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February 11, 2026
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its updated baseline, the annual Budget and Economic Outlook. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement: "While I agree with CBO’s projection that mounting mandatory spending driven by demographics continues at an unsustainable rate, I take great exception with CBO’s confoundingly low assumptions for economic growth. "As a result of Republicans’ pro-growth policies, interest rates are comin… Continue Reading
February 11, 2026House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement on the January jobs report: Today’s blockbuster jobs report is proof President Trump’s and Republicans’ America First, pro-growth policies enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill—permanent tax relief, energy deregulation, and reduced federal spending—are working. Not only did employers add 130,000 jobs in January, more than double expectations, but unemployment ticked down to 4.3%. What makes these jobs numbers eve… Continue Reading
February 05, 2026Today, Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement on this week’s implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s enhanced work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). "The rampant corruption exposed in Minnesota highlights the pervasive waste, fraud, and abuse that has become endemic to our nation’s social safety net. Minnesota is not an isolated incident. It is the symptom of a system with inadequate guardrails and vulnera… Continue Reading
December 16, 2025
—In an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal, Chris Pope, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, warned that extending the expanded Obamacare subsidies wouldn’t just affect the small share of Americans who buy coverage on the exchanges—it could upend employer-sponsored health insurance for millions of working families. He argues that making the COVID-era expanded subsidies permanent would incentivize employers to drop health care coverage for American workers completely. WORD ON THE S… Continue Reading
December 09, 2025
—The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation revealing widespread fraud in Obamacare’s subsidy system—from fake identities and Social Security Numbers of dead people being approved for coverage to brokers enrolling people without consent. The findings show a federal program unable or unwilling to verify basic information, resulting in billions in improper payments and a system ripe for abuse. WORD ON THE STREET From … Continue Reading
October 24, 2025
—In an op-ed published by RollCall, David Winston, the president of The Winston Group, lays out the facts behind Democrats’ big-government push to extend wasteful, COVID-era premium subsidies for Obamacare plans, set to cost taxpayers $400 billion over the next decade. Congress should let these subsidies expire—as Democrats originally intended—and rein in waste, fraud, and abuse to protect taxpayers. WORD ON THE STREET From Roll Call: If you’re a Democrat, you know you’re in deep trouble if … 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
