republican congressman andy biggs of arizona saying "dr. fauci and dr. birx must not continue imposing a doctrine of destruction across the nation, they must be shown the door immediately. lives are being devastated because of lockdowns. no more. that was congressman andrey -- andy biggs from late last week, july 9. this yesterday from congressman , "trump and his cronies should be ashamed of themselves, dr. fauci is a world-renowned infectious disease expert working tirelessly to protect us from a deadly virus and if they would listen, our country would be in a better place than it is today ." this from congresswoman donna shalala, saying simply "trust of the experts, i stand with dr. fauci." that's the congresswoman from florida. david cicilline of rhode island,

my name is andy biggs from arizona's fifth congressional district. i'm a co-chair. the house border security caucus with my co-chair, brian babin, from texas. and we're grateful that you're here. as you know, border security, a major issue over the last four years, and particularly in this last election cycle. and the president is named tom homan to serve as the border security. and i'm happy and feel confident that he's going to help secure our border as i go through this. so i want to pay special tribute to a friend of border security caucus, my friend, art del cueto from the tucson sector is retiring this friday from the border patrol after more 20 years of service and most of these guys up here who attended a border codel with me over the last four years or so will know our del cueto because he's there and he's been a fierce advocate for securing the border. tom homan wanted me to make sure i mentioned this. so there's the sanctuary city issue is particularly pernicious. and in arizona, my own governor's indicated that she's to stand in the way of actually enfor

andy biggs received 10. 20epublicans oppose what her think's -- opposed mcarthy's bid. it is expected members will take e a fourth vote to elect a speaker of the house. for now, a look back at how the day unfolded in the u.s. house of representatives. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the clerk of the house: pursuant to the 20th amendment to the constitution of the united states, for the meeting of the 118th congress of the united states, the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? eternal god, you spoke and the earth brought forth life. with a word your spirit breathed into humanity the essence and purpose of our very being. speak to us now, o lord, and breathe into the body of the 118th congress your word of truth and justice, compassion and wisdom. give each member the guidance to be faithful stewards of this divine tasking and to wield

and thank you to andy biggs and co-chair babin for leading this. we know the numbers the biden administration helped well over 12, 13 million illegals to invade our country the past four years, some, two, three million of which are known got-aways and these are the ones with the criminal ties ap the terrorist backgrounds and the ones trafficking the terrible things into our country. we know hundreds of thousands of felons who are here illegally, and this has all been done on purpose by the biden administration. democrats believe that everybody around the world, the seven billion people who don't live in the united states have the right to come here with no limit legally or illegally. now that the border will begin to be sealed come january 20, we're going to find out who is here. when their accomplices can no longer stream unrestricted across the border sad is a-- sadly, we are going to find out who is here. that's why tom homan on the direction of president trump to have this massive deportation is so important and so criminal, literally, for thes

and there are more conservative lawmakers that will vote to someone else, andy biggs. ands you mentioned, not since 1923 a house speaker vote has gone to more than one ballot. rather hissism day. >> during that first vote what is the vote and what does it look like? >> he needs the majority of the house, not just the majority of house republicans which he does have in a closed door session, republicans, most of them agreed that kevin mccarthy is the current republican leader would be their nominee. but there are five republicans that have said they will vote against him, like matt gaetz or lauren boebert said she would vote against mccarthy. and that group right now, a lot of the members of the house freedom caucus are conservative members are looking for rules changes that would empower them, the main one the motion to vacate the chair, the way to oust the speaker and that takes a member to call that motion, but republicans especially in mccarthy camp. the compromised number is five. and this is the same motion that ended the speakership of john boehner. and not able

arizona, andy biggs of saying yesterday's announcement that arizona would postponing the fall school semester and it produced anxiety on whether students would return to school and if so, when? having our children in school is vital for the development. new content from a few members of congress. this is joe out of charleston, south carolina. good morning. you are next. caller: hey, john, how are you doing? john, we have to error on the side of caution. i have an eight-year-old grandson who is brilliant. his grandmother and i are active in his life, and my son and daughter-in-law live close by, and he has been homeschooled since this started. host: eight years old the second grade? caller: yes, he would be going to third. he is performing at the fourth grade level. i'm not too concerned about his education. by the way, his mother is working from home and he is there with her now. there is no issue there now.

