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For the first time in 10 years, Republicans are in control of the House, the Senate, and the White House. We should be optimistic about moving a conservative agenda forward, but we have failed to keep our promise to repeal Obamacare and have followed that up by surrendering to demands of Democrats by producing a budget bill that spends more than $1.1 trillion to fund the government.
That's more than $7 billion dollars a day.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) voted NO on H.R. 244 – Consolidated Appropriations Act. Congressman Andy Biggs released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs announced the submission of two amendments to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017. One amendment appropriates $1.4 billion for construction of a wall along the international border between the United States and Mexico. The second amendment prohibits any funds appropriated in the resolution from flowing to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood, or any successor of Planned Parenthood. Congressman Biggs released the following statement:
President Trump's acknowledgment this week that he has considered breaking up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals breathed new life into a Republican proposal that has languished in Congress for years.
GOP lawmakers whose constituents live within the 9th's expansive appellate jurisdiction have repeatedly introduced legislation that would carve a 12th Circuit out of states currently covered by the 9th.
Washington, D.C. – This week, United States District Court Judge William H. Orrick in San Francisco issued a temporary injunction on President Donald Trump's previous executive order that withholds federal funds from U.S. cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration laws. This decision follows two other court actions blocking a separate executive order on immigration vetting, including decisions by the frequently-overturned Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
PHOENIX — An Arizona congressman said Thursday he was glad to see President Donald Trump's proposed tax plan does not include a border adjustment tax.
"I think that's good news because that's not going to be helpful for the country," U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told KTAR News 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News.
President Donald Trump's dedication to enforcing immigration law is one of his significant accomplishments as he nears his 100th day in office Saturday, experts and lawmakers say.
Trump is "taking the handcuffs off of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and the Border Patrol because the immigration enforcement officers were prohibited from doing their job to a significant degree under [President Barack] Obama," Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Daily Signal in an interview.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Andy Biggs released the following statement to address the latest changes to the American Health Care Act:
"I promised my constituents that I would fight for a clean repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).