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Arrington Urges Trump to Boost WTX Cotton Exports

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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…

Congressman Arrington: Why I oppose the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge expansion

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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.

Arrington Demands Answers from Fish and Wildlife Regarding its Efforts to Expand Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Through Acquisition of Private Land

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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…

Arrington Statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Proposed Expansion of Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge

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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…