Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced H.R. 9172, the Applying Existing Tax Anti-Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act, legislation that closes tax loopholes in the digital asset market and ensures investors play by the same rules regardless of whether they hold traditional financial assets or digital assets. The bill applies existing anti-abuse rules… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), led 48 lawmakers supporting the Trump Administration’s efforts to crack down on foreign governments that shift the cost of developing life-saving medicines onto American patients and taxpayers.
In a letter to U.S. Trade… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after final passage of the Secure America Act, which fully funds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP):
“The Secure America Act is headed to President Trump’s desk, and our brave men and women who stand on the thin… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) testified before the House Rules Committee in support of the Secure America Act to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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Washington, D.C. - House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee advanced the Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act, a comprehensive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reform package that includes his legislation, the Eliminating Fraud and Improper Payments in TANF… Read more »
H.Res.50, authored by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), affirms states’ constitutional authority to defend themselves when the federal government fails to secure the border.
The resolution comes in response to the unprecedented border crisis under the Biden administration, during which Texas was forced to spend more than $11 billion through Operation Lone Star to protect… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement after passage of H.R. 8469, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act.
“The first and most important responsibility of the federal government is to provide for the common defense. This year’s Military Construction and Veterans… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the Title IX Clarification Act, legislation to codify that Title IX nondiscrimination requirements tied to federal education funding are based on the biological reality of sex. This legislation would further uphold President Trump’s revocation of a Biden-era Executive Order that directed the Secretary of Education… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led a group of lawmakers representing districts with significant cotton production in sending a letter to the Trump Administration calling for elimination of China's 10 percent tariff on American cotton as part of the ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations.
The letter thanks Ambassador Greer for his continued efforts… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) announced that every Texas Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has endorsed H.Res.50, his resolution affirming states’ constitutional authority to defend themselves when the federal government fails to secure the border.
With full support from Texas Republicans in the U.S. House… Read more »