All posts tagged "Justin Amash"

On Friday, former Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) posted to social media that members of his family had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

"I was really worried about this," wrote Amash, the first Palestinian-American to represent Michigan in Congress. "With great sadness, I have now confirmed that several of my relatives (including Viola and Yara) were killed at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, where they had been sheltering, when part of the complex was destroyed as the result of an Israeli airstrike."

"Give rest, O Lord, to their souls, and may their memories be eternal," Amash wrote in mourning....

Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash found himself the target of intra-party criticism again, as a California colleague accused him of not being serious about his position and lying about the country's surveillance policies in an interview published by Politico on Thursday.

An ABC News panel on Sunday could not contain their laughter at a Republican congressman's straight-faced assertion that his party would be doing President Barack Obama a "favor" if it was successful in delaying the ability of millions of Americans to receive healthcare through the Affordable Care Act.

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) on Sunday insisted that President Barack Obama's health care reform law could be repealed because "some" insurance policies already covered pre-existing conditions.

A libertarian-leaning Republican in Congress warned Tuesday that the focus on the Obama administration's role in the Benghazi tragedy was distracting people from the bigger "bipartisan scandal" behind the incident.