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September 06, 2024
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its jobs report for August 2024, which showed 142,000 new jobs were created in August. Chairman Arrington's Statement on August Jobs Report: House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) responds to the August jobs numbers: “The Biden-Harris Administration’s tax-and-spend policies have unleashed widespread economic pain throughout our nation, with stubborn inflation and stagnant job growth continuing to plague American families. … Continue Reading
August 28, 2024Today, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled to maintain the pause on the Biden-Harris Administration’s unconstitutional student loan cancelation scheme: the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. Since taking office, this Administration has made several attempts to ram through legally questionable policies, trying to spend an unprecedented $1 trillion on student loan “forgiveness” alone. Chairman Arrington released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision: Chairman Arr… Continue Reading
August 27, 2024Today, The Conference Board released its report on the Consumer Confidence Index for August 2024. The report showed that while overall consumer confidence rose, it remained within the narrow range consistent with the past two years. Uneasy markets, continued high interest rates, and stubbornly high prices continue to cloud Americans’ economic futures. Chairman Arrington on Consumer Confidence: House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released the following statement on Consumer C… Continue Reading
September 03, 2024
This May, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Oversight Task Force Chair Jack Bergman (R-MI) introduced H.R. 8195, Strengthening Administrative PAYGO (SAP) Act of 2024. This proposal recognizes that the tax and spending decisions that add to our exploding national debt take many forms - i.e., executive orders, regulations, and a wide array of executive actions. Administrative PAYGO was designed to prevent these unilateral and arguably unconstitutional actions from worsenin… Continue Reading
August 28, 2024
Kamalanomics is—believe it or not—worse than Bidenomics. Vice President Harris’s policies would drive us into a long, cold economic winter, crush our children with an insurmountable debt, and hand the keys to future global leadership to China. A recent Washington Times Op-Ed highlighted the work done by the Budget Committee reminding taxpayers that the Biden-Harris Administration continues to disregard the $35 trillion deficit and pursue expensive policies that do little good for the American p… Continue Reading
August 28, 2024
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Editorial Board recently published a piece highlighting how Democrats have trained their sights on so-called “corporate greed” while neglecting to assess the role that entrepreneurs play in driving economic growth. Using slogans like “leveling the playing field” and “growing the middle class out,” Vice President Kamala Harris and her colleagues have advocated for disruptive and unprecedented policies such as taxing unrealized capital gains at exorbitant levels.… Continue Reading
August 19, 2024
Last week, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) penned an Op-Ed in The Hill on the unsustainable level of federal health care spending and the need to reform our nation’s health care system to improve patient access to quality care and save taxpayer dollars. Spending on health care programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare are major drivers of our unsustainable fiscal path. Read more as Chairman Arrington lays out ideas for bending the health care cost curve and impr… Continue Reading
August 16, 2024Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) penned an Op-Ed in Fox News on the second anniversary of the passage of the Democrats’ ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ (IRA). Under the Biden-Harris Administration’s IRA, expenditures show the bill’s tax breaks and special interest giveaways now cost the American taxpayer a total of $500 billion more than previously promised. Read more as Chairman Arrington Sounds the Alarm on the damaging effects of the tax and spend provisions in the IRA… Continue Reading
June 21, 2024This week, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) penned an Op-Ed in The Daily Caller on the full cost of President Biden’s border crisis. The financial impact of President Biden’s policies are substantial and mounting, having already cost taxpayers upwards of $150 billion at the federal, state, and local levels. Read more as Chairman Arrington lays out the costs of Biden’s border crisis. Chairman Arrington in the Daily Caller: Via The Daily Caller: “The financial impact of t… Continue Reading
