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ICYMI - CHAIRMAN ARRINGTON ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) joined Fox News Sunday to discuss the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which has passed in the House. This bill is Republicans' plan to responsibly lift the debt ceiling while also reining in federal spending, saving taxpayer dollars, and growing the economy. Click here to watch Arrington's full … Continue Reading
May 03, 2023
ICYMI - Majority of Voters Want Biden to Find Common Ground on Debt Ceiling
According to a newly released Echelon Insights poll, 74% of voters of both parties think President Biden should agree to negotiations and try to find common ground around the debt ceiling, including some reductions in government spending. As Chairman Arrington said after the passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act, "Unfortunately, President Biden and the Democrat-run Senate have been missing-in-action. They are more interested in crafting lazy political attacks than they are in solving the … Continue Reading
April 28, 2023
ICYMI – Estimated Cost of IRA Climate Provisions Now Three Times Higher Than Originally Thought
Yesterday, the Penn Wharton Budget Model updated its estimated cost of the climate and energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Previously estimated to cost $384.9 billion over 10 years (FY2022-2031), the cost estimate is now $1,045 billion – nearly three times the original estimate. President Biden is willing to exchange our children's future economic prosperity for progressive climate provisions that benefit the wealthy and disincentivize American energy. It is … Continue Reading
April 25, 2023
ICYMI: "For America To Grow, Washington’s Swampy Spending Spree Has To Shrink"
By: Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) April 25, 2023 As seen in The Federalist As the national media help President Biden whip Americans into a frenzy with claims of “defaulting on our debt” that can result only from a self-fulfilling prophecy, House Republicans are presented with a choice. Will we cave to the president, Wall Street, massive corporations, swamp lobbyists, and the corporate media to continue America’s borrow-and-spend death spiral? Or will we instead … Continue Reading
April 24, 2023
ICYMI - CHAIRMAN ARRINGTON ON AMERICA'S NEWSROOM
WASHINGTON – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) joined "America's Newsroom" on Fox News to discuss House Republicans' debt limit bill to limit federal spending, save taxpayer dollars, and grow the economy. If passed, the Limit, Save, Grow Act will lead to more than $4.5 trillion in savings to American taxpayers. Click here to watch Arrington's full interview. Arrington on the Democrats' Reckless Spending Spree: "Look, this President has spent $10 … Continue Reading
April 20, 2023
ICYMI: "Bidenomics: Two Years of Falling Incomes"
This week, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board slammed the Biden administration for its failed "Bidenomics". The article includes a graph on the trend in average weekly earnings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which shows that weekly earnings were at a peak during President Trump's time in office. It illustrates just how far Americans' weekly earnings have fallen since President Biden took office. While Americans continue to make 3.6% less a week than they did before … Continue Reading
March 30, 2023
ICYMI - House Budget Committee Republicans Sound Alarm on Fiscal State of the Union
WASHINGTON - Today, the House Budget Committee hosted a hearing on “The Fiscal State of the Union,” to sound the alarm on the threat that our out-of-control national debt poses to our nation and our children’s future. Concern for our Children's Future: The Honorable David M. Walker - Seventh Comptroller General of the United States - expressed his concern for the quality of life for future generations of Americans with the looming debt crisis and unsustainable trajectory of our … Continue Reading
March 24, 2023
ICYMI - Analysis of President's Budget Shows Major Tax Hikes for Americans Making Under $400k
The left-wing Tax Policy Center has released their analysis of the President’s Budget. The report is about how high-income people would pay more. But the real story is that Biden has been caught once again violating his repeated promise that no one making under $400,000 would suffer under his tax hikes. Yet, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Shalada Young, is misleading the American people on this fact. During the Budget Committee's hearing "President's Fiscal Year … Continue Reading
March 10, 2023
ICYMI - CHAIRMAN ARRINGTON ON THE FAULKNER FOCUS
WASHINGTON - House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), today joined "The Faulkner Focus" on Fox News to discuss President Biden's $6.8 trillion FY24 budget proposal, which contains the highest sustained levels of taxes, spending, and deficits in American history. Click here to watch Arrington's full interview. Biden’s budget continues to invest in bloated bureaucracy, woke programs, and does nothing to foster growth, fight inflation, or help hardworking families. "The … Continue Reading
February 23, 2023
