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July 03, 2025
— Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement after final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, sending it to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law: "The One Big Beautiful Bill is headed to President Trump’s desk, and along with it the tools and resources to make his America First vision a reality in the lives of the American people. This is the most comprehensive and consequential set of conservative reforms in modern … Continue Reading
July 03, 2025Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) delivered the following remarks on the House floor preceding the final vote on H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill. Watch Here Remarks as Delivered: "Today we're considering H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as passed by the Senate. This bill creates the right incentives for historic economic growth, makes unprecedented investments in our military and border security, and implements the largest spending reduction in history—by two-fol… Continue Reading
July 01, 2025Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) delivered the following remarks before the House Rules Committee as it considers H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill. Watch Chairman Arrington’s full opening remarks HERE. Find highlights of key moments below. Opening Remarks as Delivered: “I appreciate the opportunity to be back before this Committee—a little like Groundhog Day, because we've been covering this subject matter, which is important to pour over for the American people.… Continue Reading
June 27, 2025
The Wall Street Journal today published an editorial citing new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report, requested by Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), corrects the record on the impact of the Medicaid policies within the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). WORD ON THE STREET Wall Street Journal Editorial: “Senate Republicans have to rework provisions in their big budget bill to pass … Continue Reading
June 10, 2025
The Medicaid program is a vital safety net for low-income children, pregnant women, individuals with disabilities, and seniors. Its original mission has been undermined by the unchecked expansion under ObamaCare, which shifted funding and focus away from the most vulnerable and towards able-bodied, working-age adults without dependents. Currently, Medicaid has no federal work requirement and states receive more federal funds to cover able-bodied adults than they do for vulnerable individuals … Continue Reading
June 04, 2025
The Medicaid program is a critical lifeline for the most vulnerable Americans— low-income pregnant women, children, those living with disabilities, and seniors. However, Medicaid has expanded well beyond its intended purpose and is fraught with waste, fraud, and abuse. Currently, Medicaid lacks a work requirement for able-bodied adults. Because of Obamacare Medicaid expansion, the federal government pays states more to cover working-age, single men than it does for vulnerable pregnant women or … 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
