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March 18, 2024

       On February 5, 2024, the House Budget Committee Oversight Task Force (OTF) sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) seeking clarification on how the agency plans to address the mismanagement of pandemic Unemployment Insurance (UI) funds no later than today, March 18, 2024.  DOL’s missed deadline comes a week after receiving the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 proposed budget, the Administration are requesting $313 million in additional funding to UI to “modernize, protect, and strengt…  Continue Reading

March 15, 2024

This week, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R- TX) joined the Guy Benson show with guest host Ross Kaminsky to discuss President Biden’s four years of fiscal failure, how Biden’s climate policies are hurting the economy, House Republicans’ “Reverse the Curse” budget, and more. Some highlights from the discussion are below. Click HERE to listen to Chairman Arrington on Fox News Radio. House Budget Chairman Arrington on Biden’s Four Years of Fiscal Failure: “He's doubling do…  Continue Reading

March 14, 2024

On Tuesday, March 12, the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force (HCTF), led by Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held its second member roundtable, examining the budgetary effects of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which was originally projected to save tax dollars, but is now adding billions to our mounting debt.  This roundtable brought together members of the HCTF, Director Phillip Swagel of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Demetrios…  Continue Reading


March 15, 2024

 

On Monday, President Joe Biden released his Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request, which calls for a significant expansion of federal health care spending. He ignores the fact that mandatory federal health care programs are the primary drivers of the nation’s out-of-control $34 trillion debt. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline shows spending on major health care programs will exceed $3.2 trillion in 2034, three times larger than the amount projected to be spent on national defense in the …  Continue Reading

March 12, 2024

 

       The United States continues to face a looming challenge ahead: federal spending and deficits are growing faster than revenue is coming in, far outpacing the much-needed growth of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The U.S. economy remains sluggish and unpredictable, consumer confidence continues to falter, and deficits ballooned by nearly $2 trillion in 2023 alone, all while the Biden Administration proposes another tranche of regressive economic policies in their FY25 budget. House Budg…  Continue Reading

March 08, 2024

 

Yesterday, Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and members of the House Budget Committee passed the concurrent resolution on the budget in a landmark achievement toward fiscal responsibility.  Yesterday marked the second time in 30 years that a budget has been passed out of committee before the President’s budget is released. Word on the Street: Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX): Click HERE to watch Chairman Arrington’s Opening Statement. “This fiscal framework will balance the budget in 10 yea…  Continue Reading


August 22, 2023

By Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), Opinion Contributors As a result of Washington’s out-of-control spending, the U.S. credit rating was recently downgraded—only the second time in modern history—because of a high and growing general government debt burden, rising spending, and an erosion of governance. Today we come with solutions and a plan for action.  Like a household with an unbalanced checking account, the federal gove…  Continue Reading

June 12, 2023

By: Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19)June 11, 2023 Our runaway spending and unsustainable national debt is the greatest 21st-century threat to the United States. If we shrink back and fail to address it, we will not only jeopardize our economy and national security, but our children’s future and America’s leadership in the world. No one can look at our federal government’s balance sheet, future unfunded liabilities and interest payments and not shudder at the rapid deteri…  Continue Reading

May 26, 2023

By Rep. Jodey ArringtonMay 26, 2023 We live in an over-regulated America. While it’s important to set reasonable rules of the road for public health and safety, by congressional abdication, and executive activism, we have created a fourth branch of government and a massive regulatory state that is compromising our freedom, quenching our entrepreneurial spirit, and choking the life out of our economy. On average, nearly 25,000 regulatory restrictions are put on the bo…  Continue Reading