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May 15, 2020

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) has introduced legislation aimed at providing liability protections for businesses as states begin to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The measure takes aim at a key sticking point that has emerged in negotiations for coronavirus relief aid.

Biggs said he believes that the legislation is necessary to protect businesses from trial lawyers, arguing that companies and churches shouldn't be held liable for reopening.


May 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Biggs introduced H.R. 6601 to protect businesses taking reasonable steps to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 from frivolous negligence claims. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:


May 14, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced plans to build an advanced semiconductor factory in Arizona. According to its website, TSMC is the world's largest semiconductor foundry, manufacturing 10,761 different products using 272 distinct technologies for 499 different customers in 2019. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:


May 14, 2020

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., told Newsmax TV on Thursday that the unmasking requests made concerning former national security adviser Michael Flynn went "well beyond the scope of normal unmasking" procedure, and should be investigated.

"What should be next is two or three things," Biggs told "The National Report" on Thursday. "Number one, you have to determine if there was some felonious conduct. I think there was, if they took and leaked this, and this moved well beyond the scope of normal unmasking and intelligence."


May 13, 2020

House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Wednesday launched an inquiry into the use of Chinese drones in the United States to enforce social distancing, which could provide the Chinese government with an ability to collect and exploit sensitive data.

Republicans on the committee sent a letter to the Justice Department (DOJ) and the Homeland Security Department (DHS) to request information on the use of drones produced by Da Jiang Innovations (DJI), a company that accounts for nearly 80 percent of drone sales in the U.S.


May 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs introduced the Fourth Amendment Restoration Act. The bill fully repeals the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), prohibits warrantless surveillance of American citizens, and holds accountable any federal officials who violate the law. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:


May 12, 2020
An Arizona Republican lawmaker is calling for the Defense Department to reconsider its coronavirusaccessions policy, days after the Pentagon issued new guidance narrowing its ban on bringing COVID-19 survivors into the military to those who had been hospitalized for the disease.

May 12, 2020

House Republicans are champing at the bit for a return to normalcy as the coronavirus pandemic drags on and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi keeps the chamber shuttered until Friday.

Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, is leading the charge of arch-conservatives against the lockdown policies across the country.


May 12, 2020

Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, has called on Defense Secretary Mark Esper to drop a proposed Pentagon policy barring U.S. military branches from recruiting anyone who has been hospitalized with coronavirus.