Jodey C. Arrington’s car was parked outside the entrance to the Executive Office Building on Sept. 11, 2001. He usually didn’t leave it there.
“I was literally right outside, for some reason, that day,” he said.
During the chaos of the morning, 29-year-old Arrington packed as many people as he could into his Chevy Tahoe and drove straight to his apartment… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington addressed military strength, tax reform, the farm bill and reflections on the 9/11 terrorist attacks at a Chamber of Commerce legislative luncheon Tuesday.
Acknowledging the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Arrington said it is important for the “collective consciousness of America” to remember the day's mixture of… Read more »
Tuesday on The Chad Hasty Show, District 19 Representative Jodey Arrington joined the show to share his experience and memories from Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001.
Arrington was on staff working for President George W. Bush in the White House when the attacks were taking place. During the show today, Arrington spoke about reasons for the attacks, the freedoms cherished by… Read more »
Sixteen years ago, it was a beautiful enough morning that Pete Olson, a staffer in the U.S. Senate, chose to drive from suburban Virginia into work with his Jeep’s top down. Just as the future Sugar Land-based congressman passed the Pentagon, his wife called to tell him a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center buildings.
Instantly, he recalled to her the… Read more »
Facing an approaching deadline and a major sticking point he 2018 farm bill conference committee had its first public meeting in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
Congressman Jodey Arrington spoke about some of his concerns surrounding farm income, which is expected to fall again this year.
"So the safety net to me is the heart of it. We spent 0.26 of 1% of the entire federal budget to get… Read more »
he 2018 Farm Bill is in conference committee.
Nine senators, including majority leader Mitch McConnell and 47 representatives, will hammer out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.
Namely whether to include work requirements for SNAP benefits.
Lubbock Congressman and Conferee Jodey Arrington said seven million surplus jobs means there's… Read more »
The House-Senate Conference Committee began its efforts to hash out a compromise on the farm bill. Lawmakers from both parties are not optimistic they can work out their differences before the current farm bill expires at the end of the month.
North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp says America's farmers are in crisis
"We hear all the time about good economy, guess where it… Read more »
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pressed farm bill negotiators to finalize an agreement as quickly as possible, but House Republicans used the conference committee’s first formal meeting to continue to press senators to accept tighter work requirements for food stamp recipients.
McConnell, who appointed himself to the conference committee, said at Wednesday's meeting that he… Read more »
(KTAB/KRBC) - Congressman Jodey Arrington has put his pen to the paper in support of Dyess Air Force Base.
The Congressman was a part of two letters sent to House Appropriators advocating for funding at Dyess.
The first letter, led by Arrington and Congressman Kristi Noem (R-SD) asks for funding dealing with the B-1B Lancer in FY 2019.
Arrington signed the second letter with… Read more »
Mary Jane Buerkle | Mar 19, 2018
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., will host their 61st Annual Meeting on Friday, April 6, 2018 in the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the program will start promptly at 9 a.m. The meeting is held in conjunction with the Texas Cotton Ginners' Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show, April 5-6,… Read more »
