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April 10, 2026
This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its monthly budget review which estimated the federal budget deficit totaled $1.2 trillion in the first half of fiscal year 2026. That amount is $139 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement: "The non-partisan CBO recently did a comparison of the first six months of last fiscal year (FY25) with the first six months of … Continue Reading
April 07, 2026Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to outline Republicans’ plan to use reconciliation to fully fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), invest in national security, and root out fraud in federal programs. Watch here On reconciliation priorities: "We have two reconciliation opportunities. So, whether we do the DHS funding and then go to 3.0 reconciliation, or we do… Continue Reading
April 03, 2026—House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement after the Trump Administration released its Fiscal Year 2027 Budget: “The President’s budget delivers on three key budgetary imperatives: cutting wasteful spending programs, investing in our national security, and promoting economic growth. While Republicans have made significant strides to put our nation on a better fiscal path, the only lasting solution to addressing our long-term, unfunded liabilities is for R… Continue Reading
March 12, 2026
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) published a joint op-ed with Rachel Greszler, Senior Research Fellow at Advancing American Freedom and Visiting Fellow at the Economic Policy Innovation Center, in The Hill. The op-ed calls for stronger state accountability to crack down on fraud and improper payments in federally funded state administered programs as the national debt nears $39 trillion. Read full op-ed here or below: "With our nation nearly $39 trillion in debt… Continue Reading
February 18, 2026
— An article published by the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board highlights the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) updated baseline, which shows our $38.6 trillion debt will continue to grow and the structural imbalance in our federal budget caused by soaring entitlements. WORD ON THE STREET From the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The Trump Administration is boasting about its success in reducing the deficit, and give it credit for curbing what had been ballooning growth in discretion… Continue Reading
December 16, 2025
—In an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal, Chris Pope, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, warned that extending the expanded Obamacare subsidies wouldn’t just affect the small share of Americans who buy coverage on the exchanges—it could upend employer-sponsored health insurance for millions of working families. He argues that making the COVID-era expanded subsidies permanent would incentivize employers to drop health care coverage for American workers completely. WORD ON THE S… Continue Reading
February 25, 2025
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) penned an op-ed in theWashington Examinermaking the case for hisTrump-endorsed House budget resolution that delivers on the President’s transformative America-First agenda with one comprehensive piece of legislation. Chairman Arrington in the Washington Examiner: “The House Budget Committee has taken a decisive first step in advancing President Trump’s America First agenda. By pursuing the 2025 Budget Resolution, we have launched… Continue Reading
January 30, 2025U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal highlighting how surging debt and resulting interest costs are threatening America’s economic standing and the historic opportunity for President Trump and congressional Republicans to restore fiscal sanity to Washington. Chairman Arrington in The Wall Street Journal: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is concerned about America’s large and growing national deficit. “We have never seen this… Continue Reading
December 12, 2024Yesterday, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) penned an Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner sounding the alarm on the federal government’s unbridled spending habits and the need to restore fiscal responsibility in Washington. Chairman Arrington in the Washington Examiner: Via the Washington Examiner: “The Democrats’ spending spree in Washington during 2021 and 2022 sparked countless economic problems. Runaway government spending drove skyrocketing prices, draining household s… Continue Reading
