Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) expressed his concerns to the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding its efforts to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge with the acquisition of private land through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, and North American Wetlands… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed three appropriations bills, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, and Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after House passage:
“Protecting its… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed expansion of the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge from 6,400 acres to 700,000 acres through land purchases with willing sellers and voluntary conservation easements:
“I have two major concerns about a ‘voluntary’ public land expansion by the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, the House of Representatives will consider three appropriations bills, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, and Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced several amendments to prohibit the Biden administration… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after reports that 400 illegal immigrants were smuggled into the United States by an ISIS-affiliated group and were released into the country due to President Biden’s broken immigration policies:
“The most imminent threat to our national security is President Biden’s self-inflicted… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led over a dozen Members of Congress in pushing back against the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule entitled “Clean Power Plan 2.0”, which would issue new regulatory requirements for existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants.
The members wrote in part,“This new… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) rule, which would add six additional species of freshwater mussels – the Guadalupe fatmucket, Texas fatmucket, Guadalupe orb, Texas pimpleback, Balcones spike, and false spike - found in Texas to the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
“The first and most important job of the federal government is to protect our citizens, defend our freedom, and provide for a common defense. That’s why I was proud to support this legislation, which ensures our troops have… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered a floor speech in support of two of his amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which honor 19-year-old Lubbock native Private Second Class Caleb “Smitty” Smither, who died on active duty at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered a floor speech to commemorate the 100th birthday of the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush.
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