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It is hard to have a rational discussion when a person rejects the notion of looking at facts. Those who rely solely on feelings insist on denying facts, data, and science. They trust intuition and feelings, not reality. That's why the saying, "My facts don't care about your feeling," has gained traction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Andy Biggs led a letter to House Armed Services Committee leadership urging their opposition to any anti-border security measures in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. U.S. Representatives Paul Gosar, W. Gregory Steube, Jodey Arrington, Markwayne Mullin, Glenn Grothman, Debbie Lesko, Andy Harris, Ted Budd, Tom Tiffany, Randy Weber, Michael Cloud, Gregory F. Murphy, Ben Cline, Jody Hice, Chip Roy, Michael Guest, Steve King, Greg Gianforte, Ron Wright, Ken Buck, and Jim Hagedorn co-signed this letter.
America, and my home state, Arizona, are at a crossroads. We have two roads we can take. One is a return to the path of freedom; the other is totalitarianism. This is not necessarily a partisan issue or even a left/right problem. It is a potential permanent alteration of who we are as a people.
Nothing typifies this more fully than the mandates to wear masks that some governors and mayors are imposing on their citizens. That so many in our country are immediately acquiescent in the broad implementation of mandated masks reveals that we may have lost our way, perhaps irretrievably.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, vacating the Trump administration's rescission of the unlawful Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on the conclusion that "the Acting Secretary did violate the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)." Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
The Left is apoplectic that Arizona and the rest of the country are moving to reopen our society. Gov. Doug Ducey is correct that Arizona needs to be open. We have all have been denied fundamental rights during lockdowns. As Arizona opens, we all must understand and mitigate the risks of the coronavirus. But the numbers simply do not support the hysteria that left-wing pundits and their media allies are attempting to foment. They keep shouting that the number of people who have been detected with the virus is up.
GILBERT, ARIZONA – Last week, the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule to streamline consideration of asylum claims. The rule gives the federal government needed tools to combat fraudulent claims and to work through the 1-million case backlog. Congressman Andy Biggs issued the following statement:
GILBERT, ARIZONA – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor released the May Employment Situation Summary, showing an increase of 2.5 million jobs and a decreased unemployment rate to 13.3%. Experts had predicted that there would be over 8 million jobs lost and an unemployment rate of over 19%. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
Peaceful protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have been highjacked by people with malevolent intentions. Protests are acceptable, violent attacks on people and property are not.
Pent-up frustrations from job losses and months of isolation during the coronavirus lockdowns played a role in the riots across the country, according to psychologists and pandemic researchers.
"I do think the pandemic aggravated things," said historian John Berry, who has written books focused on past pandemics.
Tension built up during the lockdowns due to the massive joblessness — especially for those making less than $40,000 a year, African Americans disproportionately getting sick from the virus, and people being shut in the house for months, Berry said.