The Week in Review 

Happy Friday!

I hope you had a wonderful week. I am grateful to serve you all in the 118th Congress. Read below to see what I’ve been working on this week. 

Initiative of the Week: Honoring Law Enforcement During National Police Week 

This week marks National Police Week and I am forever grateful for our brave men and women in blue. 

I introduced a congressional resolution that formally expresses support for law enforcement officers amid a period where radical Leftists seek to defund, dismantle, and disparage state and local enforcement officers.

I testified before the House Rules Committee on my resolution and also provided remarks advocating for our nation’s law enforcement on the House of Representatives Floor.

We must 'back the blue' now more than ever. Crime is surging across our cities in virtually every major statistic. These heroes are the only ones putting themselves in harm’s way to uphold our rule of law and ensure public safety. At the very least, they deserve our gratitude and respect. 

Check out some of my testimony from the House Rules Committee by clicking the image below:

Check out some of my remarks from the House Floor by clicking the image below:

Durham Report Confirms Weaponization of DOJ and FBI 

This week, Special Counsel John Durham concluded that “neither U.S. nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation.” 

The findings confirm what most Republicans already believed—which is that the Department of Justice and FBI abused their powers to smear President Trump during the 2016 presidential election. As we can all recall, these agencies declared that President Trump colluded with Russia to meddle with the election outcome. This allegation turned out to be completely false and cost taxpayers $6 million over four years in a probe.  

It’s clear that our law enforcement apparatus has been weaponized to target political opponents. We are not having free, open, and reliable elections when our own police state gets involved to alter election outcomes. Those involved in pushing out the fabricated Trump-Russia narrative should serve jail time and FISA spying authorities cannot be reauthorized by Congress at the end of the year.

I will continue to seek out legislative solutions to defund and dismantle the Department of Justice and FBI. They no longer serve the American people and require a complete overhaul from the top to bottom.

House Judiciary Committee Activity

The House Judiciary Committee and I unveiled a damning report titled “FBI Whistleblower Testimony Highlights Government Abuse, Misallocation of Resources, and Retaliation.” The report highlights numerous examples of abuse within the FBI’s senior ranks. The incidents were detailed and submitted to our committee by several FBI whistleblowers.

One whistleblower characterized the current state of the FBI as “cancerous” as the Bureau has “let itself become enveloped in this politicization and weaponization.” 

The report also highlights how the FBI’s metric-based bonus structure leads to the improper and unnecessary use of law enforcement tools, how FBI leadership has pressured agents to reclassify cases as domestic violent extremism (DVE) to create the perception that DVE is organically rising across the country, and how the FBI suspended whistleblowers after making good-faith, protected disclosures about agency wrongdoing.

I have long called for the defunding and dismantling of the FBI. The FBI is no longer serving the American people in good faith. 

The report may be read here. 

House Oversight & Accountability Committee Activity 

The House Oversight and & Accountability Committee held a hearing titled “Overdue Oversight of the Capital City: Part II.”

The nation’s capital has become infested with crime and violence over the past few decades and has especially worsened under its current mayor, Muriel Bowser. Washington D.C. has also received an influx of illegal aliens from the southern border and the city has no real solution to address the surge. The large numbers of illegal aliens arriving in the city are straining already-limited resources.

Washington D.C. has become unrecognizable and its lawlessness has deterred tourists from coming to the city. It has also made residents and Members of Congress and their staff feel unsafe. 

Check out some of my remarks I made to Mayor Bowser by clicking the image below:

The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing titled “Tracking the Postal Service: An Update on the Delivering for America Plan.” 

The purpose of this hearing was to analyze the Postal Services’ finances, performances, and efforts to modernize after years of struggle. 

U.S. Postal Service finances and performance have improved over the last two years in large part due to Postmaster General DeJoy’s ten-year plan, the Delivering for America Plan (DFA).

Click the image below to see some of my remarks from the hearing:

Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization 

My good friend and fellow House Freedom Caucus colleague Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) hosted a press conference reiterating the necessity to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. 

The WHO has undermined American interests for many years now and remains one of the most corrupt and ineffective international institutions. It’s why I have introduced legislation titled the WHO Withdrawal Act that requires the President to withdraw the United States from the WHO and to prevent taxpayer money from going towards it.

The WHO is compromised by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP funds a large portion of the WHO and successfully steered the organization from conducting investigations in China amid the COVID-19 emergency.

