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October 23, 2025
—The U.S. national debt crossed the $38 trillion mark, an unfortunately historic and deeply troubling milestone in our nation. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) is sounding the alarm over what he calls “the United States’ next great war”: "America is now $38,000,000,000,000-yes, $38 trillion—in debt. To put it in perspective, that’s twice the entire economic output of the European Union, more than twenty times Great Britain’s annual budget, and a crushing $500,000 burden for every… Continue Reading
October 20, 2025—On October 1, Democrats shut down the government demanding funding for partisan woke and wasteful priorities, such as taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, critical health services for seniors, low-income families, and rural communities are left unfunded or disrupted. Democrats have now voted ten times against a clean Republican continuing resolution (CR) to re-open the government. Among other impacted services, Democrats are blocking funding for essential health care … Continue Reading
October 17, 2025—House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) today released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said that the ongoing government shutdown will have negative effects on the U.S. economy that will increase the longer the shutdown continues: “The nonpartisan, independent Congressional Budget Office just confirmed the Democrat shutdown is increasing unemployment, reducing consumer spending, diminishing private-sector income, and stifling overall economic growth. … 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
October 15, 2025
—J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s chief global strategist, David Kelly, issued a stark warning this week about America’s deteriorating fiscal outlook. With federal debt topping $37.8 trillion and interest payments poised to exceed annual defense spending this year and all discretionary spending by 2052, Kelly cautioned that the country is “going broke slowly.” He warned that even moderate deficits will keep pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio higher and that political or economic shocks could accelerate… Continue Reading
October 09, 2025
— The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board argues that Republicans shouldn’t fear the politics of allowing the enhanced ObamaCare subsidies to expire, contending that Democrats are using the government funding fight to secure a $400 billion extension for a pandemic-era entitlement that should have ended years ago. WORD ON THE STREET From the Wall Street Journal: “Democrats are demanding that Republicans extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that Democrats passed in 2021 for a pandemic emergency… 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
