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May 07, 2025
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at the hearing, “The Fiscal State of the Nation.” Watch Chairman Arrington’s opening remarks HERE. Opening Remarks As Delivered:As I stated before, I can’t think of a more important topic, a more important conversation, or a more important context to the most consequential legislative opportunity and lawmaking mechanism of budget reconciliation, which is ongoing, than the fiscal state of the nation—tha… Continue Reading
May 06, 2025House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined former U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Lisa Boothe on Fox Business Network’s The Bottom Line to discuss the need for Congress to deliver President Trump’s full America First agenda through “one big beautiful balanced bill.” Watch Chairman Arrington’s full interview on Fox Business HERE. Find highlights of key moments below. Chairman Arrington on One Big Beautiful Bill: “One big beautif… Continue Reading
May 05, 2025Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined Gurnal Scott on The Fox News Rundown Podcast to make the case for adhering to the blueprint established in the House-passed budget resolution, which delivers President Trump’s full America First agenda in a balanced and fiscally responsible way. Listen to Chairman Arrington’s full interview on FOX News Radio HERE. Find highlights of key moments below. Chairman Arrington on the Need for Commonsense Government Spendin… Continue Reading
May 06, 2025
House Republicans are committed to strengthening and protecting the Medicaid program as a critical lifeline for the most vulnerable Americansit was intended to serve, such as low-income pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, and the elderly.However, Medicaid has expanded well beyond its original purpose into a program fraught with waste, fraud, and abuse. Not only does Medicaid lack a work requirement for able-bodied adults, but in many cases the federal government pays states more… Continue Reading
April 30, 2025
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)—the 2025 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments—highlights the staggering impact of federal regulations on the economy. It estimates compliance with burdensome federal regulations has an annual impact of at least $2.155 trillion on the economy. This represents a substantial burden on U.S. households and businesses alike, which is further exacerbated by federal fiscal mismanagement that has generated a gross national debt of over $36 tril… Continue Reading
April 29, 2025
A new Hoover Institution poll shows widespread support for making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, but with a clear message to Congress: offset tax relief with spending cuts. By a 2-to-1 margin (45% to 22%), Americans favor extending the TCJA, but only if it’s paired with reductions in federal spending. But, if extension of tax relief increases the deficit, support declines, underscoring that fiscal responsibility is a top concern for voters. WORD ON THE STREET Excerpts from Hoover Institu… 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
