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May 11, 2024
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) joined Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Fox Business to discuss the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare and the Committee’s “Cost of the Border Crisis” hearing held on Wednesday. On Monday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees annual reports were submitted to Congress. The reports highlight the alarming financial predicament for the future of the Social Security and Medicare programs that millions of seniors depen… Continue Reading
May 10, 2024Yesterday, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) penned an Op-Ed in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal highlighting the fiscal impacts of the Biden Administration’s wide open border policies. Charlie Arrington via the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: The American people understand the unprecedented humanitarian and national security impact of our current border crisis, but it doesn’t end there. As Chairman of the House Budget Committee, I’m exposing the fiscal implications of our wide-… Continue Reading
May 09, 2024Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel requesting a complete and fair analysis of the budgetary effects of the border crisis. This letter follows a House Budget Committee hearing entitled “The Cost of the Border Crisis,” where members delved into the fiscal ramifications of President Biden’s open border policies. The letter expresses House Budget Committee Republicans’ concern over CBO’s failure … Continue Reading
May 02, 2024
The House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Health Care Task Force Chair, Michael C. Burgess, M.D. sent a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an investigation on the cost of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and their fiscal impact on the federal budget. Established by Obamacare with the intent of saving taxpayer money, CMMI has failed to create budgetary savings and instead has increase… Continue Reading
May 02, 2024
The worse-than-expected economic indicators for the first quarter of 2024 sent shockwaves through the economy and for consumers, shattering widespread hope for an imminent cut to interest rates, previously teased by Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell. The Winston Group (WG), a strategic planning and survey research firm, issued their findings from a survey that revealed “60% of respondents now believe inflation is worsening,” a sharp increase from just a few months ago. Here is what Chairma… Continue Reading
May 02, 2024
President Biden’s continued student loan “cancellation” scheme not only incentivizes skyrocketing tuition but also punishes working-class taxpayers, exacerbating our nation’s debt and deficit crisis in the process. A new analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) projects that President Biden’s student loan cancellation plans could cost taxpayers a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion.[1] Word on the Street: Via CRFB: “To put $870 billion to $1.4 trillion in f… 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, 2023By: 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, 2023By 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
