WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued a statement and appeared on Fox News following the announcement of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order authorizing the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas National Guard to apprehend and return illegal immigrants to the Southern border.
“President Biden has refused to enforce our immigration… Read more »
Arrington to Fox News: “Biden 'derelict in his duty,' Texas has right to declare 'invasion' at border”
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined Fox News “America Reports” with guest host Bill Hemmer to discuss Biden’s self-inflicted disaster at the southern border and states’ sovereign right to defend their citizens from an “invasion” by drug cartels.
“The… Read more »
Officials with the city of Lubbock and U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington on Tuesday said they weren't immediately aware of any plans to bring refugees from Afghanistan to the Hub City.
That comes as tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the now Taliban-controlled country are being evacuated to the U.S., with hundreds destined to at least be housed temporarily at Fort Bliss… Read more »
Last week, KTAB News reported that DHS has been using a regional airport in Abilene, Texas, to fly border crossers into the area before loading them on buses for release into the United States interior.
In other cases, border crossers are bused to the airport in Abilene before boarding domestic flights bound for places in the U.S. interior that DHS has not… Read more »
Arrington: Biden’s Unprecedented Spending and Taxes Will Cut Workers’ Wages and Devastate Family Farms
President Biden’s crippling tax hikes land on American families who will face higher prices and fewer jobs while devastating Main Street businesses and family farms, says Ways and Means Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX).
In… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) voted “no” on the passage of two Democrat bills that would prioritize illegal immigrants over the safety of the American people.
H.R. 1333, the“NO BAN Act,”would limit the President’s ability to quickly make decisions in the best interest of our country’s… Read more »
Dear West Texas,
What happened Wednesday in the Capitol was unacceptable, and the people who committed these acts of violence and lawlessness should be held accountable. No group of people bent on destruction should get a pass – all violence must be condemned, and swiftly.
As Americans, we believe that governments receive their “just powers” from the consent of the governed. … Read more »
On Friday's edition of The Chad Hasty Show, District 19 Representative Jodey Arrington joined the program to continue the discussion on the latest events in the nation's capitol.
Arrington and Hasty talked about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election and the Democratic Party's senate seat wins in Georgia and subsequent takeover of both houses in the national… Read more »
LUBBOCK, Texas — Congressman Jodey Arrington (R - District 19) announced Monday night that he will join a coalition of fellow Republicans who will oppose the electoral vote count.
In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Arrington said "I will object on January 6th and voice my constitutional concerns with the 2020 Presidential Election, and I urge my colleagues to do… Read more »
In a letter that will be sent Tuesday morning (January 6th, 2021) to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California), Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-Lubbock) has announced he will object to the certification of the Electoral College during Wednesday's Joint Session of Congress.
Congressman Arrington cited the 12th Amendment and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 as the supporting law… Read more »
