Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, erupted Tuesday during a House Oversight Committee markup of legislation when Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida interrupted him.
The committee was meeting to address pieces of legislation, including H.R. 151, the Equal Representation Act, which would require that a question about citizenship status be added to the 2030 Census and those following. Biggs was explaining his support for the legislation when Frost cut in.
“This bill corrects an inequity, so let me give you an example: How many people are in Congress from California that shouldn’t be here because you overcounted, including apportionment of illegal aliens? By some estimates, it’s as high as seven, seven. My state has nine representatives. Will we lose some? My guess is
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