a question on the deportation issue number two, will secretary mayorkas talk to andy biggs today?uest: sorry about that. host: will mayorkas be questioned by andy biggs today and if he is, what you think he will say on this deportation issue? guest: what he will say is that the department is looking at its deportation strategy. they have really shifted years he and the biden administration where trump said, anyone in the country illegally as a target for deportation. we do not care who you are, if you are here and breaking our laws, we are going to target you. where the biden administration has said, our resources are very limited. we have about 6000 officers in total across the country charged with carrying out their partitions and we will concentrate our resources -- out deportations and we will concentrate our resources on the serious criminals and they also say, it is not about numbers, it is about the quality of the people we are catching and deporting. and they have been criticized for that because they are allowing a lot of people with criminal convictions, may less serious

my name is andy biggs. i represent arizona's fifth congressional i also serve as district.he co chair of the congressional border security caucus. with my friend from texas brian babin. today we have former senior officials from u.s. customs and border protection, ice, the border security caucus and members of congress from across the country. first secretary mayorkas has failed to maintain operational control of the border as required under the law, the secure fences act of 2006 requires the secretary to achieve and maintain operational control of the border. it defines operational control as quote, the prevention of all unlawful entries into the united states, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics and other contraband" that is his duty and , his obligation instead the policies that he has enacted has produced the exact opposite of operational control. current border patrol chief raul ortiz said under oath that the biden administration's border policies have "no consequences," for illegal aliens arriving in our country.

host: i want to make sure i correct myself, andy biggs is from arizona. you said 40 years or so in uniform with the pennsylvania national guard. as a member of the military, dated you see this insider mentality -- did you see this insider mentality? in terms of areas of military affairs and foreign affairs, do you see that deep state in the military thwarting of some of what president trump wants to do? guest: i am concerned about it ever since i was a private and moving through the ranks, you had differences with your command, your leadership and your duty was to state your differences and make the case. as soon the command says you have made your case, this is what you are doing, your job is to salute and move out and do the best of your ability to complete the mission the commander has given you whether you agree or not and if you are so vehement in your [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2019] >> hello

caller: hello representative andy biggs. i have been watching and i am just hoping and praying that people use common sense to see that president biden is behind all of this. he does not want donald trump running again but we want president trump back because he was the best president we have ever had. and, i believe in the rule of law that we are tired of this talk, talk, talk. we want indictment on the biden crime family. we know he is corrupt. would you answer me? are we going to get indictments on the biden crime family? guest: i do think the bidens -- some members of the biden family have probably engaged in some criminal conduct. but we do not have police power in the legislative branch. the police power is in the executive branch. i can tell you that even if we find or produce any evidence that indicates the criminality that exists and warrants further investigation, or maybe even prosecution, it would be given to the department of justice. but under this department of justice, led by merrick garland, nothing will hap

gaetz: i hand it off to one of the past leaders of the house caucus, andy biggs. mr. biggs: if you want to impact anlection, bring a candidate, the candidate for the republicans tryo tie him up in court over and overain. if you want a sham, bring a couple of people inho no credibility and put them up as star witnesses and we saw it today first happened. mr. cohen admitted repeatedly he admitted that he did so for his own personal tells you everu know about the lackibily of thid then add to that that you have a ju a judge whose daughter is making literally hundred thousand bucks at least because she is going around using this to raise money for democrats. that is what is hniat i what is. and so i think wis pretty clear to us that this is a sham tria done for political purposes and should not stand in the united state america. i give it back to my friend. mr. gaetz: my colleague from the house oversight cee, merchandise luna. mrs. luna: they areeloplehey cas in the courtroom. he about this, why is it you guys can't be in co see what we are seeing. just because of members

