Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means passed Chairman Jodey Arrington’s (TX-19) Real-Time Benefit Tools Implementation Act (H.R. 7512), bipartisan legislation to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare beneficiaries and their health care providers with price transparency tools.
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to the 9-0 Supreme Court ruling that rejected the removal of Donald J. Trump from the ballot in 2024.
“You know the legal question is frivolous and flimsy when every liberal and conservative SCOTUS justice rejects it,” said Chairman Arrington. “Attempting to remove President Trump… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Texas’ Senate Bill 4. SB 4, legislation which makes illegal entry into Texas a state crime, will now go into effect on March 9 unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
“While I applaud the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals for siding with… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge David Ezra issuing a preliminary injunction to block a new Texas law that makes illegally crossing the southern border a state crime. The ruling comes just 5 days before the law, coming from Texas’ SB 4, would take effect.
“This ruling by the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to a “large scale” drug bust in Abilene, Texas. In total, 17 alleged drug dealers were arrested, with law enforcement seizing 29 kilos of methamphetamine, 721 grams of cocaine, 1,370 grams of fentanyl, and 60 firearms.
“1,370 grams of fentanyl were seized in Abilene this week –… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and his colleagues held a press conference highlighting Arrington’s amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in United States v. Texas. The brief argues in favor of Texas’s Senate Bill 4, which was passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law in December. S.B. 4 makes illegal… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) filed an amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in United States v. Texas. The brief, joined by 45 members of Congress – including the entire Republican Texas Delegation - argues in favor of Texas’s Senate Bill 4, which was passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law by Governor Abbott in December. S.B.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC— This week, Chairman Jodey C. Arrington (TX-19) and Rep. Rudy Yakym, Rep. Ron Estes, Rep. Tim Burchett, Rep. Jeff Duncan, and Rep. Jake Ellzey introduced the Business Cycle Balanced Budget Amendment. This legislation would require the federal government to balance its budget and rein in out-of-control spending.
“With $34 trillion in debt and a sovereign debt crisis… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement ahead of his vote to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
“I am convinced that Secretary Mayorkas’ willful and continuous disregard for the laws of our land and his breach of public trust resulting in serious and systemic injury to our society represent not only a… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined over a dozen GOP lawmakers in a press conference blasting the Biden Administration for the crisis at the Southern Border and supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott exercising Texas’ sovereign, constitutional right to self-defense.
In June of 2021 - just six months into Biden’s Border Crisis -… Read more »
