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February 20, 2026
Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on the Trump Administration’s tariff authority: "I commend President Trump for his urgency and vigilance in establishing a level playing field for our farmers, manufacturers, and workers while also protecting our national security interests by strengthening our industrial base. "This Supreme Court case has never been about the merits of President Trump’s rec… Continue Reading
February 20, 2026Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s report on gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2025: "The verdict is in: Democrats’ failed six-week government shutdown, the longest in history—during which they demanded health care for illegals and the extension of a fraud-ridden, COVID-era subsidy—hurt not only our vulnerable Americans with loss of services and threatened our troops’ payche… Continue Reading
February 13, 2026Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for January 2026, which shows inflation rose at a 2.4 percent annual rate, down from 2.7 percent in December. Core inflation, which excludes the volatile food and energy prices, increased 2.5% year-over-year, in line with expectations. Gas prices dropped 3.2 percent in the month of January. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) released the following statement on the January CPI report: "Let’s put th… 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