it is with that that i place the name of my friend and colleague from arizona, andy biggs, for speaker of the house. thank you. the clerk: are there further nominations? there being no further nominations, the clerk appoints the following tellers. the gentleman from georgia, mr. loudermilk, the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. steel, and the gentleman from new york, mr. morelle. the tellers will come forward and take their seats at the desk in front of the speaker's rostrum. the naiments of the honorable -- the names of the honorable kevin mccarthy, a representative-elect from the state of california, the honorable hakeem jeffries, a representative-elect from the state of new york, and the honorable andy biggs, a representative-elect from the state of arizona have been placed in nomination. the roll now will be called. and those responding to those names will indicate by surname the nominee of their choosing. ed reading clerk -- the reading clerk will now call the roll. adams. jeffries. aderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. mccarthy. alan

host: joining us via zoom is republican congressman andy biggs. he served on the judicial and accountability communities. good morning, how are you. the last caller had a lot of concerns about sources he can trust about voting security and one of the things he said is why can't republicans get their stuff together? what would you say to that collar? --caller? guest: when i spoke to a group of my district they asked me about sources of news as well. i don't think he is out there by himself i think that is a common thread. i get asked that question a lot and i give them a plethora of other things i look at. why can't republicans get their act together? i agreed that republicans don't have their act together but the democrats are neither. that is part of our problem. part of the thing that drives me crazy is republicans run, and a lot of democrats around in my home state democrats run on a republican platform. but they don't adhere to the platform and that drives me the craziest. i always tell people this, you get the government you vote for. i come

i now turn to andy biggs, who will provide some information. mr. biggs: thank you, chairman comer. we appreciate your leadership on this very, very significant issue to the direction of this country and we appreciate your leadership and appreciate my colleagues who are here today and also the great staff that has done such incredible work on behalf of this committee in reviewing these records and helping us to obtain them. thank you. and thank you to those of you who are here from the media today. so when we talk about the biden family and associates, i think it's important for the american people to understand what we mean when we're talking about these associates. what are we really getting at? first, they -- they use them as vehicles to move money directly into biden family accounts. why is that? it's because they were looking to obfuscate and hide where the money was coming from. for example, the bidens used their associate rob walker to bring in millions of dollars from china and romania. walker's limited liability company paid hunter, james, halle and others in the biden netw

in these investigations the house oversight committee with strong members bike byron donalds and andy biggs and jim jordan will return to its original mission of identifying waste, fraud, and abuse and mismanagement in the federal government and holding un-elected bureaucrats accountable. in a republican majority under speaker kevin mccarthy, the forgotten working men and women's voices will finally be heard and represented. and in a republican majority under speaker kevin mccarthy, this broken congress will finally be fixed and we will return to regular order and we will drag those senators kicking and screaming along with us every step of the way. we will return to regular order. we will get the backs of the american taxpayers. this is the people's house. let's get to work. madam clerk, i am proud to nominate kevin mccarthy to be the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i yield back. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> mad yucca mountain clerk, i rise to nominate-d-d mad yk clerk, i rise to nominate a unifier, not a divi

coming up, arizona republican congressman andy biggs, talks about rick scott's challenge to mitch mcconnell'speaker of the house seat. and, illinois democratic congresswoman jan should caskey. watch washington journal live, on c-span, or c-span now, our free mobile video app. during the discussion with your facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. c-span is your unfiltered view of government, we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> it is more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled centers. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. wyoming representative liz cheney says she feels confident that donald trump will never be president again, she made the comments while speaking with the washington post, shortly before the president officially announced

this week, house republicans will vote on the midnight rule relieve act, led by congressman andy biggs. the bill allows congress to disapprove multiple policies through one resolution. when those rules were issued during the last year of a presidential term. ultimately the bill will provide congress with the necessary tools to reject regulations protecting democracy and creating jobs. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks as warned by the f.b.i. trump with reinstitute existing laws to protect american families through peace through strength. thank you legitimate president of georgia to protest the rigged presidential election in georgia. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, please. .a. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today

if you do that, you will be in good stead. >> representative elect andy biggs.preciate your time. >> next, the memorial service for john glenn. then president-elect trump speaks in mobile, alabama. now the memorial service for .ohn glenn kaaba wh among those speaking, joe biden and john glenn's sons. this is about two hours. ♪

