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March 27, 2025
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual long-term budget outlook detailing the nation’s dismal fiscal health. The report shows the debt growing to historic levels and the slowest extended period of economic growth in U.S. history. Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement: “The CBO report confirms what we already know: America’s fiscal health is rapidly deteriorating, and our long-term outlook goes from bad to unimaginably worse with a … Continue Reading
March 26, 2025Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report projecting if the debt limit remains unchanged, the government’s ability to borrow using established “extraordinary measures” will likely beexhaustedby August or September 2025 and it could beas early as May. Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement: “The debt ceiling has always been a critical check on Congress and their endless appetite to borrow and spend, which is driving our unsustainable nati… Continue Reading
March 25, 2025Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s actions regarding emergency designations under the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023: “Congress often uses ‘emergency’ designations to shell out more money than needed, hiding the reality of increased spending from the American people. I applaud President Trump for bucking the swampy status quo and cutting billions of dollars in wasteful and unnecessary spendi… Continue Reading
March 26, 2025
According to the California Department of Finance, the State of California will spend more than $8.4 billion on taxpayer-funded Medicaid health benefits for illegal aliens this fiscal year, over $5 billion more than initially estimated. Last year, California became the first state to offer free, taxpayer-funded health care through Medicaid to all illegal aliens in the state. This expansion is proving far costlier than originally projected and is already straining the Medi-Cal program that vuln… Continue Reading
March 26, 2025
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined The Claman Countdown on the Fox Business Network calling on the U.S. Senate to quickly consider the House-passed budget resolution, which would unlock the reconciliation process. Watch Chairman Arrington’s full interview on Fox Business HERE.Find highlights of key moments below. Chairman Arrington on Next Steps in the Reconciliation Process: “Our plan was written out and articulated in the budget resolution that we passed out o… Continue Reading
March 24, 2025
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined The Fox News Rundown Podcast on FOX News Radio to discuss theHouse-passed FY25 Budget Resolution and the next steps in the reconciliation process. The House’s budget blueprintis endorsed by President Trump and delivers on the President’s full America First agenda. House Republicans are urging their colleagues in the U.S. Senate totake up theresolution when they return to Washington. Listen to Chairman Arrington’s full interview … 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
