Avid hiker and coffee enthusiast who is proud to represent Arizona's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Joined December 2010
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Washington should at least understand what a trillion dollars means before borrowing and spending it.
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Democrats love to argue that illegal immigrants pay into Social Security.
Yes, some pay with fake Social Security numbers. That is a little money.
But read the Social Security actuary report. The part they leave out is the suppression of wages from millions crossing the border during the Biden years.
Working-class Americans are competing with that labor now.
That was the great cruelty.
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Jun 11
I met with officials from the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation to discuss the Colorado River system and Arizona’s water future.
The data they shared shows Upper Basin snowpack peaked below normal, with April through July inflow into Lake Powell projected at about 15% of average and the full water year at about 35%.
Arizona needs a serious, long-term water strategy.
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Jun 10
Last week, I met with students from Brophy Prep.
Always glad to hear from Arizona students and answer their questions about Congress.
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Jun 10
Yesterday during House debate on waste, fraud and improper payments, I said we need to get past the words “waste and fraud” and into the definitions and mechanics of how we actually take it on.
The model we use today is perverse. Pay someone, hire auditors, hire lawyers, hire law enforcement, then chase the money after it is gone. How often do taxpayers get any of it back?
We have access to technology today so fraudulent checks never, ever go out the door. That same thinking should apply to overseas scam farms locking people up and forcing them to scam seniors and working people out of billions.
That is why I introduced the Scam Farms Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act last year.
My bill would revive an Article I power Congress already has to issue letters of marque and reprisal.
It would allow the president to commission private operators to go after foreign criminal enterprises involved in cybercrime, including scam farms, ransomware, cryptocurrency theft and identity theft.
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It was a pleasure to meet with the Arizona Farm Bureau this morning to discuss Colorado River negotiations, irrigation, grazing lands and efforts to contain the spread of New World screwworm.
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Rep. David Schweikert retweeted
Trade gap tightens in April. The total trade deficit in Apr was $55.88B, down $704M from Mar & 7% below the 12-mo average. Over the 12 mos thru Apr2026, the US ran a total trade deficit of $718.49B. In Apr2026, the US calculated $20.20B in import duties, which is 19.38% lower than the 12-mo avg. tinyurl.com/57dhpzy4
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Scam farms overseas are stealing billions by forcing people locked up by criminal organizations to target seniors and working families.
We have the technology to stop these scams before the damage is done. Use it.
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How does a Pakistani national allegedly orchestrate a $650 million fraud scheme in Arizona’s Medicaid system?
Government keeps paying first and asking questions years later.
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Rep. David Schweikert retweeted
JEC Chairman @RepDavid sent @HouseBudgetGOP Chairman @RepArrington the latest Views & Estimates. “There is great uncertainty about when & how the debt will switch from sustainable, business as-usual, to an unsustainable, market-unraveling nightmare. tinyurl.com/mr7e2e3j
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In about six and a half years, Social Security faces a 24% cut under current law.
That would double senior poverty in America and double the number of baby boomers living on the street.
What we are allowing to happen is absolutely immoral.
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Federal prosecutors say a $30 million Medicaid scheme meant for children’s mental health services helped pay for a fleet of luxury vehicles. That is bad actor fraud.
But the real bleeding is coming from New York and California exploiting parts of Medicaid for billions and billions and billions of dollars while we’re borrowing about $1 million every 15 seconds.
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Rep. David Schweikert retweeted
ICYMI: Chairman @RepDavid joined @MariaBartiromo on @MorningsMaria to talk reconciliation, the debt, fraud, social security & other economic issues.
foxbusiness.com/video/639763…
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Congress keeps piling on debt. Treasury still has to find someone willing to buy it.
If buyers stop trusting Washington, the math gets ugly fast.
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Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a blank check.
I asked @SecScottBessent how we make sure nonprofits are serving the public, not funding bad acts or violating Americans’ civil rights.
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Rep. David Schweikert retweeted
Rep. Schweikert on demographics and the debt: "Next year we'll have fewer under-18s than we had 20 years ago, but double the number of Americans 65 and up. In 28 months, over half of all federal spending will go to those 65 and older."
#TheHillEconomy x.com/i/broadcasts/1DGleeXpA…
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Rep. David Schweikert retweeted
Schweikert honors record 21 service academy appointees from Arizona district ift.tt/aBpKkqm
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A 24% Social Security cut would mean $511 less each month for the average Arizona retiree.
That’s why I’ve spent a decade putting forward proposals to protect those benefits.
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Rep. David Schweikert retweeted
ICYMI: Chairman @RepDavid joined @KTAR923 Arizona's Morning News to discuss the depleting Social Security Trust Fund, why it is going broke, and what can be done to keep Social Security from becoming insolvent.
youtube.com/watch?v=dCTW2gDO…
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