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Chairman Arrington Statement on House of Representatives Electing Rep. Mike Johnson to Serve as Speaker of the House

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement on the House of Representatives electing Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) to serve as Speaker of the House.  “Mike Johnson is my classmate and closest of friends, and I can say from experience and without reservation that he is a man of integrity, a principled conservative, and a courageous…

Arrington Leads Effort with Reps. Wenstrup and Murphy on Oversight of Physician Workforce Shortages

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) sent a letter alongside Doctors Caucus Co-Char Congressman Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (OH-02) and Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on physician workforce shortages and the misallocation of graduate medical…

Chairman Jodey Arrington Speech Nominating Mike Johnson As Speaker Designate

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered the following speech to his Republican colleagues nominating Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) as the Speaker Designate: “Mike and I got here together in the 115th Congress. He is one of my best friends and I have the utmost respect for him. I can tell you from experience and without reservation,…

Chairman Arrington Announces Decision Not To Run For Speaker At This Time

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement regarding his decision not to enter the race for Speaker of the House: “After careful consideration and much prayer, I have decided not to run for Speaker at this time. There are several capable candidates who have stepped forward to run, and I plan to support whomever…

Arrington Statement on House Speaker Election

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-04) in support of Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (LA-01) bid to be the next Speaker of the House: “Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise both have the conservative convictions, character, and leadership qualities to be an effective Speaker for the…

Chairman Arrington Statement on Terror Attacks Against Israel

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), released the following statement on the Hamas attacks against Israel: “The horrific and barbaric attacks perpetrated by Hamas are evil. Evil cannot be tolerated – it must be eliminated. Israel’s greatest security threat is Iran, through the support of their terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah, which…

Arrington Statement on 45 Day Funding Extension

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement regarding his vote in support of H.R. 5860, the 45 day funding extension that passed the House and Senate yesterday: “Supporting a short term, 45 day funding extension was the best of bad options after Republicans failed to pass a unified funding bill that included…

Arrington Statement on Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement on Speaker McCarthy directing the US House of Representatives to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. “After months of extensive investigation, the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees have discovered sufficient evidence to assert President Biden may have committed an impeachable…

Chairman Arrington Leads Letter to Biden Administration Criticizing the Listing of Rio Grande Mussels as an Endangered Species

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), House Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, M.D. (TN-07), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and Border Security Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) and Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05) led a letter to President Biden and Secretary of the Department of the Interior Haaland…