one of your colleagues, andy biggs, said the debt limit should not be reached. do you agree that it should not be lifted, do you agree with that? rep. mace: my position on the debt ceiling vote is that our current debt is entirely unsustainable. if we don't have a deal for any sort of budget reform by the time that vote happens, that's going to be very problematic and it's not something i am going to be supportive of. if you look at -- obviously inflation is still a major issue, deficit, debt. all those things play into how we get out of the rising cost of goods everywhere across the united states. but if you think about it, the last time we had any sort of balanced budget was when president clinton was in office in 1988, and before that it was president nixon in 1970. i saw both sides, both democrats and republicans, for the spending and deficit issues we have today. both sides should be accountable. there should be no argument about debt reform in this vote next week. it is sort of silly. we are in this predicament. both -- both sides need to address it. we ca

we are joined by representative andy biggs.

that challenger joins us now, representative andy biggs, also a member of the judiciary committee. representative biggs, good morning. guest: good to be with you. host: talk about your pitch to her fellow republicans as far as your challenge for the speakership. guest: the main thing is that we think that you need to change the status quo. i think all americans -- your last caller, listening to her, they all want to see a page turned in washington, d.c. one of the things i think has been so problematic is that members cannot rank-and-file members, have been disenfranchised. everything go through the leadership but whether it is nancy pelosi or whoever is going to be the republican leader. everything is centralized as far as power, so you have a restricted amendment process here in in six years come out we have not -- commitment process. in six years, we have not had an moment process. how about the budget? you need to empower the appropriators can either get rate of the committee and change it, which i am ok with doing that by having authorizing committees combined with the subcomm

andy biggs of arizona said he is unfavorably polite. jim jordan failed last week. jim jordan has similar policy but his lack of a national profile had jordan had not going to be an antijohnson campaign. and i think relationship, former chairman of the republican study caucus. mike johnson is well liked. host: even those even in those relationships and talked about the conservatives in the conference and that is other republicans as well? >> he is not seen as a flame thrower in the way that jim jordan is including appropriators and kay granger opposed. moderates there is not a feeling it will hurt them in the same way supporting jim jordan would have. host: what are the democrats' view of mike johnson? >> you heard is mike johnson the same as jim jordan. they view him as a threat to abortion rights and highlighting his role in objecting to the 2020 election results and donald trump and wants to cut programs to americans. house democrats are coming out expecting to be speaker and portraying him as an extreme republican. host: if he becomes speaker has he sketched out

kudos to the andy biggs of the world, the five or six folks who voted against it. the role in the first place came around. super proud of that. i'm happy that they did that. and it shows we can come together as a team and actually get the job done, just we need to communicate more. and unfortunately, we did not get the -- in the cr this morning. >> do you think you made any kind of progress in that meeting? sounds like there's a lot of negativity coming out of it. rep. garcia: i mean, it was a therapy session. therapy sessions usually are ok, even when you come out a little bit depressed and frustrated. we were able to talk through some things. and you know, it is a realization that there are some people that want to keep trying the cr thing so badly that they are, you know, not willing to accept the reality that there are at least five to eight people that will never vote for a cr. that was one of the takeaways. speaker did a great job of re-caging everyone's brains. we have to find getting a cr as a victory is a very terrible shutdown. the bigger fights here are

caller: hello representative andy biggs.been watching and i am just hoping and praying that people use common sense to see that president biden is behind all of this. he does not want donald trump running again but we want president trump back because he was the best president we have ever had. and, i believe in the rule of law that we are tired of this talk, talk, talk. we want indictment on the biden crime family. we know he is corrupt. would you answer me? are we going to get indictments on the biden crime family? guest: i do think the bidens -- some members of the biden family have probably engaged in some criminal conduct. but we do not have police power in the legislative branch. the police power is in the executive branch. i can tell you that even if we find or produce any evidence that indicates the criminality that exists and warrants further investigation, or maybe even prosecution, it would be given to the department of justice. but under this department of justice, led by merrick garland, nothing will happen beca

