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| https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-formally-invites-white-house-press-secretary-border-tour | Congressman Biggs Formally Invites White House Press Secretary to Border Tour | 2022-09-01 | 2022 | 2022-09 | Republican | House | AZ | Andy Biggs | B001302 | biggs.house.gov | biggs | https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases | scraper | Today, Congressman Andy Biggs sent a letter to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to formally invite her to tour the Arizona-Mexico border with him—making him the first member serving in Congress to do so—in response to her comments made during a White House press briefing on August 29, 2022. “White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s continued dismissal of the nation’s border crisis is outrageous,” said Congressman Andy Biggs. “As the chief spokesperson of the President of the United States, she is either deliberately lying to the American public or is utterly unaware of this catastrophe that stretches across the nation’s 2,000-mile border with Mexico. “As a representative of a border state and as the Congressional Border Security Caucus co-chair, I encourage Press Secretary Jean-Pierre to join me for a border tour along the Arizona-Mexico border. “Failure to accept this invitation suggests that she and the Biden White House are not interested in correcting their self-inflicted border crisis and will allow it to worsen.” The letter may be read here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-08T03:08:33Z |