Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. This legislation, passed by an overwhelming bi-partisan majority, contained a provision from Chairman Arrington’s Better Deals and Lower Prices Act (H.R. 4846). Arrington’s provision was designed to arm employers with the information they need… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives voting to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. “After months of extensive investigation by the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, I voted to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry into President… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released the following statement commending the House’s 210-189 passage of H.J.Res.88, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s newest student loan cancellation scheme, which experts say will cost taxpayers as much as $475 billion: “I applaud the… Read more »

Chairman Arrington Statement on H.R. 4468 The CAR Act  “The Biden EPA’s emissions mandates on manufacturers are another example of this Administration’s whole-of-government assault on domestic oil and gas, and undermines economic freedom by forcing consumers to buy products they don’t need at prices they can’t afford.” Read more »

Chairman Arrington Statement on H.R. 5933 The DETERRENT Act “For too long, we’ve let foreign adversaries infiltrate and adversely influence our country through our wide-open border, the purchase US farmland and property near military bases, and the flow of foreign money to American universities. Rep. Steel’s DETERRENT Act will significantly increase the level of scrutiny on… Read more »

Chairman Arrington Statement on Voting to Withdrawal the Biden Administration's Income-Driven Replacement (IDR) Rule “President Biden has shown he has zero respect for the rule of law by thumbing his nose at the Supreme Court after they ruled his student loan bailout as unconstitutional and instead, is using an administrative end-run to do it anyway.” Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), led 65 members of the United States House and Senate in sending a letter to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Tom Vilsack, expressing their concerns about the implementation of new changes to Emergency Relief… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) celebrated the passage of their bipartisan legislation renaming the interstate-designated segments of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor to “I-27”. The passage of this bill marks an important step in the project that connects the ports of South Texas to the plains of West Texas… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at the House Budget Committee’s hearing to examine several legislative proposals to create a bipartisan fiscal commission. Watch the full hearing here. Watch the Chairman's Statement as Delivered HERE Chairman… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Budget Committee Oversight Task Force Chair Jack Bergman (R-MI) today sent a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to request a reevaluation of the legality of the Biden Administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds for southwest… Read more »