from andy biggs on the house side of things, andy biggs says "my congressional colleagues, we cannot send $40 billion to ukraine. my colleagues and i were barely given time to read the bill text, our government doesn't have the money and there is no way to tell all this money will be spent." let's go to calls and hear from nick in sarasota, florida. go ahead. caller: good morning. i think all the republicans like rand paul and the president are all exactly correct. the numbers you put up show only $20 million -- $20 billion of it was for military assistance and the other was for humanitarian aid and economic support. we needed some of that here. i'm a retired veteran and i have a 5% raise and now the inflation is really closer to 10%. i don't believe that a number at all. we could have built the border fence and finished it by then, put more money down there. it is too much and all borrowed. that is what gets me but nobody like your previous caller i agree with him too, what is the numbers of the other countries giving over there? we need to see that so we are seeing we are not once

gaetz: i hand it off to one the past leaders of the house freedom caucus, andy biggs. mr. biggs: if yout to impact an election, bring a candidate, the candidate for the republicans and try to tie h inr again. if you want a sha bring a couple of people in who have no credibilitd put them up as star witnesses and we saw it today first happened. that he lied.itted repeatedly he admitted that he did so for his own personal interests. that tells you everyth you know about the lack of credibility of this case and en add to that that you have a judge, you have a judge whose daughter is making hundred thousand bucks at least because she is going around using this trial to raise money for democrats. that is what is happening. that is what is happening. and so i think what is pretty clear to us that this is a sham trial. and being done for political purposes and should not stand in the united states of america. i giv it back to my frien mr. gaetz: my colleague from the house oversight committee, merchandis luna. mrs. luna: they are telling people they can't have cameras in the court

the honorable andy biggs of the state of arizona has received 10. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received six. the honorable jim banks of the state of indiana has received one. the honorable lee zeldin of the state of new york has received one. the honorable byron donalds of the state of florida has received one. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. following the procedure used by the house in 1923 and recorded in cannons precedent volume 6, section 24, the clerk is prepared to direct the reading clerk to call a roll anew. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. jordan: i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, madam clerk. i think we have three objectives this congress. three fundamental things we have to get done in the 118th congress. first, pass the bills that fix the problems. in two year's time we have a border that is no longe

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freedom caucus chair andy biggs of arizona, colorado representatives ken buck and doug lamborn, florida representative ted yoho, and independent congressman justin amash from michigan. >> if you miss any live coverage of the government response to the coronavirus outbreak, watch anytime at c-span.org/coronavirus. from daily briefings by the president to the white house task force and up eight from governors ian hard-hit states, it is all there. in thetes from governors hardest-hit states, it is all there. our coronavirus webpages your fast and easy way to watch c-span's unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. &a, he has been on the front lines as a member of the white house coronavirus task force. >> when you deal with the interface of politics, policy and medicine, the thing that i have found to be very effective is beacon system, totally honest, and don't tell people things you think they might want to hear. tell them the truth that is based on evidence, because even though politicians, be they in the administration or congress, may not be happy with what you tell them because it disapp

andy biggs had to have that number check and it was right.uring and is causing a job crisis for black and populations but that's what's happening. and are losing their jobs. you have millions of people pouring in people that have had their jobs that it done their jobs for years losing their jobs and it started with the and black populations. they do want to show you all the jobs that black and hispanics are losing. i've seen the numbers. when you see the numbers the election will be over probably although 818,000 jobs were fraudulently put on the rolls by these crooked guys in washington. they and cheated me said we had come to think of this 818,000 jobs and we had a whistleblower because they wanted to replace it after the election. we have a whistleblower and wherever that whistleblower was, thank you very much whistleblower. we appreciate that. think of that. even after all the pain and suffering that she has caused when, with after she would do anything differently she said she wouldn't change, not one thing. let's watch. [inaudible] [ina

