REP. BIGGS ON THE HISTORIC GOP REFORMS OF THE 118TH CONGRESS. HE DESCRIBES THE TENSE NEGOTIATIONS THAT CHANGED AMERICAN HISTORY
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Rep. Andy Biggs led 20 GOP Reformers who wanted to make changes that had lasting significance. Biggs says Speaker McCarthy initially ignored them months ago because he expected a Red Wave in the midterms. The narrow win gave the Freedom Caucus great leverage and bargaining power. Biggs has great faith in Jordan and Comer whose committees of Judiciary and Oversight are already at work. The country is in dire straits and the GOP Congress will have to fight using every procedural tool to roll back the Marxist Dems who control the White House and the Senate. Biggs expects McCarthy to be a really good Speaker and last week was an emotional boost as Americans saw their Representatives stand up and win the fight against the status quo.
GUEST: REP. ANDY BIGGS, AZ
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| 0:27.1 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Lou Dobbs and welcome to the Great America show, great to have you with us today. |
| 0:32.9 | Our guest today is the man who led the 20 reformers of the 118th Congress, and we hope |
| 0:38.6 | all congresses in the years ahead. |
| 0:41.6 | Those reforms include giving our representatives the opportunity to amend legislation time |
| 0:46.6 | to read legislation before it comes up for a vote. |
| 0:50.4 | How about that? |
| 0:51.8 | And the motion to vacate, that is to call for a vote of no confidence in the speaker. |
| 0:56.4 | Your representation on committees for the Freedom Caucus members, just some of the reforms, |
| 1:01.7 | one in the fight for speaker that ended last Friday night. |
| 1:05.2 | Our guest is Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona. |
| 1:08.4 | He's a former chairman of the Freedom Caucus. |
| 1:10.4 | He serves them both the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, and he led the fight |
| 1:15.5 | last week to create greater accountability, transparency and better representation in |
| 1:21.0 | Congress. |
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