Andy Biggs

VOTING RECORD

Biggs is a far-right Republican extremist member of the U.S. House, representing Arizona's 5th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2017. His current term ends on January 3, 2025. In September 2019, he was selected to serve as chairman of the radical, pro-insurrectionist "Freedom Caucus". Biggs was first elected to the office in 2016 after winning the Republican primary against Christine Jones by 27 votes. Biggs served in the Arizona State Senate, representing District 12 from 2011 to 2017. He was president of the Senate from 2013 to 2017 and majority leader from 2011 to 2012. He also served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 22 from 2003 to 2011. Prior to public service, Biggs worked as an attorney with a license to practice in Arizona, Washington, and New Mexico. He won a $10 million American Family Publishers sweepstakes in 1993.Since the November election, Rep. Biggs has been one of the prominent proponents of Trump’s lie that the election was stolen. He appeared on Fox News on December 22 to praise Trump’s efforts to undermine the election: “President Trump, he’s a fighter, he knows that the country is at stake, he like so many of us believes that the election was stolen and he wants to fight through it. There are literally 70 million people plus who think this was a stolen election.” Rep. Biggs then went on to object to the counting of Electoral College votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. His lies undoubtedly helped fuel the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Rep. Biggs did not vote in support of the bipartisan commission proposal to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Congressman Andy Biggs Coordinated Efforts With Mark Finchem Before Capitol Riot

Phoenix New Times

Feb. 18, 2023

Congressman Andy Biggs coordinated with Arizona state Representative Mark Finchem on an "alternate slate" of electors.

Screenshot courtesy Alexander Kolodin.

"Right-wing "Stop the Steal" activist Ali Alexander wasn't the only person that Arizona Representative Mark Finchem texted with the day before the deadly January 6 riot at the Capitol.

Text messages show that Congressman Andy Biggs was apparently coordinating with Finchem to gather signatures from Arizona lawmakers who endorsed a slate of fake electors from the state as part of the broader effort to overturn the 2020 election results. It's unknown if that's the same group of fakers who were caught in December sending a letter to the National Archives in Washington D.C. that fraudulently claimed Arizona's electors cast their votes for Trump. The real 11 electors cast their votes a week later for Biden, in accordance with the wishes of a majority of Arizona voters.

Biggs' communication with Finchem sheds more light on his involvement in the events of January 6 and the "Stop the Steal" movement by Trump supporters. Alexander named Biggs in a video as one of several Republican lawmakers who "schemed up" a plan of "putting maximum pressure on Congress" as members voted to certify the winner of the presidential election. Biggs has denied knowing Alexander or having any involvement in planning the riot at the Capitol."

The COVID Vaccine Deniers And QAnon Believers Coming To Speak At The Arizona Legislature

May 23, 2023

"A special committee created by the Arizona legislature to examine the state’s response to COVID-19 will feature a litany of speakers who have spread disinformation about the pandemic, vaccines, spoken at QAnon events and have conspiratorial beliefs about the virus, including believing it will usher in the “mark of the beast.”"

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"The “Novel Coronavirus Southwestern Intergovernmental Committee” will hold two days of hearings on May 25 and May 26 at the Arizona Capitol, during which a string of ostensible experts will tell the state and federal Republican lawmakers on the panel their opinions on the pandemic, and Arizona’s response to it.

The Republican elected officials on the panel include state Sens. T.J. Shope and Janae Shamp, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee; state Rep. Steve Montenegro, who chairs the state House of Representatives’ Health and Human Services Committee; and U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs, Eli Crane and Paul Gosar."

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"Extremist researchers on Twitter were quick to note that the various groups sponsoring the committee had begun promoting it by the acronym, NCSWIC, which is commonly used within the QAnon community to stand for “Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming.” It most often refers to an unfounded belief that “Deep State” collaborators will soon be arrested."

Reps. Biggs, Gosar And Lesko Back Cruel, Regressive Abortion Pill Ruling

"Eleven GOP senators and 58 members of the House filed a brief supporting U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs taken in pill form in medication abortions." [...] "Kacsmaryk based his decision on an 1873 anti-pornography law called the Comstock Act, claiming that abortion drugs are “nonmailable” and that the FDA didn’t follow proper procedure in granting approval all those years ago. Among the Republicans looking to set back women’s reproductive freedom roughly a century and a half are Arizona Republican Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar and Debbie Lesko."

Apr. 13, 2023

C-SPAN Anchor Is Silently Closing MAGA Rep. Andy Biggs’ False Allegation Made Jan. 6

"Far-right MP Andy Biggs (R-AZ) tried on Friday to claim that no one was tried and prosecuted for sedition in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, only for a C-SPAN moderator to cool down his patently false claim fact checked."