host: andy biggs, yesterday, talking to steve bannon about that race.ere is some of the history of the balloting that goes more than one for speaker. the 100 27 speakers elections since 1789, only 14 have gone to more than one ballot. the most recent was frederick gillett, republican of massachusetts elected on the ninth ballot, his final three terms as speaker. then the 34th congress in 1855 there was balloting for the speaker that lasted for two months and 133 ballots were cast before nathaniel banks of massachusetts was finally elected speaker. it's not expected to be 133 ballots today but it could go hours, some saying perhaps even days. here's the process that will happen on the floor when the actual speaker vote occurs. the speaker is of course not required to be a member of the house, though all speakers have been members of the house since the first speaker. some individuals not serving in the house have received votes over t years, st recently theasone back in 2021. candidates must be nominated by a member of e house, who calls out the last nam

host: joining us via zoom is republican congressman andy biggs. on the judicial and accountability communities. good morning, how are you. the last caller had a lot of concerns about sources he can trust about voting security and one of the things he said is why can't republicans get their stuff together? what would you say to that collar? --caller? guest: when i spoke to a group of my district they asked me about sources of news as well. i don't think he is out there by himself i think that is a common thread. i get asked that question a lot and i give them a plethora of other things i look at. why can't republicans get their act together? i agreed that republicans don't have their act together but the democrats are neither. that is part of our problem. part of the thing that drives me crazy is republicans run, and a lot of democrats around in my home state democrats run on a republican platform. but they don't adhere to the platform and that drives me the craziest. i always tell people this, you get the government you vote for. i come here, i re

he new chairman of the freedom caucus, andy biggs, hit the ground running. he put forth a resolution that said, we need to censure adam schiff for making up his opening testimony [applause] and it is time we hold him accountable. there are 104 members that have signed onto that resolution. it is growing every day. if your member has not signed n, you need to call and make them see the light. and if they do not see the light you need to make them feel the heat. and if you can do that i will tell you that those backbones that are like bananas start to stiffen up if they hear from hundreds if not thousands of people back home. because there's only one thing that member of congress fears and there's -- that is being voted out of office. and there's only one group that can do that. that is you, we the people. need to make sure we hold our elected officials accountable. it is time, isn't it? it is time. [applause] it is being put forth. i can tell you that right now. when adam schiff starts to make up things. and this is being covered, so i'm sure it is being twee

andy biggs from arizona. morgan griffith from virginia. and our vice president with whom i met today and jordan met today. i am grateful for their work on behalf of these courageous patients, and i urge all my colleagues in the house to support this legislation. and with that i reserve the balance of our time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in strong opposition to h.r. 5247, or the right to try act of 2018. supporters of this legislation, mr. speaker, have claimed it will provide seriously ill patients who have exhausted all of their available treatment -- or their treatment options access to experimental therapies free from the barriers of f.d.a. dover sight. while it's understandable someone suffering from a disease that has no more options would want to try anything that can help them fight their disease, this legislation delivers the false hope to patients a

andy biggs' proposal limiting suspension waivers from committees. co-sponsored amendments in order. affirm 72-hour publication of bills before calling for a recorded vote. and end to proxy voting. an end to remote participation in committee work by members of congress. an end to the gephardt rule. cut-go instead of pay-go and an end to en bloc suspension votes. a major reform worked out with morgan griffin, what we hope to call the griffin rule, on single subject bills subject to jermaineness points of order and amendment. diverse view points on every committee. lastly, a church-style commission was added to the judiciary committee focused on the abuses our own big government has unjustly collaborated with big business and big tech to silence, persecute or even prosecute our fellow citizens. as thomas massie pointed out, elon musk brought a crime scene. now that we know and the public knows, the question is, what in the hell are we going to do about it? well, this select committee answers that question. with oversight and leadership by our most effective member, my friend and collea

i was there with friends like andy harris, andy biggs, others. i went ahead and went through the first door, there's another door there. and they went apoplectic. i'm authorized to hear classified information. i'm authorized to hear the classified information they were supposedly listening to. but the truth is, it's not class fid. there's no reason for it to be classified. this is all a political show. that's why there is no written order, that's why there's been o vote in here to proceed with impeachment. and it's just wrong. i don't remember who said it but there was some historian that noted, there are many different, notmark but there are a number of different phases of a civil war. and only the last phase involves guns. ut this sure feels like this coup attempt is setting this ountry up for civil war. i won't participate in a civil war. but our job here, our oath here is to defend the constitution of the united states. i took that oath as a prosecutor, i took that oath in the united states army, active duty for four years, active reserve for

