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Andy Biggs

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Andy Biggs is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 5th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he has been active in various legislative efforts and is known for his conservative positions on issues such as immigration and national security. Biggs has also been vocal about his opposition to what he terms the advancement of Sharia Law in the United States, emphasizing his commitment to preserving American values.

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Jul 13, 2023

To oppose this amendment is an example of hate, bigotry, and ignorance. This is a longstanding issue, and you stand there and have the audacity to say there is zero evidence. Explain then why officials have to report that on the Goldwater…

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Jul 13, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle A of title XVIII insert the following new section: SEC. ___. EXCLUSIONS AND…

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Jul 12, 2023

the problem is he said Mr. Mansfield correctly answered that if you fail an audit, you are not going to get more money from the bank.

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Jul 12, 2023

If you have people who don't understand the rule of law and its importance, you cannot have freedom.

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Jul 11, 2023

Proposals that would increase benefits for current retirees, in particular for middle and higher income retirees, would grant benefits to retirees that they had not paid for themselves over the course of their careers.

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Jun 22, 2023

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I find it fascinating to listen to someone who lives in the Northeast, in a nice enclave protected from the border, stand up and say nothing about this is serious. Tell that to the victims of this…

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Jun 21, 2023

As we think about blind justice very often and those scales, we see the statue, the terrifying thing for me for the American people is when it is laser focused on political opponents.

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Jun 21, 2023

That is why I support what I call the Buck plan. The Buck plan calls upon Congress, the majority in this case, in every committee to have a subcommittee that is looking at the authorization jurisdiction of that committee and then makes the…

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Jun 21, 2023

I am in my seventh year. That is the point. If you want to authorize something, like the Judiciary Committee, they should be holding these types of hearings because it is just what you say. The year that I got elected from Arizona, a…

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Jun 21, 2023

Yes. I am not sure that I knew that detail because I don't think I have seen that happen since I have been in Congress.

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Jun 21, 2023

You would authorize a program--like the NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act. That is an authorizing program. It authorizes us to spend money, and then we go ahead and appropriate to that authorization.

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Jun 21, 2023

We are too fearful because every program that gets created creates a constituency, and you have to look somebody in the eye and say that program is no longer necessary. The ESA is a perfect example of that. It has basically run amuck. It…

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Jun 21, 2023

It appears to me to be biased or motivated from something other than the crime.

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Jun 21, 2023

They loathe the former President. They loathe his official actions. They loathe his treaties and his policies and his supporters.

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Jun 21, 2023

Our two-tiered justice system is such that in my mind we don't have justice because if somebody is being treated differently than someone else, you simply don't have justice.

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Jun 21, 2023

Instead of focusing on one case, we should discuss what we can do to improve sentencing, clemency, and other aspects of our justice system for the many thousands of others who do not have the money and connections that Mr. Esformes has.

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Jun 21, 2023

It is a travesty that we are here on the Esformes' case.

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Jun 21, 2023

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for holding this Special Order and talking about this very important subject. The reality is, as we are on that tank from ``Indiana Jones'' that is going off the cliff, we are busy fighting on top of it…

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Jun 21, 2023

This unprecedented prosecution is just the latest in the pattern of repeated systemic corruption by this Administration's Department of Justice.

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Jun 14, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 17, line 13, strike ``$100 million'' and insert ``$50 million''. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 495…

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Jun 14, 2023

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Jun 14, 2023

My amendment is needed to lower the economic threshold of the REINS Act to $50 million, requiring congressional approval to go into effect. That will lead to more votes in this body, and that is what we do. We are Members of Congress. That…

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Jun 13, 2023

You want to know why people say we are getting overregulated? It is because even when a state undertakes its own regulatory constraints...

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Jun 12, 2023

I would venture to say that not every booster is actually necessarily a drug addict. Some of them are engaged in criminal conduct.

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