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March 03, 2026
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated long-term budget outlook detailing the nation’s fiscal health. The report shows the debt rising to unprecedented levels, growing faster than the economy, and placing increasing pressure on future generations of Americans. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement: "This CBO report confirms what we already know: America’s fiscal trajectory is unsustainable. Our long-term budget outlook … Continue Reading
February 27, 2026Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement after Vice President J.D. Vance outlined the Administration’s efforts to combat fraud and protect taxpayers in conjunction with the President’s “war on fraud” initiative. "Since his first day in office, President Trump has been laser focused on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, and he’s just getting started. "We lose an estimated $500 billion a year to fraud, according to the Government Accoun… Continue Reading
February 22, 2026The Committee on the Budget’s hearing entitled “The Congressional Budget Office’s Budget and Economic Outlook” previously scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 10:15 AM has been postponed until further notice.… Continue Reading
February 18, 2026
— An article published by the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board highlights the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) updated baseline, which shows our $38.6 trillion debt will continue to grow and the structural imbalance in our federal budget caused by soaring entitlements. WORD ON THE STREET From the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The Trump Administration is boasting about its success in reducing the deficit, and give it credit for curbing what had been ballooning growth in discretion… 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
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