Mar. 25, 2023

Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs Eulogizes Racist Former State Lawmaker

"Far right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) issued a press release over the weekend celebrating the life of a racist former lawmaker who had been pushed to resign from politics after he suggested that women should only be granted public benefits if they were sterilized beforehand. Biggs appeared on the House floor last week to speak about the life of former state Sen. Russell Pearce, whom Biggs had served with during his own time as a state lawmaker. Pearce, who sponsored vehemently anti-immigrant legislation, died earlier this month. Biggs also praised Pearce in a newsletter (in which he misspelled his name as “Pierce”) that was sent to constituents on Friday, describing Pearce’s political legacy as “truly unmatched.” Biggs’s statements — both on the House floor and in the newsletter — referred to Pearce as tough and courageous, touting his public service in politics and in the military while praising his fascist and racist legacy."

Jan. 31, 2023

Jan. 6 Panel Refers Rep. Andy Biggs To House Ethics Committee Over Subpoena

"Rep. Andy Biggs was among four Republican members of Congress referred Monday to the House Ethics Committee for failing to comply with a subpoena from the panel that investigated the riot at the U.S. Capitol. The move means that Biggs, R-Ariz., could face investigation by the bipartisan ethics committee and comes as he has thrown into disarray the battle for the House speakership with another member referred to the ethics committee [...] Before issuing the subpoena, the panel asked Biggs in a letter that was shared publicly to meet with it about a Dec. 21, 2020, meeting at the White House that involved Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows. The panel wants to discuss what Biggs knew about the "Stop the Steal" effort organized by Ali Alexander, who credited Biggs as instrumental in pulling it together. The panel wants to know about Biggs' effort to persuade state lawmakers the election was stolen and enlist their help in preventing President Joe Biden's victory from being certified. The committee has said Biggs was identified as among a group of Republicans seeking pardons after the attack by the pro-Trump mob and wants to know why such pardons were sought. The committee noted that Biggs participated in an effort determined by a federal judge that more likely than not involved a criminal effort by Trump to obstruct Congress from certifying Biden's victory."

Dec. 19 2022

The Meadows Texts: Rep. Andy Biggs Schemed To Overturn Arizona Election

"On Nov. 6, as the votes were still being counted, Meadows wrote Biggs looking for any reason to be optimistic. “Any hope for Az,” Meadows asked. “I’ve been trying to get hold of our legal and party teams in Arizona,” Biggs replied, before scratching off his calculations of how much of the outstanding vote Trump had to win to come back. “So still doable,” he concluded. But things were bleak for Trump and his allies. The Associated Press made its call several hours after Fox and the other major broadcast networks caught up in the next few days. By Friday, when Meadows was looking for a silver lining in Arizona, NBC, ABC and CBS had all projected Biden as the state’s victor. Less than eight hours after he indicated an Arizona victory was still “doable” for Trump, Biggs had begun cooking up a plot to challenge the results in the state. Through the typos, Biggs seemed to be floating a variation of the fake electors scheme, a gambit where Trump allies would put their names to an alternate slate of electors that could be approved by Republican lawmakers in states Biden won. Versions of the plot became popular among members of the Trump camp as legal avenues to overturn the 2020 election dwindled, and the idea that Trump electors could be swapped in for Biden electors was key to Trump allies’ growing interest in the day when electoral votes would be counted and certified, Jan. 6. The fake electors schemes have led to multiple investigations. On Nov. 6, Meadows was succinct in response: “I love it,” he wrote. While the two continued to track the numbers and tried to calculate the outstanding vote share in the state, it was clear that the door was closing. Even as they seemed to acknowledge the real results, the pair took a turn toward the tin foil-hatted and set aside the vote counts in favor of increasingly bizarre conspiracy theories that could help Trump clinch Arizona anyway. Biggs’ initial text with the “highly controversial” idea was previously published by CNN. However, it is just one of several messages where Biggs proposed last-ditch, conspiracy-theory-fueled schemes to wrench back the state. Most of those messages are being reported here for the first time."

Dec. 13, 2022

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Andy Biggs Is Giving Paul Gosar A Run For The Most Despicable Human Being In Arizona's Congress

"Biggs, who entered politics after he won a $10,000,000 magazine sweepstakes in 1993, is good at spewing Freedom Caucus nonsense, and he was a central player in the Stop the Steal movement, even helping to plan Jan. 6, according to Ali Alexander. But when it comes to designing policy that serves people, bupkis. So here’s this week’s cup of Biggs’ ugliness: "Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ): “[Speaker Nancy Pelosi] is losing the gavel but finding the hammer. Too soon? Is that too soon?""

