Chairman Arrington Joins The Fox News Rundown Podcast to Discuss House-Passed Budget Blueprint
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined The Fox News Rundown Podcast on FOX News Radio to discuss theHouse-passed FY25 Budget Resolution and the next steps in the reconciliation process. The House’s budget blueprintis endorsed by President Trump and delivers on the President’s full America First agenda. House Republicans are urging their colleagues in the U.S. Senate totake up theresolution when they return to Washington.
Listen to Chairman Arrington’s full interview on FOX News Radio HERE.
Find highlights of key moments below.
Chairman Arrington on Responsibly Extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:
“Republicans are mostly focused on locking in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because those tax cuts that expire at the end of this year would be a 22% tax hike on the average American...So, what we have to do is cut the taxes, and we have to cut regulations with it, and other good economic policies.
“But the worst thing we could do to this economy is not offset the impact of the deficits and let the deficit grow, crowd out more private capital so that we can experience growth and risk a sovereign debt crisis and undermining the dollars of reserve currency.
“That is the biggest threat, and that’s the biggest drag on our growth. So, we can do both at the same time. That’s what our budget resolution framework does. It's a balanced budget resolution framework. It forces us to cut spending, eat our vegetables as we’re cutting taxes and doing all the pro-growth stuff.”
Chairman Arrington on Strengthening Medicaid for the Most Vulnerable Americans:
“When it comes to Medicaid and food stamps and some of these other programs where, for example, there’s not even a work requirement in Medicaid for able-bodied adults – that’sthe majority of people in the Obamacare expansion population of Medicaid...That’s the right thing to do. That will prevent people from being trapped in dependence on the government and generations of people in poverty. So, these are good policies. They’re right for all involved.”
Read House Republican leadership’s joint statement with all instructed committee chairs urging the U.S. Senate to take up the House’s Trump-endorsed budget resolution HERE.
Read Chairman Arrington echoing President Trump’s call for Congress to balance the federal budget HERE.
