Chairman Arrington Joins PBS NewsHour to Discuss House Passage of Trump-Endorsed Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined Amna Nawaz on PBS NewsHour to discuss the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 passing the House of Representatives by a vote of 217 yeas – 215 nays. The House budget resolution was endorsed by President Donald J. Trump and unlocks the process for Republicans to fully deliver on the President’s transformative America First agenda.
Watch Chairman Arrington’s full interview on PBS NewsHour HERE.
Find highlights of key moments below:
Chairman Arrington on the House’s Budget Resolution:
“We had to lay out a framework that I think was fiscally responsible, pro-growth. It makes adjustments for supporting the tax cuts, while reining in the wasteful spending to offset those cuts along with revenue from growth, which is a conservative 2.6 percent annual average growth rate, which is lower than we had in the Trump and Biden administrations. But that will bring another $2.6 trillion in.
“So, all together, it’s a balanced budget resolution. But, as you mentioned, the real work happens as the policies are developed at the committee level, and it’s designed that way to be kind of a bottom-up approach, and then we will, of course, have to conference with the Senate.”
Chairman Arrington on Improper Medicaid Payments:
“If you just review for eligibility not once but twice a year, going back to the Trump administration policies, you will actually not only prevent the fraudulent spending of tax dollars, but you will save $160 billion that you can put towards reducing the deficit and making not just Medicaid, but all of these programs sustainable today that are not sustainable. So, program integrity, state accountability, personal responsibility.”
Chairman Arrington on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE):
“I'm concerned about bankrupting the country, and I'm also trusting this president to make sure that where we need the human resources, where they are productive and can justify the value added to advancing the federal government's mission, that will happen.
“But we're long overdue for an audit from top to bottom, and we need to make sure that the taxpayers are getting a return on their investment and that we're securing their money.
“And that doesn't happen in this town enough, so I support what the president and Elon Musk are doing 100 percent.”
More from the House Budget Committee:
Read Chairman Arrington’s statement on the House passing the budget resolution HERE.
Read Chairman Arrington’s op-ed in the Washington Examiner about the House’s Trump-endorsed budget resolution HERE.
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