the honorable andy biggs of the state of arizona has received 10. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received six. the honorable jim banks of the state of indiana has received one. the honorable lee zeldin of the state of new york has received one. the honorable byron donalds of the state of florida has received one. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. following the procedure used by the house in 1923 and recorded in cannons precedent volume 6, section 24, the clerk is prepared to direct the reading clerk to call a roll anew. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. jordan: i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, madam clerk. i think we have three objectives this congress. three fundamental things we have to get done in the 118th congress. first, pass the bills that fix the problems. in two year's time we have a border that is no longe

on vacation, do not spend your hard earned money in places like montana, or wherever it is where andy biggs is at. he is weighing the country down. these maga republicans. the brainwashing, they have been brainwashed so bad they do not know what to do. they have probably got a good lawsuit against the republican party and fox news for brainwashing them. my comments this morning. you all have a good day. host: we have a little more than five minute on your top news story of the day. one of those is the looming potential government shutdown next week if they do not come to an agreement by september 30. just to show you different views on that, republican, democratic and independent. ail om virginia saying, the bi concern of my staff members ithe fact they are going to get phone calls from i going to pay my bills, i amow going to lose my business. michael of texas, a republican on the other hand, said this. for the mas majority when governments shutdown, they go back to work and it is a normal day for most people. to our democrats line in new york, go ahead. caller: caller: i agree. c-span is

a man to is been so incredible on television to me, andy biggs, congressman. where is andy?hank you, andy. now i don't have to call you and thank you. thank you, andy. marsha blackburn, thank you. good luck. will hopefully be your next senator from the great, great, great state of tennessee. i just saw some great numbers on you. where is steve? steve? steve shabbat. steve, steve, how are you, steve? kevin cramer, who is leading in his senate race. where's kevin? you are leading. we have a lot of people leading these races. a number just came down from reuters. a few months ago we were 16 down in the generic tall, whatever -- generic poll whatever that is , supposed to be. nobody really knows what it means. all i know is we're 16 down that they just came out and we were one up, such a difference. they say to win we have to be like, if we are six down we are ok but we are one up. that is for the senators, congressmen, and women. you are doing fantastic. sean duffy. where's sean? where's sean? thank you, sean. great job. ron estes. ron. thank you, wrong. -- thank you, ron. jeff

eight republicans voted to remove kevin mccarthy as house speaker, representatives andy biggs, kim buck, tim burchett, eli crane, matt gates, bob good, ncy mays and matt rosendale. you can follow the u.s. house when lawmakers return here on c-span. host: we've been covering capitol hill. what do you know, billy, what happens next? guest: they're heading to a unified house conference going in closed sessions shortly here at 6:30 and different scenarios, kevin mccarthy will announce his candidacy for the speakership, maybe. our republicans saying they don't think that's a good idea and don't think he can win and he knows it. perhaps discussion of other candidates ranging from the current number two who is battling health concerns, steve scalise, tom emmer, the noes counter, and others, including people you wouldn't think of but who may throw their hats in the ring. a lot of disorientation there within the group but they know they have 44 days to another potential shutdown and don't want the country to perceive them as unable to address the governing they need to do, so there's a sense the

we are joined by representative andy biggs. he is a republican from arizona on the judiciary and oversight and accountability committees, as well as a freedom caucus member. representative biggs, welcome to the program. guest: good to be with you. host: can you give us an update on what is happening in the house? you put out a posting on x yesterday with the words "shut it down." guest: [laughs] this is what i am observing happening. myself and a bunch of other people met across the spectrum of our conference yesterday. what you are seeing now is the rules committee has been meeting. they are talking about doing what we call combined rule. i will not get into the weeds but they are going to do combined rule on four appropriations bills. they are then going to approve or authorize the amendment process on those four bills. they will vote on that sometime this weekend and we will begin debating the amendments proposed for those four bills, and at some point, i anticipate next week -- i do not know if we will pass out -- but we wi