the plan calls on conducting enhanced oversight and using available leverages to stop the abuse of power from President Biden in 2023.
Conduct enhanced oversight and use available leverage to stop abuse of power by the Biden administration in 2023.
Occurrences
Evidence
The plan calls for "conducting enhanced oversight and using available leverages to stop the abuse of power from President Biden in 2023."
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (Introduced 02/01/2023); Latest Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Chairman Pat Fallon and Chairman Andy Biggs "will hold a joint hearing" examining ATF actions under the Biden administration.
Biggs and Grothman said they would hold a joint field hearing titled "Biden's Border Crisis and its Effect on American Communities" on August 8, 2023.
Cosponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] 06/20/2023.
This resolution was passed House on 12/13/2023 and authorizes enforcement of subpoenas as part of the inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist to impeach President Biden.
Assessments
Biggs made concrete same-term efforts in 2023 to conduct oversight and use congressional leverage against the Biden administration, including leading or announcing oversight hearings on ATF actions and border policy, sponsoring an impeachment resolution against DHS Secretary Mayorkas, cosponsoring an impeachment resolution against President Biden, and supporting House subpoena-enforcement authority for the Biden impeachment inquiry. Those actions satisfy the oversight and leverage portion of the promise. However, the promised result was to stop abuse of power, and the evidence shows investigative and pressure activity rather than a completed outcome that ended the alleged abuses. Because the actions were material but did not fully deliver the stated stopping outcome, partial credit is appropriate.