Oct. 10, 2022

Reps. Biggs, Gosar Join The Kook Caucus In Voting Against Anti-Human Trafficking Bill

"Apparently, they didn't like a bill aimed at 'prosecuting traffickers, improving prevention efforts, and ensuring support for survivors.'"

Jul. 29, 2022

Rep. Andy Biggs Just Wondering Why Congress Won't Investigate Gremlins Inside Dinesh D'Souza's Underpants

"Republicans have big plans for next year if and when they take back the House of Representatives. We regret to inform you, however, that those plans are really, really fucking stupid. For instance, there is Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs. For those of you familiar with the Biggs oeuvre, we could stop right there. You name an issue, this cretin has been on the wrong side of it. From his vote as a state legislator opposing a ban on teenagers texting while driving, to his vote against the second COVID relief package because it "redefined family" by extending sick leave to domestic partners, to his current opposition to military aid for Ukraine, Biggs is fully committed to being wrong about every single thing. So it should come as no surprise that he's all in on the Big Lie, huddling up with Mark Meadows and the rest of the treason weasels at the White House seeking to ratfuck the Electoral College"

Jul. 14, 2022

These Arizona Candidates Still Say Donald Trump Won In 2020, Or They're Not Sure What Happened

The Arizona Republic via The Rose Law Group Reporter

Jul. 15, 2022

"Elected officials and candidates for office in 2022 continue to challenge and question the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona.

The results have been examined and re-examined, challenged in court and in a monthslong ballot review. No evidence has been found of widespread fraud or error in the results.

Yet candidates deny the outcome. Others don't quite go as far. But they raise questions about potential irregularities they say could have influenced the vote and should be examined.

The Arizona Republic is listing candidates by category by the race that they are entered in. This list is not complete and will be updated throughout the 2022 election season.

Election deniers

These candidates in Arizona races deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, either in Arizona or nationwide."

US Senate

Jim Lamon, Republican
Blake Masters, Republican

US House of Representatives

Josh Barnett, Republican, 1st District
Walter Blackman, Republican, 2nd District
Eli Crane, Republican, 2nd District
Ron Watkins, Republican, 2nd District
Jeffrey Zink, Republican, 3rd District
David Giles, Republican, 4th District
Jerone Davison, Republican, 4th District
Andy Biggs, Republican, incumbent, 5th District
Brandon Martin, Republican, 6th District
Debbie Lesko, Republican, incumbent, 8th District
Paul Gosar, Republican, incumbent, 9th District

Governor

Kari Lake, Republican
Scott Neely, Republican
Paola Tulliani-Zen, Republican

Secretary of state

Mark Finchem, Republican

Attorney general

Rodney Glassman, Republican
Abe Hamadeh, Republican

Treasurer

Bob Lettieri, Republican

Arizona Corporation Commission

Kevin Thompson, Republican

State Senate

Steve Zipperman, Republican, Legislative District 1
Sonny Borrelli, Republican, Legislative District 5
Wendy Rogers, Republican, Legislative District 7
David Farnsworth, Republican, Legislative District 10
Jake Hoffman, Republican, Legislative District 15
Anthony Kern, Republican, Legislative District 27
Janae Shamp, Republican, Legislative District 29

State House of Representatives

Judy Burges, Republican, Legislative District 1
Robert Scantlebury, Republican, Legislative District 9
Liz Harris, Republican, Legislative District 13
Austin Smith, Republican, Legislative District 29
John Gillette, Republican, Legislative District 30
Nohl Rosen, Republican, Legislative District 30

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

Gail Golec, Republican, District 2
Thayer Verschoor, Republican, District 2"

Read the complete article on The Arizona Republic

2 AZ Lawmakers Met With Trump About Overturning Election: Jan.6 Panel

"U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs of Arizona were among 11 House Republicans who met with then-President Donald Trump in December 2020 to strategize how to overturn the presidential election, according to White House visitor logs unveiled Tuesday during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearings on Capitol Hill. The White House meeting occurred Dec. 21, just days after an "unhinged" meeting between White House lawyers and Trump allies, which also was a focus of Tuesday's hearings."

Jul. 13, 2022

Center for Arizona Policy

2022 Candidate Questionnaire

Position Sought: U.S. Senate

Question 4: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.

Candidates' Position: Oppose.

Question 9: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*

Candidates' Position: Support.

* Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws.