It has also been reported that the WHO amplified and parroted CCP messaging—without hesitation—to obfuscate health data and China’s role as the creator of the coronavirus.

America doesn’t need another globalist institution telling us how to run our country. We must protect American interests first. 

Check out some of my remarks from the press conference by clicking the image below:

Community Outreach 

Last Saturday, I hosted my annual Drop Zone event in Mesa. Drop Zone is the one-stop event for veterans’ benefits and senior services. We had 60+ local vendors provide services ranging from health care to haircuts to financial assistance. 

We saw the largest Drop Zone participant attendance EVER! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and I am looking forward to hosting Drop Zone again next year.  

Stay tuned for a link of pictures from the event! 

Passport Tips from Congressman Biggs 

Planning international travel this spring or summer? Don’t wait to update your passport! The U.S. State Department currently takes 8-11 weeks to process passport applications and recommends you submit your application 4 to 6 months before your travel date. Check out these useful passport tips below. There are several small details that you may not know of! 

For additional assistance with your passport application, call my Mesa office at 480-699-8239.

General Passport Tips
Passport Fees
Passport Process
Child Passport
Child Passport II

Legislation

Legislation cosponsored: 

H.R. 3358 - To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal contracts to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 3406 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit qualified professional asset managers from exercising voting rights associated with the ownership of securities by the Thrift Savings Fund. 

H.R. 3212 - Shall Not Be Infringed Act.

H.R. 3458 - To establish certain remedies for certain individuals involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of refusing to receive vaccinations against COVID-19.
  
H.R. 3492 - To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.  

H.R. 3514 - To provide for the inclusion of uranium on the list of critical minerals, and for other purposes.  

H.R. 3515 - To require agencies to notify the Director of the Office of Management and Budget when the agency suspends or terminates a Federal award, and for other purposes.  

H.R. 3527 - To impose a hiring freeze and other limitations on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and other purposes. 

Letters cosponsored: 

Letter to 25 federal agencies conducting oversight on heightened telework policies. 

Letter to Automakers about the reports that companies plan to remove AM radio from car.

Letter requesting border security be added to ongoing debt limit negotiations. 

Alien Invasion Border Documentary 

Check out my border documentary titled Alien Invasion. The 30-minute documentary features footage from private ranches along the border, the Darien Gap in Panama, and interviews with members of Congress, Border Patrol, local and state law enforcement, and much more. It addresses how President Biden’s border crisis began, its consequences, and solutions to address the crisis.  

The border documentary may be watched here.

Top Media Appearances of the Week

I joined Fox Business’ Jackie DeAngelis to provide my instant reaction to the Durham Report findings. Click the image below to watch some of the segment.

I joined OANN's Alison Steinberg to explain why the United States should withdraw from the World Health Organization. Click the image below to watch some of the segment. 

I joined the Joe Pags Show to discuss a wide variety of pressing topics including the debt ceiling fight between Congress and the White House, Biden’s border crisis, the Durham Report findings, and the weaponization of our federal government. Click the image below to watch some of the segment. 

What’s the Biggs Idea Podcast: Border Week Special

The border is in total disarray after the Biden Administration allowed the Title 42 public health order at the southern border to expire last week. The chaos at the southern border brings numerous national security and humanitarian concerns. The magnitude of this border crisis cannot go unnoticed so I hosted several podcast episodes this week to bring more awareness to the issue.

Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls, Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines, and Real America’ Voice’s border reporter Ben Bergquam joined me this week. We’ll be posting more episodes soon. Check out our social media pages for updates. 

Click the images below to watch the podcasts. Or visit my website to watch previous episodes.

Tweet of the Week

Constituent Services 

Flags
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Internships
If you or someone you know is interested in completing an internship in either my Mesa or Washington, D.C. office, they can apply directly on my website. 

Help With a Federal Agency 
If you can’t get an answer from a federal agency in a timely fashion, or if you feel you have been treated unfairly, my office may be able to help resolve a problem or get you the information you need. For example, my office routinely helps constituents with issues involving the Veterans Administration, the IRS, the Social Security Administration, the State Department, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  You can learn more by visiting my website.

Click here to find out more information about my office’s services. 

Tours and Tickets

Interested in touring the White House or U.S. Capitol? As constituents of the Fifth Congressional District, you may request tickets and tours for various Washington D.C. destinations from my office. 

All tickets are provided to constituents on a first-come, first-served basis, so request tickets early.

Click here for more information.