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This Crisis Is Flashing Danger and America Must Change Course or Our Children Will Pay

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By: Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) April 10, 2023 As seen in  Fox News Like dashboard warning lights in a family car, the federal fiscal indicators are flashing danger. It’s time to pull over, lift the hood and fix the problem before it’s too late.  That’s the kind of service-station assessment we’re performing in the House Budget Committee, which I…

Reps. Arrington, Sewell, Hudson, Ruiz Reintroduce Monumental Cancer Legislation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX-19),  Terri Sewell (AL-07), Richard Hudson (NC-09), and Raul Ruiz (CA-25) reintroduced the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. This bipartisan legislation has received the support of 258 Representatives and more than 400 organizations across the country since it was initially…

PAGING SENATOR BIDEN: CLEAN UP ON AISLE 31

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WASHINGTON D.C. – In an op-ed carried by The Washington Times, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) reviews President Biden’s recent budget proposal which doubles down on the reckless spending, radical policies, and failed economic agenda of his first two years in office.  Click here to read the op-ed.   It was January of 1995 and the…

Bloomberg: GOP’s Arrington Urges Calm as Debt Fury Rages: ‘Let’s Be Adults’

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January 26, 2023 By Erik Wesson Republican Representative Jodey Arrington aims to emulate the leadership style of his hero, Ronald Reagan, as he takes a post that thrusts him squarely into the  middle of the US debt-ceiling battle. Reagan, the great communicator, seems a fitting role model for the easy-going,  youthful Texan who believes in small government and fiscal…

Fox News: Debt ceiling increase sends Dems into full apocalypse mode: ‘Chaos,’ ‘recession,’ ‘global financial crisis’

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The prospect of negotiating a debt ceiling increase with Republicans is prompting warnings of economic ruin and chaos from President Biden’s White House and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. Democrats for days now have been fixated only on what might happen if there is no agreement to raise the debt ceiling by the summer, and not the far more likely possibility of agreeing to…

KCBD: Congressman Arrington on bill that would ban foreign entities from buying state land

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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A bill has been filed in the Texas Senate that would ban people or agencies with ties to four countries from purchasing state land. Texas Senate Bill 147 would ban entities from China, North Korea, Iran and Russia from purchasing land in the state. Lubbock Congressman Jodey Arrington says it’s crucial to national security. “They are buying land around…

KCBD: Congressman Arrington says U.S. will pay its debts, but fiscal reform is necessary

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Bleak. That is how Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) describes America’s financial future if we do not rein in our spending. “I would say that Republicans and Democrats both have contributed to this mess,” Arrington said. The congressman is now Chairman of the House Budget Committee for the 118th Congress. “The debt and our terrible and unsustainable debt trajectory and this…

New York Times: Months Before a Potential Crisis, Both Parties Kick Off a Fiscal Blame Game

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WASHINGTON — Though the climactic showdowns over raising the federal debt limit and funding the government are months away, Republicans and Democrats are in a crucial preliminary contest: trying to make sure the other side takes the fall for any dire economic consequences. Members of both parties are intent on painting the opposition as culpable for the turmoil that would result from a…

Arrington: Bombers are Necessary to Deter and Defeat

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed carried by the Military Times, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) discussed Congress’ responsibility to ensure a strong, modernized, and lethal fleet of B-1 bombers to make a seamless transition to the new B-21 bomber.   “To keep rogue actors at bay and the chaos they unleash on security, America must be resolute in projecting strength and, if…