was not given ample time to read it.

"I did not get a chance to read those changes, but that was the additional $8 billion in spending that was put in because of the requests of moderates that had bounced off the bill," U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told KTAR News 92.3 FM's Mac & Gaydos on Thursday.

Arizona conservatives were largely on board Thursday with the House's passage of the American Health Care Act, a move that revived Republican hopes of repealing central parts of President Barack Obama's signature health-care law.

Freshman Rep. Andy Biggs, who represents a conservative congressional district east of Phoenix, was the only Arizona Republican to vote against the legislation, joining Democratic Reps. Ruben Gallego, Raul Grijalva, Tom O'Halleran and Kyrsten Sinema in opposing the bill.