ICYMI - CHAIRMAN ARRINGTON ON MORNINGS WITH MARIA
WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), today joined "Mornings With Maria" on Fox News to discuss the new GDP (Gross Domestic Product) Report. While GDP was expected to grow at 2.9%, it was reduced to 2.7% annual pace.The Biden administration continues to assert that the economy is steadily growing. When in reality, these feeble numbers are a clear sign that our economy remains deep in a recession. Every day, Americans are paying the real life consequences … Continue Reading
February 16, 2023
ICYMI - CHAIRMAN ARRINGTON ON SQUAWK BOX: "This is the greatest country in the world. We want to keep it that way"
WASHINGTON - House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), today joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss our nation's declining fiscal health following the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) latest Budget and Economic Outlook report. "This is the greatest country in the world. We want to keep it that way. I think our fiscal health and the trajectory we're on is the greatest long-term threat... it's a worse economy, it's more soaring interest rates, and record inflation...And it would … Continue Reading
November 10, 2022
ICYMI: Smith on Mornings with Maria: The American people want the bleeding to stop when it comes to this reckless spending
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) slammed the Biden Administration for its reckless, inflationary spending on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria today, as the latest inflation report shows prices remaining at a 40-year high of 7.7 percent: “Inflation is 7.7 percent year-over-year, but if you compare how much inflation has gone up since Joe Biden has taken office, it’s 14.4 percent. And real wages, Maria, real … Continue Reading
November 07, 2022
ICYMI: Smith, Brady Demand Answers on Failed Rollout of Democrats' Dismantled Child Tax Credit Policy
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Ways & Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (TX-08) sent a letter last week to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig demanding an accounting of the botched rollout of the Democrats’ partisan dismantling of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the American Rescue Plan Act, including attempts to stand up an online portal that failed to meet the needs of … Continue Reading
October 28, 2022
ICYMI: Smith, Brady Demand Answers on Waste and Abuse in American Rescue Plan
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-MO) and House Ways & Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding an accounting of the waste in the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan. Hundreds of billions in abuse and fraud of taxpayer dollars have occurred while the highest inflation in 40 years is crushing working families. “Last year, Democrats enacted the largest spending … Continue Reading
June 10, 2022
ICYMI: The Cost of Biden’s Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) led the largest group of members of the U.S. of House Representatives since President Biden took office down to the U.S.-Mexico border to see firsthand the cost to taxpayers of Biden’s Border Crisis. Border Steel Stuck in Storage Members, including 11 from the House Budget Committee, saw over $350 million of unused border wall steel in stacks 20 feet high, as far as the eye could see, because … Continue Reading
March 17, 2022
ICYMI Smith Op-Ed: One Year Later - Why Biden's "American Rescue" Failed
In a recent op-ed published in the Washington Examiner, to mark the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s so-called American Rescue Plan (ARP), House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) exposes the law’s destructive legacy. A year in, polling now shows that Americans are highly skeptical of the President’s bill, as they face the highest inflation in 40 years, massive worker shortages, and a huge trail of waste left behind by the … Continue Reading
February 15, 2022
ICYMI Smith Op-Ed: More COVID Money Won't Cover Up Biden's Failures
According to recent reporting, the Biden Administration is preparing to ask Congress for additional so-called "COVID relief" spending. In a recent Fox News op-ed, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) lays out the case for why Congress should not give the Biden White House another dime in "COVID relief" to help clean up - or cover up - the mess they created. Key Points The Biden Administration has established a track record of waste and mismanagement starting with the … Continue Reading
January 10, 2022
ICYMI: Smith, Rodgers, Brady Slam Biden Administration Over Diverting Billions in Federal Funds from COVID-19 Testing, National Stockpile, Amid Reports Administration Plans to Request Additional Funds
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08), House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (TX-08) slammed the Biden Administration for massive waste, diverting funding, and a failure to provide any accounting for how trillions in taxpayer dollars appropriated to supposedly combat COVID-19 have been spent – all while new reports indicate that the Administration … Continue Reading
