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September 27, 2023
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) unveiled the FY24-FY33 Budget Resolution blueprint entitled “Reverse the Curse: The Plan to Restore Fiscal Responsibility, Economic Freedom, and Prosperity in America.”Washington insiders doubted the Committee from the beginning. The pundits and cable news talking heads balked at the idea of balancing in ten. Last week, the Committee proved them wrong and passed the FY24-FY33 budget resolution by a vote of 20-14.The Reverse the Curse … Continue Reading
September 27, 2023Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Conference Board released its Consumer Confidence report for September 2023, which showed consumer sentiment drop for the second consecutive month, and found that Americans’ expectations of a recession in the next 12 months increased: “Hardworking Americans are feeling the pain of crushing inflation and insurmountable debt, and they only have one group of people to blame: Congressional Democrat… Continue Reading
September 20, 2023- Today, the House Budget Committee passed the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY2024-FY2033, which would reduce the deficit by $16 trillion and balance the federal budget in 10 years. The budget resolution was passed out of Committee by a vote of 20-14. Upon passage of the resolution, Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) said: “Today, the House took the first step in ‘reversing the curse’ and restoring America’s fiscal sanity by passing our resolution to balance the budget in 10 years. I wa… Continue Reading
September 29, 2023
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released the following statement today on the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA) August report on personal consumption expenditures price index (PCEPI) - the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation. The report showed that topline inflation has steadily increased for the third consecutive month, resulting in cumulative PCEPI inflation of 14.0% since President Biden took office. “Our small businesses and employers are feeling the brunt of Bideno… Continue Reading
September 28, 2023
Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) joined the Claman Countdown on Fox Business to discuss the latest developments regarding the impending government shutdown. Arrington discusses the complexities of the issue within the House Republican Conference and underscores the importance of reforming how Washington taxes and spends our taxpayers’ money. Arrington on the Shutdown: “Republicans have an opportunity to use the power of the purse and work together on an internal Republican compromise tha… Continue Reading
September 27, 2023
Over the past two years, Democrats have financed their radical agenda and vast expansion of the federal government with an unprecedented $11 trillion in spending. This led to an inflationary firestorm that caused the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at a rapid pace. Now, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Americans looking to purchase homes or vehicles are feeling the pain in tangible ways. Highlights from the Article: “Purchasing a home or car right now is “completel… Continue Reading
August 22, 2023
By Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), Opinion Contributors As a result of Washington’s out-of-control spending, the U.S. credit rating was recently downgraded—only the second time in modern history—because of a high and growing general government debt burden, rising spending, and an erosion of governance. Today we come with solutions and a plan for action. Like a household with an unbalanced checking account, the federal gove… Continue Reading
June 12, 2023By: Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19)June 11, 2023 Our runaway spending and unsustainable national debt is the greatest 21st-century threat to the United States. If we shrink back and fail to address it, we will not only jeopardize our economy and national security, but our children’s future and America’s leadership in the world. No one can look at our federal government’s balance sheet, future unfunded liabilities and interest payments and not shudder at the rapid deteri… Continue Reading
May 26, 2023By Rep. Jodey ArringtonMay 26, 2023 We live in an over-regulated America. While it’s important to set reasonable rules of the road for public health and safety, by congressional abdication, and executive activism, we have created a fourth branch of government and a massive regulatory state that is compromising our freedom, quenching our entrepreneurial spirit, and choking the life out of our economy. On average, nearly 25,000 regulatory restrictions are put on the bo… Continue Reading