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Arizona House Speaker Says GOP Rep. Biggs Pressed Him On Decertifying Electors

"The panel's subpoena of Biggs also cited texts Biggs sent to Meadows on recruiting legislators to help overturn the election, allegations he helped plan a Jan. 6 rally and his reported efforts to receive a presidential pardon in the aftermath of Jan. 6."

Jun. 22, 2022

GOP Lawmaker Invokes Tortillas To Scramble Away From Jan. 6 Discussion

"The Jan. 6 committee previously identified Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.) as a GOP congressman who sought a presidential pardon following the Jan. 6 attack."

Jun. 10, 2022

Rep. Andy Biggs Wants To Protect Uvalde Survivor From Congress, Just Not From Armed Gunmen

"A House Oversight committee on Wednesday heard from an 11-year-old child who recounted the horror of playing dead inside her classroom two weeks ago while a gunman killed 19 of her classmates and two teachers. Rep. Andy Biggs couldn’t bring himself to show up. “A child of tender years, brought before this Committee to relive the horror of the Uvalde murders is tantamount to child abuse and will no doubt add to the post-traumatic stress of the child going forward,” he , explaining that he would instead watch her testimony from his office. Biggs, you see, is all about protecting children. He’s just not willing to consider so much as a single reform to the nation’s gun laws to do it. By day's end, he voted against a bill that would have barred teens from buying assault-style weapons like the one used to eviscerate 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo's classmates and teachers."

Jun. 9, 2022

Why Did Arizona's Andy Biggs Want A Pardon Following Jan. 6 Insurrection?

"Rep. Andy Biggs is important because this could tie in the link between certain members of Congress who were working in alignment with the extremists that day the Capitol was attacked."

May 26, 2022

Why Is Rep. Andy Biggs Afraid To Testify Under Oath Before The Jan. 6 Committee?

"Republican Rep. Andy Biggs makes a lousy victim. I mean, he’s trying. He’s really, really trying to portray himself as a martyr, a fall guy, a scapegoat, a sacrificial lamb. But peeking out from beneath the wooly blanket of indignation Biggs is hiding under is a partisan wolf’s clothing."

May 13, 2022

Rep. Andy Biggs Won't Cooperate, So The Jan. 6 Committee Should Just Subpoena Him

"Fat chance that Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs will voluntarily spill the beans over his involvement in the U.S. Capitol insurrection to keep Donald Trump in the White House. On Monday, the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots asked Biggs, and Reps. Mo Brooks and Ronny Jackson to testify."

May 2, 2022

Kelli Ward, Andy Biggs Under Scrutiny For January 6 Texts To White House

"new texts were turned over by Meadows to the House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, when rioters breached the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were voting to certify the 2020 presidential election and declare Joe Biden the next president. [...] Other names included Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, who represents much of the East Valley, and Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward. Both have played high-profile roles in disseminating election fraud conspiracies over the last two years — Biggs from Washington and Ward from Lake Havasu City."

Apr. 29, 2022

These 10 Republicans Voted Against Lend-Lease For Ukraine

"The House of Representatives passed a bill designed to provide more military assistance to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion with overwhelming bipartisan support on Thursday. Lawmakers approved the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 by a vote of 417 to 10, with all votes against the bill's passage coming from Republicans."

Apr. 29, 2022

Learning More About Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs' Not-So-Little Role In The Attempted Coup

"It was an attempted coup and Rep. Andy Biggs was one of those offering aid, comfort and advice to those he hoped could pull it off."

Apr. 26, 2022

3 Arizona GOP Lawmakers Face Political Candidate Disqualification Trials For Alleged Jan. 6 Ties

"The plaintiffs must prove the lawmakers either participated in an insurrection or aided insurrectionists per section three of the 14th Amendment."

Apr. 7, 2022

These Seven Republicans Voted Against Investigating War Crimes In Ukraine

"The motion, called the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act, has the goal to "collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information related to war crimes and any other atrocities" committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine. The bill passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, with 418 voting in favor and only the seven Republicans voting against."

Apr. 7, 2022

Amid Sex Trafficking Probe, Matt Gaetz Shows Up In Arizona For A Border Diatribe

"Controversial, embattled Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is going native. The third-term U.S. congressman touched down in Phoenix not long ago, donning an Arizona State University Sun Devils cap and following the state’s GOP kingpins to the U.S.-Mexico border for a screed about the dangers of illegal immigration. Gaetz accompanied Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, who represents Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, and Queen Creek, for a stroll""

Mar. 25, 2022

Reps. Andy Biggs And Paul Gosar Are The Proud Putin Wing Of Arizona's GOP

"Just when you thought Arizona Republican Reps. Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs could bring no greater disgrace to the GOP than their connection to the Big Lie and their alleged association with organizers of what became the Jan. 6 insurrection … Stop. I take that back. If you’ve lived in Arizona for any amount of time and follow politics even a little you know that Gosar and Biggs are more than capable of bringing even greater ignominious disgrace to the GOP."

