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Chairman Arrington Delivers Opening Remarks at “Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary Effects of Health Care Consolidation” Hearing
Washington, D.C.-Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at the Committee hearing titled “Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary Effects of Health Care Consolidation.” This hearing is focused on the budgetary effects of increasing health care consolidation and exploring policy solutions to enhance competition, with the objective of reducing health care costs and expanding patient choices. Click HERE to watch Chairman … Continue Reading
May 17, 2024
Chairmen Arrington, Smith Request Budgetary Analysis of Biden Plan to Permanently Expand Obamacare Subsidies for the Wealthy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) Chief of Staff Thomas Barthold requesting a comprehensive analysis of the budgetary effects of making permanent the enhanced Obamacare subsidies - as called for in President Biden’s budget - which have gone to some of the nation’s highest … Continue Reading
May 06, 2024
Social Security and Medicare Continue on Path to Insolvency, Trustees Confirm
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 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 depend on. Chairman Arrington's Statement on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports: In response to the reports, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released the following statement: “We have the … Continue Reading
April 26, 2024
Chairman Arrington, Health Care Task Force Chair Burgess Request Investigation into Obamacare Program Driving Deficits
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Budget Committee Health Care Task Force (HCTF) Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an updated report on the cost of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and its effect on the federal budget. The Relationship Between Federal Spending and CMMI: The Patient Protection and … Continue Reading
April 19, 2024
Chairman Arrington Offers Amendment at the House Rules Committee to Fully Offset the Cost of National Security Supplemental and Restore Fiscal Responsibility
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) offered an amendment at the House Rules Committee hearing on H.R. 8034, 8035, 8036, and 8038 to the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act. His amendment would have fully offset the cost of these bills, contributed at least $50 billion to deficit reduction, and helped restore fiscal responsibility. Ultimately, the amendment was not advanced by the Rules Committee for consideration on the House Floor due to … Continue Reading
April 12, 2024
Health Care Task Force Chairman Burgess OpEd: How to Pay for 21st Century Medicine
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) wrote an op-ed in The Hill highlighting the importance of increasing access to innovative treatments in the 21st century without breaking the budget. “Medical science has surged forward in the last decade, offering fresh hope to patients with serious and life-threatening diseases. Previously fatal diagnoses have been miraculously transformed into treatable and even curable … Continue Reading
March 26, 2024
What They Are Saying: Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act Would Improve How Congress Estimates the Benefits of Preventive Health Care
Last week, the House of Representatives advanced by voice vote H.R. 766, The Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act (PHSA), to the Senate. The historic accomplishment marks the first time in history that a bipartisan bill with sole Budget Committee jurisdiction has been brought to the House Floor and passed under suspension of the rules. The PHSA, championed by House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Chair Rep. Burgess (R-TX) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), would create a … Continue Reading
March 19, 2024
Chairman Jodey Arrington Delivers Statement of Support During Floor Debate on H.R. 766
WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) spoke on the House Floor in favor of H.R. 766, the Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act. The bill passed by a voice vote. The historic accomplishment marks the first time in history that a bipartisan bill with sole Budget Committee jurisdiction has been brought to the Floor under a suspension of the House rules. Click HERE to watch Chairman Arrington’s Statement. Chairman Arrington’s … Continue Reading
March 19, 2024
Chairman Arrington, Reps. Burgess and DeGette, Applaud Passage of Legislation to Reform How Congress Estimates the Cost of Health Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives advanced House Budget Committee legislation, H.R. 766, the Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act (PHSA), to the Senate by a voice vote. The historic accomplishment marks the first time in history that a bipartisan bill with sole Budget Committee jurisdiction has been brought to the Floor under a suspension of the House rules. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), joined by original cosponsors Representatives Dr. … Continue Reading
March 14, 2024
Budget Health Care Task Force Examines Obamacare Program Driving Deficits
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 … Continue Reading
February 29, 2024
House Budget Health Care Task Force Chair Burgess' Statement on Rare Disease Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. released the following statement in recognition of Rare Disease Day: “Today, Members of Congress are recognizing Rare Disease Day, a day where patient advocates take their critical mission to our nation’s Capital to promote policies to support the millions of Americans impacted by rare diseases and encourage the development of new cures and treatments. To all the patient advocates … Continue Reading
December 21, 2023
Arrington, Burgess Commend CBO for Requesting New Information to Inform Analysis of Policies that Impact Patient Access to New Medicines
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington and Health Care Task Force (HCTF) Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. issued the following statements after Director Phillip Swagel of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) responded to Burgess and Arrington’s letter and acted on the HCTF’s request to establish a formal avenue for independent researchers and experts to submit new research and information on policies that impact patient access to new medicines. Background: The announcement … Continue Reading
November 20, 2023
Chairman Arrington, Health Care Task Force Chair Burgess Lead Letter to CBO on IRA Drug Development Analysis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) led a letter to Director Phillip Swagel of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting answers to CBO’s analysis of policies impacting drug development in the United States. Joined by Budget Committee Health Care Task Force (HCTF) Members Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT), Rep. … Continue Reading
October 26, 2023
House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Tackles Health Care Spending
Today, the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force (HCTF) hit the ground running with its inaugural Member roundtable. This roundtable brought together Director Phillip Swagel of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), independent experts, and stakeholders to discuss CBO’s methods for analyzing policies that impact drug development in the United States, including the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Led by Rep. Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX), the HCTF Member roundtable examined … Continue Reading
August 25, 2023
Chairman Arrington, Rep. Burgess Launch Budget Committee Health Care Task Force
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Budget Committee Member Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today announced that the Committee has launched a new Budget Committee Health Care Task Force, which will be led by Rep. Burgess. Earlier this week, Arrington and Burgess published an opinion piece in The Hill highlighting how the recent U.S. credit downgrade and runaway health care spending makes this Task Force even more vital. The goal of this … Continue Reading
July 19, 2023
House Democrats Double Down on the Worst Aspects of Bidenomics
A new agenda released today by the New Democrat Coalition aims to "lower costs, fight inflation, and grow the middle class."The only problem is that their agenda would do the opposite as it calls for doubling down on the worst aspects of Bidenomics. If enacted, it would lead to more reckless spending and grow the wasteful, woke, and bloated federal bureaucracy. The Details: Welfare over Jobs: The New Democrat Coalition’s plan calls for … Continue Reading
March 31, 2023
Arrington on Bleak Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
WASHINGTON - House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) issued the following statement on the 2023 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, which previewed a bleak outlook for the future for the Social Security and Medicare programs, due in part to a downgrade in economic projections. "Democrats’ and the Biden Administration’s $6T of deficit spending has not only caused record inflation, but accelerated the insolvency of Social Security. "We must stop preying on the … Continue Reading
