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President Trump delivered his first speech to joint session of Congress last night. The president touched on many topics including securing the border, immigration and the health care system.
Freshman Arizona Democratic congressman Tom O'Halleran said the feel of the speech was more optimistic than earlier rhetoric. But, he was still disappointed, when it came to describing the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
Washington, D.C. – Tonight, President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress to outline his goals for the upcoming year. Congressman Biggs released the following statement after attending the address:
Four members of Arizona's congressional delegation tweeted throughout President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night: Republicans Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar and Democrats Ruben Gallego and Tom O'Halleran.
Their reactions largely reflected their partisan positions.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05), chairman of the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Environment, delivered the following opening statement at this morning's hearing, At What Cost? Examining the Social Cost of Carbon:
Welcome to today's joint subcommittee hearing entitled "At What Cost? Examining the Social Cost of Carbon." Today we will examine the previous administration's determination of the Social Cost of Carbon, or SCC, and explore why the calculated value is flawed.
Hello from sunny Arizona!
I've been in the district this week, meeting with constituents, businesses, and organizations. I have enjoyed hearing your concerns and I look forward to taking the opinions of Arizona's Fifth Congressional District constituents back to D.C.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Biggs joined 28 U.S. Representatives and 2 U.S. Senators to sign an amicus brief in Jennings v. Rodriguez. The case involves several aliens who have been ordered deported from the United States, but who disagree with being detained while challenging their deportation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a departure from federal law, ruled that these aliens are entitled to challenge their detention every six months until a final decision on their deportation is made.
Eager to help President Trump complete the 1,954-mile wall on the southern border, lawmakers are considering a financing plan that would tax the money that immigrants send home to Mexico and tap State Department foreign aid to the country.
House and Senate Republicans told the Washington Examiner that raiding those two caches of money would offset costs to taxpayers, a key demand of fiscal conservatives, and live up to Trump's promise to make Mexico pay for the wall.
Washington, D.C. – Last week, the Arizona House of Representatives passed House Concurrent Memorial (HCM) 2001, Urging the United States Congress to Divide the Ninth Circuit Into Two Separate Circuits. The memorial, which passed 35-23 and is sponsored by Representative Eddie Farnsworth, expresses support for Congress to pass H.R.250, a bill introduced by Congressman Andy Biggs. H.R.250 would establish a new, Twelfth Circuit Court of Appeals in order to divide the existing Ninth Circuit among the two.
The Trump administration has signaled support for a federal law to help terminally ill patients get access to drugs that might be their best hope but aren't fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It's a good cause.
The FDA currently allows "compassionate use" of experimental drugs in certain cases, and its statistics show that almost every time it is asked to let someone take a drug under that program, it agrees; in fiscal 2015, the applications numbered more than 1,200.