Mar. 22, 2022

Rep. Andy Biggs Among Few To Oppose Bill Suspending Normal Trade With Russia

"Rep. Andy Biggs was one of only eight House members to vote Thursday against suspending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus"

Mar. 27, 2022

Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar Vote Against Banning Russian Oil, Adding More Sanctions

"Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, Arizona's most contrarian members of Congress, again joined the few in Washington to vote against banning Russian oil imports and further economic sanctions. The largely symbolic measure overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives 414-17, with the Arizona Republicans joined by 13 GOP colleagues""

Mar. 10, 2022

Trump-Supporting Arizona Politicians Push Election Lies At Florence Rally

"Borrelli pushed back on the fact that the belief in widespread election fraud that stole the presidency from Trump in 2020 was a “conspiracy theory.” He said there was indeed a conspiracy, but he claims "it’s not a theory.” He said the problem was “obstructionists” who oversee elections at the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office and in Maricopa County. Borrelli said that many of his peers in the Arizona House and Senate were behind him and other election deniers and that they were going to “tighten up the loopholes that these commie (expletive) have exploited.” The crowd cheered as Borrelli claimed that the “shamestream media” were hiding facts like “ghost voters” he said were found to have voted in Pima County in 2020. Pima County election officials deny there were any widespread problems with the election."

[...]

"Arizona Republican U.S. Reps. Debbie Lesko, Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, the latter two national leaders in the spread of falsehoods over the 2020 election, also spoke at the rally"

Jan. 16, 2022

Rep. Andy Biggs Accuses Biden Administration Of Vilifying Unvaccinated People

"Biggs, who represents Arizona's 5th District and has served in Congress since 2016, was responding to a White House statement that told unvaccinated people that they are "looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm."
Biggs called the message "sick.""

Dec. 21, 2021

4 Arizona Politicians At Heart Of Jan. 6 Events Continue On Same Path

"The four Republicans who ... circulated baseless conspiracy theories about a 2020 Donald Trump presidential victory in Arizona and pushed for the Senate's partisan audit of Maricopa County's election results are continuing on the same path more than a year later. [...] U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, state Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, and former Representative Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, were at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, encouraging the overturn of election results."

Dec. 8, 2021

Rep. Andy Biggs Thinks New Highways, Safe Airports And Clean Water Are Socialist

"Thirteen Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the infrastructure bill that will bring billions of dollars of funding to Arizona. None of those GOP members were from Arizona. Imagine that. Not Rep. Paul Gosar. Not Rep. David Schweikert. Not Rep. Debbie Lesko. Not Rep. Andy Biggs. Among them, Biggs was the most vociferously opposed..."

Nov. 9, 2021

3 Arizona Lawmakers Allegedly Have Ties To Jan. 6 Insurrection

Oct. 8, 2021

Andy Biggs Is In full Jan. 6 Whitewash Mode To Protect Republicans

(starting with himself)

"Biggs was one of the leaders in the drive to reject the vote in six states, including his own home state of Arizona. He’s one of three congressmen fingered by ’“Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander as helping him plan the rally that resulted in five deaths and more than 100 police officers injured."

Sep. 3, 2021

Phone Records Sought For Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, Others In Jan. 6 Probe, Report Says

"The special House committee examining the Jan. 6 riot is reportedly planning to seek phone records from former President Donald Trump and other Republicans involved in the "Stop the Steal" rallies, including Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona."

Aug. 30, 2021

Rep. Andy Biggs Is Upset At The Biden Administration For… Seizing Drugs?

"The Arizona congressman wants to know why people aren’t upset that border agents stopped massive amounts of fentanyl from entering the United States."

Jul. 23, 2021

Reps. Andy Biggs And Paul Gosar (heart) Nazi-Ranting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

"What's worse, comparing life-saving vaccine policy to Nazi violence and intimidation or being a friend and supporter to such a person?"

Jul. 8, 2021

Is Congressman Andy Biggs Under Investigation For Capitol Riot? He Thinks So.

"From the beginning, Congressman Biggs has been an unabashed supporter of the "Stop the Steal" movement."

Jul. 2, 2021

Reps. Biggs, Gosar And Lesko Vote Against Banning Confederate Statues From US Capitol

"Three of Arizona's four House Republicans voted Tuesday against banning Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol in an issue shaped by the Jan. 6 riot and GOP pushback on discussing systemic racism."

Jun. 29, 2021