Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led 15 of his colleagues in a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump urging his administration to pursue favorable trade deals that boost exports of American cotton. Seeking new trade agreements expanding cotton exports would increase commodity prices and restore U.S. market dominance after the Biden… Read more »
Opinion: Arrington: Strong national security means no CCP-owned farmland in USA
By U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington
Special for the Avalanche-Journal
October 24,… Read more »
President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’ ”
When I learned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was proposing an unprecedented 1,000% expansion of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, from 6,400 acres to 700,000 acres, alarm bells went off for several reasons. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Recently, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) sat down with KAMC News to discuss the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s proposed expansion of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
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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, 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. – 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. – Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after the Farm bill passed out of the House Agriculture Committee this week:
“Congratulations to Chairman Thompson and the House Ag Committee for passing a Farm Bill out of committee. Their leadership in starting this process is critical to delivering a final product. Our producers have faced… Read more »
