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Arrington Announces Congressional Art Competition Winner

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Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) today announced Audrey Orson of Wylie High School as the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for the Nineteenth District of Texas. Audrey’s piece, titled “Grounded Generation,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year. “With cotton being so important to our region’s identity and economic…

Arrington Statement on the Fy19 Defense Authorization

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Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) today released the following statement after the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019(H.R. 5515). Among other key achievements, the FY 2018 NDAA makes a critical investment to rebuild our military, ensuring they have the capacity and resources to confront potential threats abroad, and it authorizes a 2.6% pay…

Arrington Statement on the 2018 Farm Bill Vote

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Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), member of the House AgricultureCommittee, released the following statement on the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018(H.R.2), commonly referred to as the 2018 Farm Bill. “I am disappointed that an unrelated policy issue was the motivating factor in today’s Farm Bill vote,” said Arrington. “I have no doubt that things will be…

Freshmen Congressmen Introduce Term Limits Legislation Following Meeting with President Trump

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Freshmen Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Vicente Gonzalez (R-TX), and Greg Gianforte (R-MT) today introduced a Constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. The legislation limits congressional terms to twelve years in both chambers, six two-year terms in the House and…

Rep. Arrington, Sens. Cruz and Cornyn Praise Air Force Nomination of Dyess to Host B-21 Bomber

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Air Force names Dyess official candidate to host B-21 bomber ABILENE, Texas – Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today issued the following statements regarding the Air Force’s announcement nominating Dyess Air Force Base as an official candidate to host the B-21 bomber. “Through award-winning community…

Arrington Introduces Legislation in Memory of Plainview Graduate and Decorated Navy Seal

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Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, introduced the Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William "Bill" Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018, legislation named in memory of Arrington’s friend, a Plainview High School graduate and decorated Navy Seal. “Our government spends billions of dollars…

Lubbock Veteran Serves As Guest Chaplain for House of Representatives

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Tags: Veterans

Today Phil Crenshaw, a long-time Lubbock resident and the last living chaplain’s assistant from World War II, served as guest chaplain for the House of Representatives. Mr. Crenshaw opened the House floor in prayer. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CLIP FOR BROADCAST A transcript of Mr. Crenshaw’s prayer follows below: “Dear Holy Father, “It is with grateful hearts we…

Arrington Meets with President Trump on Term Limits

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Today Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and a bipartisan group of new House members met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss term limits. Arrington has been a strong advocate for enacting term limits. He introduced a proposed constitutional amendment last year with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) that would limit the time Members of the Senate and Members of the House…

Joint Select Committee Holds First Public Hearing

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The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, on which Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) serves, held its first public hearing on Opportunities to Significantly Improve the Federal Budget Process. Click here to watch During the hearing, Arrington started his remarks by stating, “We believe the current [budget] process is broken, and we are…