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April 27, 2026

Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) testified before the House Rules Committee on S.Con.Res. 33, which unlocks reconciliation to fully fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Watch here Remarks as delivered:  "We're here today to stop the political nonsense and dangerous brinkmanship of our Democrat colleagues who for 72 days and 16 votes have held the Department of Homeland Security and the American people who depend …  Continue Reading

April 23, 2026

Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) in introducing legislation to protect taxpayer dollars by preventing fraud in federal programs, the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464) and the Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act (H.R. 8463). “Politicians’ perpetual addiction to buying votes and Washington’s abject failure to protect tax dollars have resulted in a…  Continue Reading

April 16, 2026

Yesterday, the House Budget Committee held a hearing entitled “The President’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request” with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought. Watch here On Strengthening National Security and Making America Safer: Director Russell Vought: This budget builds on the President's vision by continuing to constrain non-defense spending and reform the federal government. The budget proposes a 10% cut to non-defense compared to 2026 levels. Within this to…  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, 2025

U.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, 2024

Yesterday, 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